# Bill Fellows
**Bill Fellows** (born 1957 in [Middlesbrough](https://www.edgepedia.org/middlesbrough), North Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for playing Stu Carpenter in the ITV soap opera *Coronation Street* from 2021 to 2024 and George Cartrick, the former AFC Richmond manager turned television pundit, in the Apple TV+ comedy *Ted Lasso*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/) • [2](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Fellows). His screen career spans more than four decades of British television, with film credits including William Oldroyd's *[Lady Macbeth](https://www.edgepedia.org/lady-macbeth-film)* (2016) and the 2018 thriller *Final Score*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/) |
| Training | Guildford drama school, early 1980s[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/) |
| *Coronation Street* | Stu Carpenter, chef at Speed Daal, October 2021 to October 2024, 154 episodes[2](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Fellows) |
| *Ted Lasso* | George Cartrick, 2020–2023, 10 episodes; SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, according to his own website[3](https://bill-fellows.com/) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/) |
| Notable films | *Lady Macbeth* (2016, Dr. Bourdon), *Final Score* (2018), *In Our Name* (2010), *United*, *The Tournament*, *Sky Peals* (2023)[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bill_fellows) |
| Theatre | Mickey in the West End production of *Blood Brothers*; Tony Harrison's *Trackers* at the Royal National Theatre; *Pastoral* at the Soho Theatre[3](https://bill-fellows.com/) |
| Family | Father of actor Dylan Reeves-Fellows, born 1999[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/) |
## Early life and training
Fellows was born and raised in Middlesbrough, a North-East town close to the [North Yorkshire](https://www.edgepedia.org/north-yorkshire) border, and trained at the [Guildford](https://www.edgepedia.org/guildford) drama school in the early 1980s[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/). His early television work included *The Tripods*, Alan Bleasdale's *The Monocled Mutineer* with [Paul McGann](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-mcgann), *Byker Grove*, *Spender*, and *London's Burning*[2](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Fellows).
## Television career
**Character actor on British television.** Through the 1990s and 2000s Fellows accumulated a long list of credits across British drama, including *Heartbeat*, *A Touch of Frost*, *Clocking Off*, *The Bill*, *EastEnders*, *Inspector George Gently*, *Holby City*, *Waterloo Road*, and *Broadchurch*[2](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Fellows). He appeared in the multi-award-winning *Downton Abbey* in 2010 as Joe Burns, opposite [Phyllis Logan](https://www.edgepedia.org/phyllis-logan)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/). In 2006 he played the title role's associate Dr. Peter Bruce in Hallmark's *Blackbeard*, which starred [Stacy Keach](https://www.edgepedia.org/stacy-keach) and a young [Jessica Chastain](https://www.edgepedia.org/jessica-chastain)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/). More recent appearances include *Vera* with Brenda Blethyn, *This Time with Alan Partridge* with Steve Coogan (as Ted), *Father Brown*, *Gold Digger*, and the BBC comedy *Smoggie Queens*, in which he played Keith from 2024[3](https://bill-fellows.com/) • [5](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/bill_fellows/).
**Ted Lasso.** From 2020 to 2023 Fellows played George Cartrick, the manager whom Rebecca Welton fires in the series' opening episode and who later appears as a television pundit, across 10 episodes[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/) • [6](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17496020241228162). According to his own website, the role brought him a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble honored for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series[3](https://bill-fellows.com/).
**Coronation Street.** Fellows joined *Coronation Street* in October 2021 as Stu Carpenter, a chef at the restaurant Speed Daal who becomes a resident of 6 [Coronation Street](https://www.edgepedia.org/coronation-street); the character's backstory included time in prison and years of homelessness[2](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Fellows) • [7](https://www.entertainmentdaily.com/soaps/bill-fellows-life-beyond-coronation-street-hollywood-famous-actor-son/). He played the role for 154 episodes until October 2024[2](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Fellows). He had appeared in other soaps earlier in his career, including a brief 2006 [EastEnders](https://www.edgepedia.org/eastenders) appearance as a chaplain and episodes of *Holby City*, *Casualty*, and *Doctors*[7](https://www.entertainmentdaily.com/soaps/bill-fellows-life-beyond-coronation-street-hollywood-famous-actor-son/).
## Film career
Fellows's film work includes *In Our Name* (2010) with [Joanne Froggatt](https://www.edgepedia.org/joanne-froggatt), in which he played Dr John Tennant, and *United*, the dramatization of Manchester United's recovery from the 1958 [Munich air disaster](https://www.edgepedia.org/munich-air-disaster), in which he played Robert, the father of Sir Bobby Charlton[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bill_fellows) • [8](https://dtdiehard.net/interview_files/bill%20fellows%20interview.htm). He appeared as Dr. Bourdon in William Oldroyd's debut *Lady Macbeth* (2016) with [Florence Pugh](https://www.edgepedia.org/florence-pugh), as Chief Constable Thompson in *Final Score* (2018) with Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan, and in *The Tournament* with Robert Carlyle, *Harrigan* with Stephen Tompkinson, and *Extremis* with David O'Hara[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bill_fellows) • [3](https://bill-fellows.com/). Later credits include *A Bird Flew In* with Derek Jacobi, *Give Them Wings* with Toyah Willcox, and *Sky Peals* (2023) for Film 4, in which he played Terry[3](https://bill-fellows.com/) • [4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bill_fellows). For *Splinter* (2021), opposite Jane Asher, he won the Best Actor award at the Unrestricted View Horror Festival[3](https://bill-fellows.com/).
## Theatre
On stage, Fellows played Mickey in the West End production of *[Blood Brothers](https://www.edgepedia.org/blood-brothers-musical)* alongside Stephanie Lawrence, appeared in Tony Harrison's *Trackers* at the [Royal National Theatre](https://www.edgepedia.org/royal-national-theatre), and performed in *Pastoral* at the Soho Theatre[3](https://bill-fellows.com/). His broader stage credits listed by the Coronation Street fan wiki include *Kes*, *The Taming of the Shrew*, *Look Back in Anger*, *A Clockwork Orange*, *Our Friends in the North*, and *Brassed Off*[2](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Fellows).
## Personal life
Fellows's son, Dylan Reeves-Fellows, born in 1999, is also an actor, with credits including *Breaking Point* and the film *Blood Curse II: Asmodeus Rises*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/) • [7](https://www.entertainmentdaily.com/soaps/bill-fellows-life-beyond-coronation-street-hollywood-famous-actor-son/).
## References
1. [Bill Fellows, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271499/)
2. [Bill Fellows, Coronation Street Wiki (Fandom)](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Fellows)
3. [Bill Fellows, official website](https://bill-fellows.com/)
4. [Bill Fellows Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/bill_fellows)
5. [Bill Fellows, British Comedy Guide](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/bill_fellows/)
6. [Positive masculinity or toxic positivity? Apple TV+'s Ted Lasso as a capitalist utopia, Participations](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/17496020241228162)
7. [Bill Fellows' life beyond Coronation Street, Entertainment Daily](https://www.entertainmentdaily.com/soaps/bill-fellows-life-beyond-coronation-street-hollywood-famous-actor-son/)
8. [Official Interviews: Bill Fellows, Dream Team Diehard](https://dtdiehard.net/interview_files/bill%20fellows%20interview.htm)
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