Ram John Holder
Guyanese actor and musician, Ram John Holder started his professional life as a folk singer in New York in the early '60s before moving to the UK to work as a musician and later an actor for Pearl Connor's Negro Theatre Workshop. His big break was as the effeminate dancer Marcus in the 1969 film Two Gentlemen Sharing and he's worked in film and TV ever since, most notably as the loveable Porkpie in Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (1989-1994) and the shortlived spin-off Porkpie
Filmography (43 titles)
6.2MovieYour Christmas or Mine 2
Grandad · 2023
6.4MovieYour Christmas or Mine?
Grandad · 2022
5.2MovieCity of Tiny Lights
Trinidad Pete · 2016
6.8MovieSong for Marion
Charlie · 2012
7.5ShowDeath in Paradise
Nelson Myers · 2011
6.5ShowWhite Van Man
Uncle Phil · 2011
6.8ShowBeautiful People
Big Barry · 2008
5.2MovieJoy Division
Neville · 2006
Stupid!
Various Characters · 2004
6.5ShowHex
Voodoo Priest · 2004
5.5MovieThe Calcium Kid
Jamaican Barber · 2004
6.5ShowThe Story of Tracy Beaker
'Flying' Freddie Mercer · 2002
6.2MovieLucky Break
Old Billy Morris · 2001
5.3MovieVirtual Sexuality
Declan · 1999
Porkpie
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 1995
8.0MovieO Mary This London
Neville · 1994
In Dreams
Uncle Norman · 1992
7.0MovieThe Jazz Detective
Silver · 1992
7.2ShowHeartbeat
Danny Flowers · 1992
4.0MovieMissing Persons
Chalky White · 1990
7.3ShowDesmond's
Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant · 1989
5.0ShowThe Fear
Cuke · 1988
5.8ShowRockliffe's Babies
Wiley Hillam · 1987
6.0MoviePlaying Away
Wilf · 1987
6.2ShowCasualty
George · 1986
5.1MovieHalf Moon Street
Lindsay Walker · 1986
MovieThe Passion of Remembrance
Benjy Baptiste · 1986
6.7MovieMy Beautiful Laundrette
Poet · 1985
Playboy of the West Indies
Mac · 1985
6.3MovieBritannia Hospital
Radical · 1982