CV 2026

Jonathan is a man of many hats, flipping them subtly between writing, voicing, acting, podcasting, film-making, producing and publishing. For example this year he was over 20 characters in the Mr Bean cartoon series but also directed and acted in a podcast about President Truman Emperor Hirohito and the atom bomb ‘The President and the Emperor which was ‘Pick of the Week’ in the Radio Times. Meanwhile he was writing/editing the fourth volume of his father’s memoirs ‘Why don’t you f…f…f…photograph something worthwhile’ – his father being the much loved character actor Sam Kydd, which he will publish this year under the umbrella of his publishing company, ‘Squydd’. He is also as he writes, editing a documentary he has shot about his father’s prolific career. 

He started off as a child actor – playing his father’s son – in Gerald Thomas’s ‘The Iron Maiden’. With the immortal line “Hello Dad Mum’s after you.” Mum being Joan Sims. When he started acting professionally, after a stint in the National Youth Theatre, his then agent pushed him towards being a clone of his father so he was in Minder  (three times), One Foot in the Grave (twice), Cats Eyes, Enemy at The Door, The Onedin Line, Ladies in Charge, and The Gentle Touch, and then the Bill (twice) all as ‘wide boy cockneys’. But at the same time he was writing his own material and appearing in comedy shows in Edinburgh. He was in the Perrier award runner up show Theatrical Digs and his own show Out of Order whilst singing his own comedy songs in the band The Kondos who as well as having their own Komedy Klub in Chelsea were third in the New Faces Final of 1988. Before this he found himself in the now cult classic puppet show ‘Pipkins’ starring the stuff of nightmares Hartley Hare. He did 76 episodes. This led to several other ‘kids’ series including Cats Whiskers D.J. Kat, Boiled Egg and Soldiers, and Hold Tight. As a consequence of having comedy experience under his belt, his TV career consequently took a turn as he was next cast in several series of Brian Conley’s Saturday night shows ‘This Way Up’ and ‘The Brian Conley Show’. He was in many sketches and ended up writing over 25 comedy songs for Brian, one subsequently on the Royal Variety Show. (Incidentally Jonathan is writing a musical with the then MD of that series, Andy Street called ‘Fool’). His versatility in the Conley shows got him in vision on Sky introducing the Comedy Channel with a mass of characters. His Edinburgh shows got him cast  in the successful Hull Truck improvised play ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’ and his profile having been raised he began to work in radio where he could play more than just cockneys. He was in 3 series of the sketch show ‘Dial M for Pizza’, with Mike Grady, Brenda Blethyn and Robert Bathurst, 4 series of ‘Nightcap’ with Phil Cornwell, an Actor’s Life for Me. Tintin, Taking it Up the Octave, and the Fosdyke Saga. On TV he was in Jonathan Ross’s Last Resort series (as actor and voice over) KYTV, French Fields, (playing two different Frenchmen) Lazarus and Dingwall, Very Big Very Soon, Punchdrunk, About Face, 10 episodes of Smith and Jones, Starting Out, Roger Roger, Kavanagh QC, Trial and Retribution, The Upper Hand (he was a regular, Filly Fingers) The Ferguson Theory, The Quest, Jonathan Creek, Holby City, Doctors and Norsemen. Now having a foothold in radio comedy he was in Little Blighty on the Down, Perseus Pym, and Flying the Flag, which would ultimately lead to big shows like ‘Chambers’ (where he played Vince), The Attractive Young Rabbi, People Like Us, the Hal Cruttenden Show, 4 series of The Castle where he was Duncan and Thomas, Cabin Pressure and Charles Paris. Chambers in fact ended up on BBC 1 for two series. (With James Fleet, John Bird and Sarah Lancashire). His voice career flourished. He was ‘Hagrid’ in all the Harry Potter games and Peeves the Ghost as well as Death Eaters and Erklings. He was The Suit Voice in Crysis, Jack the Ripper in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate as well as plying many people being murdered (the Ubisoft director said he did “very good death”), and various voices in 80 other games including Line of Duty, Nexon PD, Dark Souls, Drakengard 2, Fabel, Ghost Hunter, and Final Fantasy Tactics. He was a voice for L’Oreal for 7 years (“we think of you in a white lab coat” he was told), all the voices in the infamous “Ferrero Rocher Ambassador’s Reception” ad, and voiced every newspaper, household appliance and supermarket there is whilst doing major brands like Kodak, Audi, Volkswagen, Shell, BP, Adidas, Samsung, Ford, and Pepsi etc. One of his favourites is a Shake ‘N’ Vac ad playing Tarzan. Jessica Martin is Jane. On the promo front he voiced for all the tv stations as well as Disney and Discovery  (he still does). This led to a huge presence in documentaries including many Inside Stories, 8 seasons of Airport Security, a mass of Africa’s Deadliest, 12 eps of Shark Attack Files, Shark v Whale, the Doing Hard Time series, a Dinosaur series, One Born Any Minute and JFK and the Russian Revolution. On the animation front amongst others he was in Teddy Trucks, 76 episodes of Paddington Bear, (playing Paddington) Bangers and Mash doing all the voices, Astrofarm, Noddy Toyland Detective, Dennis the Menace, Bash Street Kids, Bimble’s Bucket, Hilltop Hospital, Romauld the Reindeer, Noddy Toyland Detective, and Toy Story That Time Forgot, playing Ray-Gon the armourer and also a gladiator dinosaur. Visually he was in many ads too including the AA ad where the little boy buried the car in the sand which was on for 4 years, a BT ad playing a silent film comedian with Tracy Bennett, a Solos ad playing a pirate, and the Heinz tomato ketchup ad The Best Things Come to Those Who Wait.  They made a huge foam rubber dummy of him and hung it from the ceiling of the airport during his SAS airlines campaign in Denmark.  He was the face of Citibank in Germany for a year feeding a dog in ads and posters. He made a much praised and prize winning short film about the world of voice overs called “Ahaarrr” and has written and shot and performed in many of his own comedy music videos with first his gigging band “the Amazing Singing Dentists” and then with the “Rudy Vees”. His favourite songs are the 1930s Grime rap “Posh” “King of Thongs” and “Dance Like My Dad”. He has made an album of straight (ie non comedic) songs named Eggshell Heart. He is on The ChelseafootballFancast twice a week and does a 2 minute critique of every match called “The Fanbite” which has a regular 15k a match audience. He has written and produced three musicals Hey Get a Life (at St. Andrews Lane Dublin where it got the review in the Irish Times (“Convulsed With Laughter From Start to Finish”).The Hard Boiled Egg and the Wasp and Doodle all of which have had fringe productions. His publishing company Squydd Books has published four titles: “For You the War is Over” which is about his father’s WW2 exploits as a POW, all three volumes of his father’s memoirs, Be A Good Boy Sam, Never Mind the Acting, Why Don’t You f…f…f…Photograph Something Worthwhile, and his own book about being a voice over/actor, Go Quicker Sound Slower. He has three children. All girls. Georgia, Eloise and Elsie. Elsie is a year old. And lives in Putney. (2026)

2025

Directing and performing in “The President and the Emperor” Podcast. Radio Times Pick of The Week

2024

DragonAge Videogame

Chelseafancast Podcasts

The Chelsea Fanbite

2023

Chelsea Fancast Podcasts twice weekly

Chelsea Fanbite

Nexon PD Video Game

Grindlay Ross Newscaster

Warhol (Feature Film)

2022

Chelsea Fancast Podcasts twice weekly

Chelsea Fanbite

Deadly Potential (short)

One Hundred Years of the Soviet Union

Shark Attack Week

2021

Twelfth Night

Winters Tale

Christmas Carol

Chelsea Fancast Podcasts twice weekly

Chelsea Fanbite

2020

Chelsea Fancast Podcasts twice weekly

Charles Paris. A Deadly Habit Radio 4.  3 eps

Radio 4 Bodies Alice Roberts

The Likely Dads Radio 4

The Trial of Timothy Evans Radio Wales

Dark Souls Video game (3rd version)

Cop a Load of This Video (lead)

Dan Leno Workshop (Musical)

2019 Meghan and Harry Video

Posh. Video (lead)

2018-19 Mr Bean Cartoon (30 characters)

Dark Souls Video game

Norsemen (Netflix series)

2018 Dr Who Regenerates Video

2015-18 Rudy Vess various cabaret Shows

2016 Hal Cruttenden Show 2nd Series

Various Cabaret performances 1980-2018

My Baby’s Possibly a Vampire Video

2015 Noddy

Dreamworks

2014 Toy Story That Time Forgot Pixar

‘Hal’ Hal Cruttenden series BBC Radio 4 Sundry Characters

Holby City BBC

Mr Bean Tiger Aspect Sundry Characters
Cabin Pressure BBC Radio 4

2013 Cartoon series: Warren United

Baby Cow. Sundry characters inc Burger Al and Alfonso Marmalade

Tim Searle

2012-13 Marshal’s Law (12 part TV series on Sky):
Zim (lead character)

2013 Vodafone Inhouse five films

2012 ‘The Castle’ (BBC Radio4 series):

Duncan and Thomas and others

2012 Shakespeare’s Wart (short):

Kevin (lead)

2010 The Castle (BBC Radio 4 series):
Duncan and Thomas

2009 Doctors (BBC TV series):

Denis Leland

The Perfect Face for Radio

2008 The Castle (BBC Radio 4 series):
Duncan and Thomas

2007 Ahaarrrr (short):
Kevin (lead) and ‘The Producer’ (two roles).
DIY Festival Critics Choice LA. Winner Comedy Award Mid Ulster and Southampton Film Festivals.
www.ahaarrrr.com and on this site

2006 Tales From the Other Side:
Presenter

2006 Flushed Away (Feature Film):
Barnacle

2005 21st Century Pipkins (short):
Tom

2004 The Final Quest (TV movie):
George
(Directed by David Jason)

2004 Undo (short):
The Director

2004 The Second Quest (TV movie):
George

2004 Jonathan Creek (TV series):
Mickey Daniels
The Seer of the Sands

2004 Zorro (Musical) Workshop)

Pedro

Chris Renshaw Director

2003 Dot the i (Feature Film):
Burger Bar Manager

Closer to Heaven (Workshop)

Rory Bremner Show (C4)

Many eps

2002 Trial and Retribution VI (TV series):
Pinton
Directed by Ferdi Fairfax

2002 The Quest (TV movie):
George
Directed by David Jason

2002 Laissez Passer (Safe Conduct) Feature Film.
The Dakota Dispatcher
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier

2000 Chambers (BBC TV series) (12 eps)
Vince Griffin
Starring James Fleet, John Bird and Sarah Lancashire

2000 Da Ali G Show (TV series)
The Judge

2000 Sunburn (BBC TV series)
Pico Flores

2000 Saving Grace (Feature Film)
Presenter #1

1999 The Attractive Young Rabbi (BBC Radio Series 18 eps)

1999 Roger Roger (BBC TV series)
Hammer

1999 Chambers BBC Radio 4 series 18 eps

1995-1998 Smith & Jones (BBC TV series)
Ten episodes
Various characters and Gryff”s mate

1998 Kavanagh QC (TV series)
Alastair Dunbar

Innocency of Life

1998 Starting Over (short)

Smales
Director Paul Katis

1998 Driven (Feature Film)
Sam Gilbert

1998 Taking it Up the Octave (BBC Radio 4 Series) 6 eps

1996 Starting Out (TV Series)
Dad
Written by Marks and Gran

1995 Degrees of Error (TV series)
Mr. Baxter

1991-1995 The Upper Hand (TV series)
Philly / Philly Fingers

1992 and 1995 The Bill (TV series)
Darren Wilcox / John Harding

1994 The Ferguson Theory (BBC TV series)
Various Roles

1994 Law and Disorder (TV series)
PC Robertson

1993 The Brian Conley Show (TV Series)
Various Characters

1993 Teenage Health Freak (TV series)
Mr. Wilson

1993 Punchdrunk (BBC TV series)
Norman Banks

1992 Me You and Him (TV series)

1992 Rab C Nesbitt (TV series)

Military Man

1992 The Brian Conley Show (LWT TV Series)
Various Characters

1990-1992 One Foot in the Grave (TV series)
Chippie Joe / Market Stall-holder

Monday Morning Will be Fine (1992) … Chippie Joe
– The Valley of Fear (1990) … Market Stall Holder

1991 The Play on One (TV series)
Keil
Out of the Blue

1991 Very Big Very Soon (TV series)
Marvin

Thanks for the Memory

Double Dealing

1991 The Chief (TV series)
Tennant

1991 Lazarus & Dingwall (TV series)
Auberon

1991 Dial M for Pizza Radio 4 series 18 eps
Various characters

1991 Trauma (TV movie)
Man on TV

1989-1990 French Fields (TV series)
Monsieur Queneau / M. Visse
Double or Quilt (1990) … Monsieur Queneau
Sheep may safely graze (1990) … Monsieur Queneau
Ou est le plumber de ma tante? (1989) … M. Visse

1991 The Brian Conley Show (series(
Various Characters

1990 KYTV (TV series)
Doctor

1989 About Face (TV series)
2nd Terrorist

1989 This Way Up (LWT TV series)
Various characters. (Brian Conley sketch show)

1989 The Story of the Other Wise man (video short)

1987 C.A.T.S Eyes (TV series)
Grogan

1986 Ladies in Charge (TV series)
Henri

1986 Charlie and the Chocolate factory (number one tour)
Directed by Mike Bradwell

Mike TV

1986 Chichester Festival Theatre

Caliban in The tempest

Mason in Jane Eyre

Lori in The Relapse

K2

End of the World Show

Chalk Garden

1982-1985 Minder (TV series)
Ernie / Len / Van Driver
Minder on the Orient Express (1985) … Van Driver
A number of Old Wives tales (1984) … Ernie
Broken Arrow (1982) …Len

1985 I woke up one morning ( 6 part TV series)
Eddie
Written by Carla Lane

1983 Out of Order Edinburgh (writer-performer)

1981 Theatrical Digs Edinburgh Perrier Runner Up

1981 The Onedin Line (TV Series)
Mr Judd

1981 Hull Truck Still Crazy After All These Years.
Devised show
Directed by Mike Bradwell
Alex Tyle

1980 The Gentle Touch (TV series)
Cab Driver
Menaces

1978 The Onedin Line (TV series)
Young Sailor
Collision Course

1978 An Englishman’s Castle (TV series)
Alan

1978 Enemy At the Door (TV series)
Corporal

1977 A roof over my head (TV series)
Carpet layer

1973 Pipkins (ATV Children’s TV series)
Tom
Over 70 episodes

1963 The Iron Maiden (Feature Film)
Young child

This is a selection of work I’ve done. In particular Radio 4 stuff is hardly included as I’ve forgotten all the dates. So I’ve missed out ‘Flying the Flag’, ‘Best of British’, ‘People Like Us’, ‘Nick Revell’s show’, ‘Alexy Sayle’s show’, ‘The Last Fish’, ‘The 39 Sheep’, ‘Nightcap’, ‘Peter Dickson’s Happy Hour’, ‘Perseus Pym’, ‘Little Blighty on the Down’, ‘Cat’s Whiskers’, ‘…by Woody Allen’, ‘Errol Flynn;’ and ‘Let em Eat cake’ (extracts from some of these are on the site)