Craig Charles was born on July 11, 1964 in Liverpool, England. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Red Dwarf (1988) and Ghostwatch (1992). He has been married to Jackie Fleming since August 9, 1999. They have two children. He was previously married to Cathy Tyson.
There was never any career plan. When Red Dwarf (1988) started I thought we were doing a curious lit...Show more »
There was never any career plan. When Red Dwarf (1988) started I thought we were doing a curious little sitcom on BBC2, I didn't think I was becoming an actor. I didn't see that 21 years later I'd still be talking about it, let alone filming a new one. For me, everything's always been an accident. Show less «
When you're doing it with a single camera on film, you've got to wait months and months before you g...Show more »
When you're doing it with a single camera on film, you've got to wait months and months before you get a reaction. When you're in front of a live audience, and people are laughing their socks off, you've got your instant review there. And because you've got that, you can relax a bit more. That intensifies your performance. Plus you've got the adrenaline. Show less «
[on the long-running success of Red Dwarf (1988)] When we first started, we thought we'd do two seri...Show more »
[on the long-running success of Red Dwarf (1988)] When we first started, we thought we'd do two series, which is twelve episodes, of this quaint little curious BBC Two comedy set in space, and then we'd all go our separate ways. If I knew that I'd have to still take Robert Llewellyn's calls 25 years later, I don't know if I'd have taken the job! Show less «
I certainly wouldn't want to not do the series and wait for this mythical movie. I'd rather just get...Show more »
I certainly wouldn't want to not do the series and wait for this mythical movie. I'd rather just get on making a sitcom. Red Dwarf is a sitcom. Let's keep it as a sitcom, and do more of it. Show less «
My mother was Liverpool-Irish and my father was Guyanese and they met outside a boarding house in Li...Show more »
My mother was Liverpool-Irish and my father was Guyanese and they met outside a boarding house in Liverpool that said, 'No Irish, no niggers, no dogs'. They left together hand-in-hand. Show less «
[on the Red Dwarf (1988) movie that was never made] I spent thousands of pounds getting my teeth don...Show more »
[on the Red Dwarf (1988) movie that was never made] I spent thousands of pounds getting my teeth done because we were gonna be on fifty foot screens all over Hollywood. Show less «
I know The Office (2001) changed the landscape of sitcoms by doing it without an audience, but that'...Show more »
I know The Office (2001) changed the landscape of sitcoms by doing it without an audience, but that's not the way Red Dwarf (1988) works. Because we're all natural show-offs, Red Dwarf works when we can all get in front of an audience and show off. Show less «
What's amazing is that I'm recognised all over the world through Red Dwarf. In New York City, I nipp...Show more »
What's amazing is that I'm recognised all over the world through Red Dwarf. In New York City, I nipped into a store on Broadway and the owner pointed to the TV, and Red Dwarf was on! The show's enabled me to travel all over the world too, partly for fan club conventions. British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just to meet me, then when they do they collapse. It makes you feel like a rock star! Oh, and I got to snog William Shatner when he was a panelist on Space Cadets, in which I was a team captain. Show less «
