David Jason
Actor
- Born
- February 2, 1940 (age 86) · Edmonton, London, England, UK
English actor and comedian. He played Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the long-running BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses, and Detective Inspector Jack Frost on the ITV crime drama A Touch of Frost.
Other high-profile television roles were as Granville in the sitcom Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in the comedy drama The Darling Buds of May as well as the voices of Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. His last original appearance as Del Boy was in 2014, while Jason retired his role as Frost in 2010.
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One of the best loved actors in British popular culture, in September 2006 Jason topped the poll to find TV's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. He was knighted in 2005 for services to drama. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four British Comedy Awards (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and six National Television Awards (1997, 2001, 2002 twice).
Known for
Hogfather
October 12, 2007
The BFG
December 25, 1990
The Wind in the Willows
December 30, 1983
Royal Flash
October 10, 1975
The Snow Queen
January 1, 1995
Under Milk Wood
January 27, 1972
All the King's Men
November 14, 1999
Prehistoric Park
July 22, 2006
The Water Babies
June 23, 1978
The Odd Job
August 31, 1978
Ghostboat
April 9, 2006
White Cargo
January 1, 1973
Acting60
- 2026Open All Hours: Inside Out
- 2023Only Fools and Horses: Greatest Christmas Moments as Self
- 2022Comedy Classics: Porridge as Narrator
- 2021The Lancaster Bomber at 80 with David Jason as Narrator
- 2021Only Fools and Football (Euro 2020 Message from Del Boy) as Derek ' Del Boy' Trotter
- 2020We Love Only Fools and Horses
- 2020David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
- 2020Flying for Britain with David Jason
- 2018Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
- 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)