Mark Heap

Acting

Mark Heap

Born May 13, 1957Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India94 credits

Mark Heap is an acclaimed British actor and comedian, best known for his portrayal of eccentric and neurotic characters in several iconic UK sitcoms. He is widely recognized for his roles as the bizarre neighbor Jim Bell in Friday Night Dinner and the arrogant Dr. Alan Statham in Green Wing.

Known For

The Magic Faraway Tree
6.3

The Magic Faraway Tree

Movie

2026

Can You Keep a Secret?
7.8

Can You Keep a Secret?

TV

2026

Time Travel Is Dangerous!
5.2

Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Movie

2025

Piglets
6.2

Piglets

TV

2024

Renegade Nell
7.3

Renegade Nell

TV

2024

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
6.5

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

TV

2024

Filmography

The Magic Faraway Tree
2026The Magic Faraway Treeas Mr Oom Boom BoomMovie
Can You Keep a Secret?
2026Can You Keep a Secret?as WilliamTV
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
2025Time Travel Is Dangerous!as The Regency DandyMovie
Piglets
2024Pigletsas Superintendent Bob WeekesTV
Renegade Nell
2024Renegade NellTV
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpinas John TurpinTV
Significant Other
2023Significant Otheras RayTV
Your Christmas or Mine?
2022Your Christmas or Mine?as JohnsonMovie
Live at the Moth Club
2022Live at the Moth Clubas GeorgeTV
Incredible Ant
2022Incredible Antas Flibbington (voice)TV
The School for Good and Evil
2022The School for Good and Evilas Professor ManleyMovie
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022Sister Boniface Mysteriesas Kirk FabricantTV
The House
2022The Houseas Mr. Thomas (voice)Movie
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrelas SelfMovie
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020The Trouble with Maggie Coleas Peter ColeTV
Intelligence
2020Intelligenceas Barnaby BailerTV
Queens of Mystery
2019Queens of Mysteryas Kurt LeeTV
The Lost Films of Bloody Nora
2019The Lost Films of Bloody Noraas DadMovie
The Midnight Gang
2018The Midnight Gangas Sir Quentin StrillersMovie
Killer Weekend
2018Killer Weekendas GeraldMovie
Murder on the Blackpool Express
2017Murder on the Blackpool Expressas GrahamMovie
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes
2017Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye TapesMovie
The Comedian's Guide to Survival
2016The Comedian's Guide to Survivalas Pick up DriverMovie
Digby Dragon
2016Digby Dragonas Mungo (voice)TV
Upstart Crow
2016Upstart Crowas Sir Robert GreeneTV
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Storyas Clive DunnMovie
Undercover
2015Undercoveras DCI LangdonTV
The Team
2015The Teamas Albert GreavesTV
The Last Post
2015The Last PostMovie
The World's End
2013The World's Endas Publican 7Movie
All Stars
2013All Starsas Simon TarringtonMovie
Endeavour
2013Endeavouras Felix LorimerTV
Heading Out
2013Heading Outas BrianTV
The Sick Party
2012The Sick Partyas NorrisMovie
A Moody Christmas
2012A Moody Christmasas Heathrow PassengerTV
I
2011Is This a Joke?as DoctorMovie
Death in Paradise
2011Death in Paradiseas Alec BurtonTV
Holy Flying Circus
2011Holy Flying Circusas Andrew ThorogoodMovie
Spy
2011Spyas PhillipTV
Friday Night Dinner
2011Friday Night Dinneras JimTV
The Indian Doctor
2010The Indian Doctoras Rev. Herbert ToddTV
Single Father
2010Single Fatheras RobinTV
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
2010The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaretas Lord MountfordTV
The Great Outdoors
2010The Great Outdoorsas BobTV
Lizzie and Sarah
2010Lizzie and Sarahas MichaelMovie
Misfits
2009Misfitsas JonasTV
Desperate Romantics
2009Desperate Romanticsas Charles DickensTV
No Heroics
2008No HeroicsTV
Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth
2008Captain Eager and the Mark of Vothas Scrutty BakerMovie
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008Lark Rise to Candlefordas Thomas BrownTV
Stardust
2007Stardustas TertiusMovie
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007Hitler: The Comedy Yearsas (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
Benidorm
2007Benidormas MalcolmTV
Skins
2007Skinsas GrahamTV
Green Wing Special
2007Green Wing Specialas Alan StathamMovie
Alpha Male
2006Alpha Maleas DarwinMovie
Scoop
2006Scoopas M.C.Movie
Confetti
2006Confettias RegistrarMovie
Hotel Babylon
2006Hotel BabylonTV
Love Soup
2005Love Soupas Douglas McVitieTV
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryas Man with DogMovie
Animal
2005Animalas Hugh GetnerMovie
The Crust
2005The Crustas Cowboy KeithTV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004Agatha Christie's Marpleas Mr. HumpriesTV
O
2004Out of timeas CharlieMovie
Green Wing
2004Green Wingas Alan StathamTV
Blake's Junction 7
2004Blake's Junction 7as AvonMovie
The Calcium Kid
2004The Calcium Kidas Sebastian Gore-BrownMovie
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004Spaced: Skip to the Endas SelfMovie
Spine Chillers
2003Spine Chillersas BalfusTV
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
2003Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutieas MitchMovie
Look Around You
2002Look Around Youas Leonard HatredTV
About a Boy
2002About a Boyas Math TeacherMovie
Ant Muzak
2002Ant Muzakas In-Store Tannoy VoiceMovie
Happiness
2001Happinessas Terry RocheTV
Doc Martin
2001Doc Martinas MitchMovie
Jam
2000Jamas VariousTV
The Strangerers
2000The Strangerersas HarryTV
Spaced
1999Spacedas Brian ToppTV
People Like Us
1999People Like Usas Graham AtkinsonTV
Big Train
1998Big TrainTV
Kiss Me Kate
1998Kiss Me KateTV
Stressed Eric
1998Stressed EricTV
How Do You Want Me?
1998How Do You Want Me?TV
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997An Unsuitable Job for a Womanas DS MaskellTV
Hospital!
1997Hospital!as Dr. Ralph CrosbyMovie
Midsomer Murders
1997Midsomer Murdersas Simon Fergus-JohnsonTV
Brass Eye
1997Brass Eyeas Simon Hottrin / Dr. Zeus Spofforth / Various CharactersTV
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davisas DuncanMovie
Dalziel & Pascoe
1996Dalziel & PascoeTV
The World of Lee Evans
1995The World of Lee Evansas Platform GuardTV
The Children's Royal Variety Performance
1993The Children's Royal Variety Performanceas The 2 MarksMovie
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983Martin Luther, Hereticas Medieval PlayerMovie
S
—Spine chillers 2003 S01E05 Gothsas BalfusMovie