Steven O'Donnell (born 19 May 1963 in

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) is an English actor. Before O'Donnell became an actor, he spent five years working at

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as a Scientific Officer in a medical laboratory. He has appeared in several comedies with

Rik Mayall Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English actor, stand-up comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University and was a pioneer of alternative ...

, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and the film ''

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''. He also starred in various advertisements in the

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for Sega in the mid 1990s, for systems such as the

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, Master System and

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Television

Filmography

Radio

* 1995: '' Old Harry's Game'' as The Demon Gary

References

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* 1963 births English male television actors English male film actors English people of Irish descent Living people {{England-actor-stub