Phil Daniels is known for featuring on Blur's 1994 hit single "Parklife".
17 Facts About Phil Daniels
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Phil Daniels made his film debut in 1972 in Anoop and the Elephant.
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Phil Daniels appeared in the 1977 TV drama serial Raven.
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Phil Daniels narrated tracks "Parklife" and "Me, White Noise" on the Parklife and Think Tank albums for Blur.
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Phil Daniels contributed the voice of Fetcher, the dull-witted rat to the animated film Chicken Run.
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Phil Daniels starred as Freddy Windrush in an episode of Gimme Gimme Gimme.
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Phil Daniels has performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company in plays such as The Merchant of Venice, The Jew of Malta and A Clockwork Orange.
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Phil Daniels left the show in August 2007, with his character dying in a brutal car crash in December 2007.
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In May 2008, Phil Daniels ran the London Marathon on behalf of the "Sparks" Charity, and, in December 2008, starred in Sheffield Theatre and Evolution Pantomimes co-production of Aladdin as "Abanazar" at Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield.
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In late 2008, Phil Daniels voiced a major character in the English language re-release of the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film Free Jimmy, alongside Woody Harrelson and with dialogue written by Simon Pegg.
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Also in 2008, Phil Daniels starred alongside Gary Stretch and Geoff Bell in the UK film Freebird, directed by Jon Ivay, which followed three bikers across a drug-fuelled ride in the Welsh countryside.
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Phil Daniels appeared in the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing with dancing partner Flavia Cacace; he was the first to be eliminated from the show on 21 September 2008.
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Phil Daniels co-starred with actress Kellie Bright, with whom he had previously appeared alongside in EastEnders.
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In September 2012, Phil Daniels appeared in a production of This House at the National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre; it transferred to the Olivier in February 2013.
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Phil Daniels revisited his role in a revival of This House at Chichester's Minerva Theatre in September 2016 and appeared in the same play at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End.
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Phil Daniels was a contestant in the 2020 BBC Celebrity MasterChef.
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Phil Daniels had a 30-year relationship with Jan Stevens, a record industry associate whom he met in the eighties, until her death from pancreatic cancer in 2012.