Neil Fitzmaurice

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Neil Fitzmaurice (born in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is a British writer and actor best-known for his role as Ray-Von in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights, which he also co-wrote.

Fitzmaurice's writing projects include That Peter Kay Thing, for which he received a coveted British Comedy Award, and the critically acclaimed Phoenix Nights.

As an actor, Fitzmaurice has appeared in Going off Big Time (which he also wrote), performed alongside Paul O'Grady in the BBC comedy Eyes Down, played Jeff in the Channel 4 comedy series Peep Show, and starred in the prison drama series Buried.

Fitzmaurice also had guest roles in the long-running police drama The Bill and on the Casualty spin-off Holby City. He appeared on the first episode of The Office as the applicant whom David Brent interviews for the warehouse position. He also appeared in the last episode of The Office's first series. In that episode, his character is being made redundant by David and is asked to explain the differences between goblins, fairies, pixies and elves.

In 2006, Fitzmaurice was working on a film project, Charlie Noades RIP, which is still in production. In 2007, he played a lead role in the ITV drama Mobile, as an ex-telecoms worker suffering from a terminal brain tumour. He is also set to appear in Rough Justice, a film based on the Liverpool ship yard workers strike of the early 1980s. This film is currently in production with Film Four, and expected to be released in 2008.

Fitzmaurice is a survivor of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.^[1]

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• Neil Fitzmaurice at the Internet Movie Database

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