David Jason
English actor and comedian. He played Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the long-running BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses, and Detective Inspector Jack Frost on the ITV crime drama A Touch of Frost. Other high-profile television roles were as Granville in the sitcom Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in the comedy drama The Darling Buds of May as well as the voices of Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. His last original appearance as Del Boy was in 2014, while Jason retired his role as Frost in 2010. One of the best loved actors in British popular culture, in September 2006 Jason topped the poll to find TV's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. He was knighted in 2005 for services to drama. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four British Comedy Awards (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and six National Television Awards (1997, 2001, 2002 twice).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · David & Jay's Touring Toolshed as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · Comedy Classics: Porridge as Narrator
- 2021 · The Lancaster Bomber at 80 with David Jason as Narrator
- 2020 · We Love Only Fools and Horses as
- 2020 · David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star as
- 2020 · Flying for Britain with David Jason as
- 2020 · David Jason's Great British Inventions as Himself - Presenter
- 2019 · David Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Himself - Presenter
- 2018 · Michael Palin: A Life on Screen as
- 2017 · David Jason's Secret Service as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · The Story of Only Fools And Horses as
- 2016 · British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2016 · World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys as Self / Presenter
- 2014 · Still Open All Hours as Granville
- 2014 · A Life on Screen as Himself
- 2014 · The Michael McIntyre Chat Show as Self - Guest
- 2013 · Car S.O.S. as
- 2011 · The Royal Bodyguard as Guy Hubble
- 2010 · Come Rain Come Shine as Don Mitchell
- 2010 · Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack as Self/Insp. Jack Frost
- 2009 · Albert's Memorial as Harry
- 2008 · The Colour of Magic as Rincewind
- 2007 · Hogfather as Albert
- 2006 · Hogfather as Albert / Alberto Malich
- 2006 · Prehistoric Park as Narrator
- 2006 · Prehistoric Park as Narrator
- 2006 · Ghostboat as Jack Hardy
- 2005 · Diamond Geezer as Des
- 2005 · The Best of Ronnie Barker as
- 2004 · The Final Quest as Dave
- 2004 · The Second Quest as Dave
- 2002 · The Story of Only Fools and Horses as
- 2002 · The Quest as Dave
- 1999 · All the King's Men as Capt. Frank Beck
- 1999 · Angelmouse as
- 1998 · Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer as (voice)
- 1998 · March in Windy City as Steven March
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1995 · Albert The Fifth Musketeer as
- 1995 · The Snow Queen as Eric
- 1993 · The Bullion Boys as Billy Mac
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as Jack Frost
- 1991 · Victor & Hugo, Bunglers in Crime as
- 1991 · The Darling Buds of May as Pop Larkin
- 1990 · Amongst Barbarians as George
- 1990 · Oh, Mr. Toad as Toad
- 1989 · The BFG as The BFG (voice)
- 1989 · A Bit of a Do as Ted Simcock
- 1988 · The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads as Toad (voice)
- 1988 · Count Duckula as Count Duckula
- 1987 · Porterhouse Blue as Skullion
- 1984 · The Wind in the Willows as Toad (voice)
- 1983 · The Wind in the Willows as Toad
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1981 · Danger Mouse as
- 1981 · Danger Mouse as Danger Mouse / Narrator (voice)
- 1981 · Only Fools and Horses as
- 1981 · Only Fools and Horses as Del Boy
- 1978 · The Odd Job as The Odd Job Man
- 1978 · The Water Babies as (voice)
- 1977 · A Sharp Intake of Breath as Peter Barnes
- 1976 · Lucky Feller as Shorty Mepstead
- 1976 · Open All Hours as Granville
- 1975 · Royal Flash as Mayor
- 1974 · The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs as Edgar Briggs
- 1974 · Porridge as Blanco
- 1973 · Seven of One as
- 1973 · White Cargo as Albert Toddey
- 1972 · His Lordship Entertains as Dithers - the gardener
- 1972 · Under Milk Wood as Nogood Boyo
- 1971 · Six Dates with Barker as
- 1970 · Using the Telephone as
- 1969 · Counterstrike as
- 1969 · Hark at Barker as Dithers
- 1967 · Do Not Adjust Your Set as Various Characters
- 1966 · Softly, Softly as
- Future · David Jason's Greatest Escapes as Presenter