    neil anthony morrissey (born 4 july 1962) is an english actor, media personality and businessman. he is best known for his role as tony in men behaving badly. he is also known for his role as rocky in boon, the voice of bob, lofty and farmer pickles in bob the builder, the voice of nick in roary the racing car and deputy head eddie lawson in waterloo road. ==early life== morrissey was born in stafford to irish parents. he and his brother stephen (who died in 1997) were placed under a care order and later legally separated from their parents (both psychiatric nurses) after they went on multiple theft and burglary sprees.  the boys spent much of their childhood in separate foster homes, morrissey spending most of his time at the penkhull children's home. after studying at thistley hough high school in penkhull, he was fostered by the family of his friend mark langston. this lasted for nearly two years after leaving the children's home at 17. he studied for his a levels at the city of stoke-on-trent sixth form college. during this time he was an active member of the stoke repertory theatre, stoke schools theatre, and stoke original theatre and performed at the edinburgh fringe festival in 1979. his successful application to the guildhall school of music and drama resulted in an unconditional offer which paved the way for the next steps in his theatrical career. ==career== ===acting=== on leaving guildhall, morrissey paid off his student debts by landing parts in film productions. his first role in 1984 was able seaman matthew quintal in the bounty alongside mel gibson, anthony hopkins and laurence olivier. in 1984 h
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