Christopher Ryan

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For the SAS author, see Chris Ryan.

Christopher Ryan is an English actor who trained at East 15 Acting School in London. He played a member of The Young Ones gang in the British television series of the same name -- the only member of the cast who was not already well-known in comedy circles, he was a last-minute replacement for Peter Richardson, for whom the role of "straight man" Mike was originally intended. Ryan later played Dave Hedgehog in Bottom and one of Edina's ex-husbands in Absolutely Fabulous, and cameos in two major sitcoms: he played one of the Driscoll brothers in an episode of Only Fools And Horses, and a pair of identical twin plumbers in an episode of One Foot in the Grave. He has had bit-part roles in numerous sitcoms and is a prolific stage actor.

In 1986, he appeared in the science fiction series Doctor Who as an alien creature Lord Kiv in the serial The Trial of a Time Lord:Mindwarp.