Born: 11 / 7 / 1964
Location: Liverpool
Craig Joseph Charles (born 11 July 1964) is an English actor, comedian, DJ, and television and radio presenter. He is best known for his roles as Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf and Lloyd Mullaney in the soap opera Coronation Street (2005–2015). He presented the gladiator-style game show Robot Wars from 1998 to 2004, and narrated the comedy endurance show Takeshi's Castle. As a DJ, he appears on BBC Radio 6 Music.
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“That’s going to kill the fucking music scene.”
A funk and soul overload
“My dad arrived in England in the late ‘50s with a bag of records and I remember mum and dad dancing round the room to Marvin Gaye and Nat King Cole. I’ve grown up with that kind of music.”