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John Sparkes(I)

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John Sparkes was born on 9 January 1954 in Swansea, Wales, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Calendar Girls (2003), Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024). He is married to Beverly. They have two children.
BornJanuary 9, 1954
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    Known for

    Helen Mirren, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Georgie Glen, Celia Imrie, Geraldine James, and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls (2003)
    Calendar Girls
    6.9
    • Welsh Photographer
    • 2003
    Omid Djalili, John Sparkes, Richard Webber, and Justin Fletcher in Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
    Shaun the Sheep Movie
    7.3
    • The Farmer
    • Bitzer(voice)
    • 2015
    Reece Shearsmith and Ben Whitehead in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
    7.5
    • Additional Voices (The Farmer)
    • 2024
    Naked Video (1986)
    Naked Video
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Various Roles
    • Various Characters

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
      • Bitzer
      • The Farmer (voice)
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • A Little Death (2026)
      A Little Death
      Short
      • Death
      • Edgar
      • 2026
    • Reece Shearsmith and Ben Whitehead in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
      Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
      7.5
      • Additional Voices (The Farmer)
      • 2024
    • Peppa Pig: World Adventures (2023)
      Peppa Pig: World Adventures
      4.5
      Video Game
      • Super Potato
      • Narrator
      • Uncle Goat (voice)
      • 2023
    • Peppa Pig (2004)
      Peppa Pig
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Narrator
      • Mr Rabbit
      • Mr Potato ...
      • 2004–2022
    • Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)
      Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
      7.2
      TV Short
      • The Farmer (voice)
      • 2021
    • My Friend Peppa Pig (2021)
      My Friend Peppa Pig
      4.2
      Video Game
      • Mr Potato
      • Mr Rabbit
      • Narrator (voice)
      • 2021
    • Minecraft Dungeons (2020)
      Minecraft Dungeons
      6.5
      Video Game
      • (voice)
      • 2020
    • Shaun the Sheep (2007)
      Shaun the Sheep
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Bitzer
      • The Farmer
      • Farmer ...
      • 2007–2020
    • Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom (2020)
      Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Bitzer
      • Farmer (voice)
      • 2020
    • Lex&Plu: Space Taxi Drivers (2019)
      Lex&Plu: Space Taxi Drivers
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Jules
      • igor (voice)
      • 2019
    • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
      A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
      6.8
      • The Farmer
      • Bitzer (voice)
      • 2019
    • Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun (2019)
      Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
      4.3
      • Narrator (as John Sparks)
      • 2019
    • Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (2017)
      Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
      4.1
      • (voice)
      • 2017
    • Peppa Pig: Around the World Special
      Short
      • Narrator
      • 2016
    • Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas (2015)
      Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • The Farmer
      • Bitzer (voice)
      • 2015

    Writer

    • The Big Knights
      • written by
      • 2015
    • Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (2010)
      Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • writer
      • 2010
    • Ghost Story
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2006–2008
    • Pub Quiz
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2001
    • Brian Blessed and David Rintoul in The Big Knights (1999)
      The Big Knights
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 1999
    • The Morwenna Banks Show (1998)
      The Morwenna Banks Show
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1998
    • Like It or Lump It (1997)
      Like It or Lump It
      TV Series
      • additional material
      • 1997
    • Absolutely (1989)
      Absolutely
      8.1
      TV Series
      • written by
      • writer
      • 1989–1993
    • Naked Video (1986)
      Naked Video
      7.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 1986

    Additional Crew

    • Bitmoji TV (2020)
      Bitmoji TV
      8.9
      TV Series
      • adr group
      • 2020
    • Griff Rhys Jones in Mine All Mine (2004)
      Mine All Mine
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Additional Crew
      • 2004

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    Official Teaser Trailer
    Trailer 1:21
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    In Theaters August 5th
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    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • John Sparks
    • Born
      • January 9, 1954
      • Swansea, Wales, UK
    • Spouse
      • Beverly? - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Voiceover for TV commercial "Mine All Mine"

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      He worked as a bank clerk and a drama teacher at a comprehensive school, and earned a degree in computer science at Oxford Polytechnic.

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