Carl Rice (born 1980) is a British actor from

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. He has appeared in

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, Brassic, Jimmy McGovern’s Hearts and Minds and more. He also founded Milk Pictures in 2021.

Early life

In 1980, Rice was born in

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. Rice attended St Joseph's R.C High School in Widnes, Cheshire.

Career

Rice first appeared on screen at the age of eight in a late 1980s advert for milk. The advert famously proclaimed " Accrington Stanley, Who Are They?" Following this, he appeared in 15 other advertisements. He also starred alongside

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for three years on Channel 4's ''Storyworld'', ''

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'' for 2 series, ''

'' for one year playing Gavin Matthews and numerous TV shows including

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's '' Hearts and Minds'' alongside Christopher Eccleston and

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's ''Terraces'' alongside

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. In 1999, Rice made his stage debut in ''Guiding Star'', a play by Jonathan Harvey that was premiered at the

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before transferring to the Royal National Theatre for a 10-month run. Rice was shortlisted for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance as Liam Fitzgibbon. In 2000, he played Rene Montandon in ''

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'', an

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drama set in Nazi-occupied France, starring

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and Juliette Caton. Carl has been in every series of Brassic since 2019, playing Ronnie Croft. In late 2021 Carl set up Milk Pictures, an independent production company.

21st century

2000s

He starred in two series of the comedy sketch show ''

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'' on

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playing over fifty characters. He starred in comedy series '' Massive'' on BBC Three playing Shay Finnegan alongside

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, Joel Fry,

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and

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2010s

In February 2011, he guest starred on '' Shameless'', playing Mimi Maguire's long-lost

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sister, Bobbi Hepburn. In August 2011, Rice started filming on the Sky comedy ''

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''. Rice played Colin, a lazy supermarket worker who has appeared in every episode. In 2012, he also appeared in the feature film ''

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,'' in which he played Dave, a gardener to a wealthy

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family. Rice also filmed a guest lead in '' Holby City'' in December 2011. Rice shot a Guest Lead on '' Benidorm'' in late 2011, playing Danny, a

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who runs the booze cruise on the island. Rice starred in ''

Good Cop ''Good Cop'' is a British police procedural television series, written and created by Stephen Butchard, that first broadcast on BBC One on 30 August 2012. The plot centres on an ordinary police constable, John Paul Rocksavage ( Warren Brown ...

'' in 2012. ''Good Cop'' was a dark, RTS Award-winning drama for BBC1 written by Stephen Butchard and directed by

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(

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). Rice played Philip Davenport, one of the regular police in the series and worked alongside Warren Brown,

, Stephen Graham,

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and

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. Rice has shot a series each year of

and completed filming on series 6 in July 2016. He appeared in 8 episodes of '' Coronation Street'' from late 2015 to early 2016. Rice appeared in two episodes of ''

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'' alongside

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. Rice guest starred in

's '' Moving On'' in 2016 (Series 8). Rice recently starred in the ITV drama ''Deep Water'' alongside

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and Sinead Keenan. Carl has been in every series of '' Brassic'', playing Ronnie Croft and returns for his final farewell in series 5 this summer.

2020s

Rice very recently finished filming on the Disney blockbuster '' Cruella'' starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. Rice has a number of writing projects commissioned and in development including rewriting a feature film for Calamity Films (''Judy, Last Christmas'') and a project with LIME productions co-written with Joel Fry. Carl performed his one man show 'Superstar' for the Liverpool Theatre Festival, receiving 5 star reviews and offers from other theatres. Another play 'Curtains Down' is currently being rewritten and Carl is in talks with a number of theatres with dates to be confirmed. In late 2021 Carl set up Milk Pictures, an independent production company. Their developing projects include noir drama series 'Something in the Water', starring

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and factual docuseries 'Step Out', featuring Molly Mcann and Paddy Pimblett. 2022 sees a number of projects & scripts in development through Milk Pictures, including 'KID GLOVES' a faux documentary set in and around a boxing gym in Liverpool with names such as

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and

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attached, along with voice over narration from

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and original music written for the show by

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Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rice, Carl 1980 births Living people English male television actors English male stage actors Male actors from Liverpool