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• His father Andrew Timothy was a priest at a local church, but then became a well-known BBC announcer.
• Worked as a tailor for three years before applying to drama school.
• Has done regular voice-over work, including for The Sun newspaper and Cornhill Insurance, since the 1970s.
• Played Jesus Christ in the York Mystery Plays in 1980.
• Footage of Timothy portraying Hamlet in 2003 was used in the instructional series Humanities Through The Arts.
• Along with footballer Joe Hart, he backed the We Love Shrewsbury campaigned in 2012, which aimed to put the city on the tourism map.
• Played Father James Brown in The Living Room at the Jermyn Street Theatre in 2013.