Jim Barclay

Known for ActingBorn 1947-05-23 (age 79)South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom

Jim Barclay (born 23 May 1947) is an English actor and comedian, who played the title role of Jossy Blair in the BBC TV series Jossy's Giants. He was also part of the early British alternative comedy movement in the 1980s. In 1986, Barclay starred in the popular BBC children's football-based drama Jossy's Giants, playing the eponymous Jossy Blair, a former child football star injured shortly after his debut for Newcastle United, now charged with coaching a local school team to greatness. Barclay also appeared on television a number of times as a comedian, notably performing his stand-up act on Book 'Em and Risk It (Channel 4, 1983), Stomping on the Cat (Channel 4, 1984), and Interference (Channel 4, 1984). As an actor, he appeared in three episodes of the seminal alternative comedy series The Young Ones: (Boring, Flood and Sick). He has appeared in several episodes of both Grange Hill and The Bill.Read more

Movies & web series

King

The Adventures of Frank: Everybody's Fiddling Something

Nobody's Hero

Black Books

Jeeves and Wooster

The Young Ones

One Foot in the Grave

Jossy's Giants

New Tricks

The Professionals

A Question of Identity

The Nineteenth Hole

Peak Practice

The Paradise Club

After You've Gone

EastEnders

A Very British Cult

Bloody Sunday

The Bagthorpe Saga

Fatal Spring