Alex Lowe

Alex Lowe born 15 January 1968 is an English actor comedian and voice artist He is the creator and performer of the characters Barry from Watford on Steve Wrights BBC Radio 2 show and Iain Lees shows and the character Clinton Baptiste originally seen in Phoenix Nights as whom he has since toured Lowe made his TV debut in 1981 in Thames Televisions Theatre Box On stage he played Wharton in Another Country at the Queens Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue London In 1983 he played Young Edmond Bertram in BBC 1s Mansfield Park His career has included diverse roles from serious drama to character comedy He has worked as both a writer and actor in many different areas of media In 1990 Lowe appeared in The Hypochondriac at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won a First In 1991 having trained at The Studio School in North London and Leicester School of Performing Arts he played PC Corman in Minder alongside George Cole Lowe has appeared in a variety of different television programmes including Three Men in A Boat The Rise and Fall of Rome The Fast Show Fun at the Funeral Parlour The Big Impression Christmas Special and Bremner Bird and Fortune He appeared in four episodes of Simon Days comedy series Grass as precocious child star Crispin Wintervilles father Roland He played Clinton Baptiste in Peter Kays Phoenix Nights and Sparky in That Peter Kay Thing He starred with Lee on The 11 OClock Show on Channel Four in the late 1990s usually appearing as a reporter In 2007 he wrote and performed for Ronni Ancona and Co for BBC One and performed in The Peter Serafinowicz Show on BBC 2 In the cinema Lowe played Paul in Peters Friends The Messenger in Much Ado About Nothing and Simon Merriel in Haunted On radio Lowe has appeared on Absolute Power 15 Minute Musical Not Today Thank You The Laxian Key and The Scarifyers he plays Brian in Clare in the Community for BBC Radio 4 Lowe has also appeared twice on Loose Ends on BBC Radio 4 with Iain Lee Big Brothers Big Mouth and Sam Delaneys Stupid Telly as Barry from Watford From 2001 to 2003 he hosted Download This for XFM London on Sunday mornings from 10 am to midday