Paul Barber

Paul Barber (born Patrick Barber, 18 March 1951) is an English actor. His mother was from Middlesbrough. His father died when Patrick (or Paddy as he was then known) and his brothers Brian, Paul, Mike and sisters Claudette and Lorraine were very young.

Acting career Barber began on the stage in the musical Hair. His first major TV role was as Sam "Lucky" Ubootu in the 1974 ITV Playhouse production Lucky, set in Liverpool and made by Granada TV.

Barber has worked extensively in British TV, such as in To the Manor Born (1979) as a Jamaican steel band musician; Boys from the Blackstuff (1982); and as Malcolm in The Front Line; He was best known for his role in Only Fools and Horses, and still attends fan conventions for the show.

In 2008, he had a small part in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street playing a club owner, Nelson, an acquaintance of Vernon Tomlin. He also starred in White Van Man as Hooky Pete in February 2012.

In 2012, Barber played the role of Captain in Sky 1's Sinbad.

Barber also appeared as Fieldhouse in Home from Home in the 2016 pilot episode, and he appeared again in the 2018 series. In 2017, Barber guest-starred in two episodes of the CBBC Tracy Beaker spin-off series The Dumping Ground as a homeless man, George.

Barber's best known movie role was playing one of the stripping steelworkers in the 1997 film The Full Monty. He reunited with Full Monty co-star Robert Carlyle and Samuel L. Jackson in the Liverpool-based crime film The 51st State (2001).

In 2002, He played the role of Luther in the drama The Hidden City.

Paul Barber was cast alongside Alexei Sayle and Ricky Tomlinson in 2017's Gloves off. and stars in the 2024 horror film The Baby in the Basket.

Personal life Barber was awarded an honorary doctorate from Liverpool John Moores University in July 2011 for 'outstanding contribution to the performing arts'.

Filmography Film

Television