Mark Addy isn't one of that men who are obsessed with his size, completely the opposite
to his character in The Full Monty: knot of insecurity, obsessed and
in low self esteem... he felts sort of emasculated. As he says, "In fact, if I lose
weight, I'm sure I wouldn't get good parts, 'cos I prefer character parts".
Mark Addy has a long career in theater, in which has developed very
different characters.
In 1988 he appeared on TV for the first time, in a couple of chapters of BBC's
A Very Peculiar Practice. His next TV appearing was in 1995 in Ghostbusters of Each Finley
and Band of Gold.
Then, in 1996, he joined as a regular the cast of A Thin Blue Line, a police
comedy where he co-starred with Rowan Atkinson, well known worldwide as Mr. Bean.
Still on TV and still at BBC, he starred the series Sunnyside Farm. Later he
filmed a TV movie, named The Heart Surgeon, a drama directed by Audrey Cooke and
aired May 1997 at BBC.
Following this, the auditions for The Full Monty... and he gets his part on the film.
Addy has a London apartment but lives with his wife in York,
where he grew up.
Interviewing Mark Addy
Wendy Wilson had an interview with him for Rough Cut, about the coming of The Full Monty. They talked about the movie... Here's a link to it.
At Hollywood On Line there's another interview, but in a more attractive format... Real Audio. Only that you'll need the Real Audio player.
Filmography (With links to IMDB)