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Christopher Papazoglou (born 25 January 1950), known professionally as Christopher Ryan, is a British actor. He is known for his sitcom roles including Mike The Cool Person in The Young Ones, Dave Hedgehog in Bottom, Edina Monsoon's ex-husband Marshall Turtle in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous and Tony Driscoll in Only Fools and Horses and its spin-off The Green Green Grass. He has appeared in Doctor Who in the alien roles of Kiv in The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and Sontaran General Staal (2008, 2010).
Ryan was born Christopher Papazoglou on 25 January 1950 in Bayswater, London, to an English mother and a Greek father. It is not clear if he spent some time in a children's home in Hutton, Essex, during his childhood.He trained at East 15 Acting School from 1968 to 1971, then began his professional acting career with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre.
Ryan was the only Young Ones cast member who was not already well known in British comedy circles, the other principal parts being taken by The Comic Strip members Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, and Alexei Sayle. He was a last-minute replacement for Peter Richardson, for whom the "straight man" role of "Mike The Cool Person" was originally intended.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Christopher Ryan (Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer & Christopher Ryan Signed 8x6” Photo COA) was sold in November 2022 for £78.00 while the cheapest item (Christopher Ryan In Person Signed Photo - AG277 - 'Bottom') found a new owner for £0.06 in August 2019. The month with the most items sold (28) was April 2025 with an average selling price of £21.75 for an autographed item of Christopher Ryan. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2024 with £39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.65 was July 2013. In average, an autographed item from Christopher Ryan is worth £3.20.
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The Young Ones' Cool Guy, Christopher Ryan on his Career and New Work (27/01/2015): Christopher Ryan, star from The Young Ones. GO BACK to a cosy aristocratic world where characters have names like Gussie Fink-Nottle and Roderick Spade as P.G.Wodehouse’s iconic double act Jeeves and Wooster hit the stage at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn next Wednesday, February 4.
