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John Pickard

Acting
1977-11-02
London, England, UK
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 11 titles
Casualty (1986) subtitle poster
Casualty
1986 TV
as PC Chris Bidner
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Ready, Steady, Cook (1994) subtitle poster
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 TV
as Self - Contestant
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Grange Hill (1978) subtitle poster
Grange Hill
1978 TV
as Neil Timpson
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The Bill (1984) subtitle poster
The Bill
1984 TV
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Hollyoaks (1995) subtitle poster
Hollyoaks
1995 TV
as Dominic Reilly
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2Point4 Children (1991) subtitle poster
2Point4 Children
1991 TV
as David Porter
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Mile High (2003) subtitle poster
Mile High
2003 TV
as Jack Fields
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The Ant & Dec Show (1995) subtitle poster
The Ant & Dec Show
1995 TV
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The Ghosts of Oxford Street (1991) subtitle poster
The Ghosts of Oxford Street
1991 Movie
as Young Malcolm
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Run for the Lifeboat (1988) subtitle poster
Run for the Lifeboat
1988 Movie
as Young Terry
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Trigger (2023) subtitle poster
Trigger
2023 Movie
as Chris
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