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John Pickard
Acting · Born 1977-11-02 · London, England, UK
Biography
John Pickard (born 2 November 1977 in London) is an English actor, best known for playing David Porter in the BBC sitcom 2point4 Children, and Dominic Reilly (brother of Tony Hutchinson, played by Pickard's own brother Nick Pickard) in Channel 4's Hollyoaks. He trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He has performed on stage, in films and on TV. Between 1990 and 1991, he appeared in Series 13 and 14 of the children's BBC drama series Grange Hill as the character Neil Timpson. In 1991 he was cast as David Porter, alongside Gary Olsen and Belinda Lang, in the BBC1 sitcom 2point4 Children, which ran for eight series until 1999. He then joined Hollyoaks in 2005 as Dominic Reilly, and left in 2010. In 2008, he was cast as Doctor Who companion Thomas Brewster for Doctor Who Audio Dramas in The Haunting of Thomas Brewster. Due to this and other audio dramas, he attended Gallifrey One in February 2010, an annual North American science fiction convention in Los Angeles, California.
Known for

Casualty
PC Chris Bidner

Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Contestant

Grange Hill
Neil Timpson

The Bill
1984

Hollyoaks
Dominic Reilly

2Point4 Children
David Porter

Mile High
Jack Fields

The Ant & Dec Show
1995

The Ghosts of Oxford Street
Young Malcolm
Rage
Thomas 'T'
Filmography
- 2023TriggerChris
- 2003Mile HighJack Fields
- 1999RageThomas 'T'
- 1995HollyoaksDominic Reilly
- 1995The Ant & Dec Show
- 1994Ready, Steady, CookSelf - Contestant
- 1991The Ghosts of Oxford StreetYoung Malcolm
- 19912Point4 ChildrenDavid Porter
- 1988Run for the LifeboatYoung Terry
- 1986CasualtyPC Chris Bidner
- 1984The Bill
- 1978Grange HillNeil Timpson
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