Jeff Stewart (actor)
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Jeffrey Stewart is a Scottish
actor, probably best known as PC Reg Hollis in the ITV
drama
The Bill
, a role he played from 1984 to 2008.
In 2009, Stewart shot a film in Chester, New York portraying a German-Russian in a Soviet prison in Under Jakob's Ladder
alongside Australian actor Christopher Elliott
, and produced by Roberto Munoz
. He won best actor at the 2011 Manhattan Film Festival for the role. He also voiced Mr. Tickle
in The Mr. Men Show
.
Stewart has played numerous roles in other television series, including Harry Fellows in Crossroads in 1981 (his first television appearance) and Dukkha in the Doctor Who
story Kinda
in 1982. He played a police constable in Hi-De-Hi!
in 1983, the same year "Woodentop
" (the pilot episode of "The Bill"), aired.
Reg Hollis is mentioned but not seen in "Woodentop", so Stewart's first appearance in the series was in the first regular episode, "Funny Ol' Business - Cops & Robbers". By March 2007 Stewart was the last member of the cast remaining from that first episode.
On January 8, 2008 Stewart cut his wrists after being told that his contract for The Bill would not be renewed. He survived the suicide attempt after calling for help and being taken to hospital by ambulance.
Stewart later said of the incident: "I love being an actor. My work as an actor is very important to me - it's my life, and the thought of this suddenly changing had an extremely serious effect on me."
In 2009, Stewart appeared in the video for "Black and Blue" by Swedish band Miike Snow
. The video, directed by Vince Haycock, was shot on location in Hackney, London, and featured Stewart as a recluse musician with a penchant for creating animatronic performers in his dingy apartment, and presented the long hair and a large beard he had grown in the year since he left The Bill.
Stewart was born in Aberdeen
but moved with his family to Southampton, Hampshire when he was three months old. His father initially worked in the shipyards and then for Fawley oil refinery.
Stewart is fond of the Hotel Chelsea
in New York City, having stayed there on a number of occasions during the 2000s. He is friends with a number of the building's permanent residents. Stewart was staying at the Chelsea in the summer of 2011 when the hotel changed ownership and closed to transient guests. Stewart initially refused to leave, even calling in the police to assist him but was eventually persuaded to depart by hotel staff.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
actor, probably best known as PC Reg Hollis in the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, a role he played from 1984 to 2008.
In 2009, Stewart shot a film in Chester, New York portraying a German-Russian in a Soviet prison in Under Jakob's Ladder
Under Jakob's Ladder
Under Jakob's Ladder is an independent drama film by CubeCity Entertainment. Based on a true story, it tells how a teacher named Jakob is arrested and thrown into a Soviet prison in the early 1940s. Mann Munoz directed the film and Roberto Munoz produced. Jeff Stewart plays the lead role of Jakob...
alongside Australian actor Christopher Elliott
Christopher Elliott
Christopher Elliott is an Australian Actor in Sydney represented by Carolyn White . He grew up at 14 Sheldon Street Nudgee, Qld., and attended Virginia State Primary School 1967-1974 and then Brisbane Grammar School 1975-1979.-Study:Christopher is an alumnus of Stella Adler Studio Of Acting New...
, and produced by Roberto Munoz
Roberto Muñoz (producer)
Roberto Munoz is a Producer, Director, and Screenwriter. He founded and is president of the not-for-profit New York based CubeCity Entertainment, Inc. He is one of the writing team members that writes under the name R.M.M. Munoz.-Early life:...
. He won best actor at the 2011 Manhattan Film Festival for the role. He also voiced Mr. Tickle
Mr. Tickle
Mr. Tickle is the first book in the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves.-Overview:Like all Mr. Men, Mr. Tickle has a simplistic look. He is orange with long arms and a small blue hat....
in The Mr. Men Show
The Mr. Men Show
The Mr. Men Show is an animated television series based on the original Mr. Men and Little Miss books created in the 1970s, 80s and 90s by British author Roger Hargreaves and his son Adam Hargreaves. Adapted from the published source material into a television variety program, The Mr...
.
Stewart has played numerous roles in other television series, including Harry Fellows in Crossroads in 1981 (his first television appearance) and Dukkha in the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
story Kinda
Kinda (Doctor Who)
Kinda is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 1 February to 9 February 1982.-Synopsis:...
in 1982. He played a police constable in Hi-De-Hi!
Hi-de-Hi!
Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom that aired on the BBC from 1980-1988. It was set in a holiday camp during the 1950s and 1960s and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who had written Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum. The title was the phrase used to greet the campers and in early episodes...
in 1983, the same year "Woodentop
Woodentop (The Bill)
"Woodentop" is an episode of the Thames Television series of one-off plays Storyboard. The programme was originally broadcast on 16 August 1983. It is also the forerunner to the long-running British police television series The Bill...
" (the pilot episode of "The Bill"), aired.
Reg Hollis is mentioned but not seen in "Woodentop", so Stewart's first appearance in the series was in the first regular episode, "Funny Ol' Business - Cops & Robbers". By March 2007 Stewart was the last member of the cast remaining from that first episode.
On January 8, 2008 Stewart cut his wrists after being told that his contract for The Bill would not be renewed. He survived the suicide attempt after calling for help and being taken to hospital by ambulance.
Stewart later said of the incident: "I love being an actor. My work as an actor is very important to me - it's my life, and the thought of this suddenly changing had an extremely serious effect on me."
In 2009, Stewart appeared in the video for "Black and Blue" by Swedish band Miike Snow
Miike Snow
Miike Snow is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt.-Early years:Miike Snow was formed in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden....
. The video, directed by Vince Haycock, was shot on location in Hackney, London, and featured Stewart as a recluse musician with a penchant for creating animatronic performers in his dingy apartment, and presented the long hair and a large beard he had grown in the year since he left The Bill.
Stewart was born in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
but moved with his family to Southampton, Hampshire when he was three months old. His father initially worked in the shipyards and then for Fawley oil refinery.
Stewart is fond of the Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea
The Hotel Chelsea, also known as the Chelsea Hotel, or simply the Chelsea, is a historic New York City hotel and landmark, known primarily for its history of notable residents...
in New York City, having stayed there on a number of occasions during the 2000s. He is friends with a number of the building's permanent residents. Stewart was staying at the Chelsea in the summer of 2011 when the hotel changed ownership and closed to transient guests. Stewart initially refused to leave, even calling in the police to assist him but was eventually persuaded to depart by hotel staff.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Nightmare Man The Nightmare Man The Nightmare Man is a science fiction and horror television serial, produced by the BBC in 1981.An adaptation of the novel Child of Vodyanoi by David Wiltshire, The Nightmare Man is set on a small Scottish island with the population gripped by fear following a series of savage murders and the... |
Drummond | TV movie |
| Crossroads | Harry Fellows | TV series (1 episode: "26 May 1981") | |
| 1982 | Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior... |
Dukkha | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies Reilly, Ace of Spies Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies to ever work for the British. Among his exploits in the early 20th century were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of... |
Jenkins | TV series (1 episode: "Endgame") |
| Angels Angels (TV series) Angels was originally a British television seasonal drama series dealing with the subject of student nurses and was broadcast by the BBC between 1975 and 1978. The show's format then switched to a twice weekly soap opera format from 1979 to 1983. The show's title derived from the name of the... |
Zac | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #9.20") | |
| Hi-de-Hi! Hi-de-Hi! Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom that aired on the BBC from 1980-1988. It was set in a holiday camp during the 1950s and 1960s and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who had written Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum. The title was the phrase used to greet the campers and in early episodes... |
Police Constable | TV series (1 episode: "Save Our Heritage") | |
| 1984 | Minder Minder (TV series) Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV... |
Mick | TV series (1 episode: "The Car Lot Baggers") |
| The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
PC Reg Hollis | TV series (544 episodes: 1984-2008) | |
| 1985 | Lytton's Diary | Boxer | TV series (1 episode: "Come Uppance") |
| 1988 | Help! | Tinsnip Eddie | TV series (1 episode: "The Milk of Human Kindness") |
| 1996 | The Bill: Target | P.C. Hollis | video |
| 2004 | TV Burp | PC Reg Hollis | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.1") |
| The Bill Uncovered: Des and Reg | PC Reg Hollis | TV movie | |
| The Bill @ 21 | PC Reg Hollis | TV movie | |
| 2006 | A Dogges Tale | Man | short |
| 2007 | The Dame Edna Treatment The Dame Edna Treatment The Dame Edna Treatment was a British, ITV talk show created by Barry Humphries and starring his characters Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. It aired on ITV at various times. The theme tune was written and performed by Robin Gibb. It was based upon the 1997 British talk show Dr Dame Edna... |
PC Reg Hollis | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.6") |
| 2008 | Phlegm Noir | Man 1 | short |
| 2009 | Alice & the Bear | Maitre D | short |
| Dead Man Running Dead Man Running Dead Man Running is a 2009 British crime film directed by Alex De Rakoff and written by Alex De Rakoff and John Luton. The film was budgeted on $1 million... |
Tiffany's Client | ||
| 2010 | Bloody Foreigners | Belland | TV series (1 episode: "Great Fire of London") |
| Tomorrow | The Chef | short | |
| 2011 | Under Jakob's Ladder | Jakob | Manhattan Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| Blood on the Border | Agent Martinez | pre-production | |
| Lords of Magic | Reverend Ayton | pre-production | |
| Billy | pre-production | ||
| 1066 | Earl Siward | pre-production | |
| 2012 | The Family Inheritance | Guru Swami | announced |