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Rickie Joseph Grover〔http://www.endole.co.uk/profile/1968225/ricky-joseph-grover〕 (born 24 December 1961〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ricky Grover )〕) is an English actor and comedian. His stepfather was an armed robber and his mother a hairdresser.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Scotsman, 11th August 2002 )〕 His first cousin is Jimmy Doherty. Grover became a ladies' hairdresser and a champion boxer,〔 with the nickname Ricky 'Goodnight' Grover due to his big punching power. He then become a stand-up comedian, actor and occasional television presenter. He is best known for his role as Andrew Cotton in ''EastEnders''. Grover is dyslexic and could not read or write until his early thirties. ==Career== Born in West Ham, East London, Grover has appeared in television programmes including ''Red Dwarf'',〔 ''Fist of Fun'', '''Orrible'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= BBC website, 18th September 2002 )〕 ''The 11 O'Clock Show'',〔 ''Honky Sausages'' and ''Black Books''. He also provided the voice acting for the character of Yangus in the English language version of the PlayStation 2 game ''Dragon Quest VIII''. His 1996 short film ''Punch'' won the Silver Bear Award〔 at the Berlin International Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Phuket Gazette, 25 January 2008 )〕 In 1998 he featured in the music video for the England song Vindaloo by "Fat Les". In 2000, he won the Best Actor award at the Brest European Short Film Festival for his performance in ''Hungry'' (1998)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IMDB list of awards for ''Hungry'' )〕 One of his most regular characters is "Bulla", a violent offender who originally featured on ''The 11 O'Clock Show'' and was interviewed by Michael Parkinson. Other fans of Bulla include, Ray Winstone, Dizzee Rascal, Jools Holland and Jamie Oliver. He had a guest appearance in ''Top Buzzer''. In 2011 he starred and co-wrote the feature-length film ''Big Fat Gypsy Gangster'' with his wife, Maria Grover. Since July 2003, Grover has written a column, "Raging Bulla", for the monthly magazine ''Loaded''. He has also appeared as a bandit in a Virgin Mobile advert. In 2006, Grover presented the documentary F * * * Off I'm Fat as part of BBC Three's first "Body Image" season. In 2007 he presented a peak-time ''Tonight With Trevor McDonald'' report on obesity and a BBC Two episode of ''Grandad's Back in Business'' in which he mentored two stand-up comedians. Since July 2009 he has played the part of Matron Hilary Loftus in the BAFTA award winning BBC Four medical 'docu-sitcom' ''Getting On'', directed by Peter Capaldi. He had a role in the vampire film ''Dead Cert'' (directed by Steven Lawson)〔(More cast, new poster for vampire film DEAD CERT )〕 and in the horror drama ''Tony'' (directed by Gerard Johnson).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Sneaks into Slamdance 2010 )〕〔(Slamdance '10: 'Tony' Makes Friends the Gruesome Way )〕 which was released in UK cinemas on 5 February 2010〔(First Stills from Revolver Entertainment's 'Tony' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Images Surface for Serial Killer Flick Tony )〕 Ricky Grover also had a role in an episode of ''Not Going Out'' in 2011, playing a drug dealing butcher. An article in ''The Sun'' newspaper on 11 June 2011 confirmed that Grover had joined the BBC soap ''EastEnders'' On 25 February 2015, in response to a fan's request for comment, Grover confirmed on Twitter that he was reprising the role of Yangus in the upcoming videogame ''Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ricky Grover on Twitter: "@yellowmage correct blimey yes!" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ricky Grover」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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