Fat Friends star unrecognisable in new TV role nearly 20 years after hit show
ok.co.ukFat Friends star Richard Ridings is almost unrecognisable in his latest TV role, almost 20 years after the hit show aired on ITV.The actor is best known for playing Alan Ashburn in the TV series about a slimming club.The show first aired in 2000 and also featured the likes of Gaynor Faye and Gavin & Stacey stars Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman.
It wrapped in 2005 but today, Richard looks very different with his new bald look and more casual attire. But there's one thing that everybody will probably recognise about him, and that's his voice.
Now 65, the actor is actually the voice of Peppa Pig's father, Daddy Pig. Richard started lending his vocals to the popular pig in 2004 and the role has run and run as the cartoon about a piglet and her life with her family continues to entrance children everywhere.
The actor has said in interviews that he loves the role and in 2022, he told Business Insider he had no plans to hang up his mic any time soon. "I will keep going until I lose my voice," he said, reports the Daily Star. "Why wouldn't I?
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