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'{{BLP sources|date=August 2010}} {{use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Jimmy Nail | birth_name = James Michael Aloysius Bradford | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|3|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England | nationality = British | occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter, actor | yearsactive = 1983–2004, 2008–2009, 2012–present | spouse = Miriam Jones (? - ?) (divorced) | children = Two sons | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[rock music|rock]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[country music|country]] | background = solo_singer | instrument = Vocals, guitar | label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[East West Records|East West]], [[Papillon Records|Papillon]] | associated_acts = [[Gary Holton]], [[Mark Knopfler]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Guy Pratt]] }} }} '''James Michael Aloysius Bradford''' (born 16 March 1954), known as '''Jimmy Nail''', is an English singer-songwriter, actor, film producer, and television writer. He is known for his role as Leonard "Oz" Osborne in the hit television show ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]'', his title role in ''[[Spender]]'', and his 1992 number one single, "[[Ain't No Doubt]]". ==Early life== James Michael Aloysius Bradford was born in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] to father Jimmy and mother Laura.<ref name="Penny"/> His father was an Irish Catholic shipyard worker, amateur boxer, and professional footballer. He describes himself as an angry, uncivilized kid who was expelled from secondary school for setting fire to curtains. When he was 13, his older sister, Shelagh, died at the age of 20.<ref name="Penny">{{cite web|last1=Dent-Robinson|first1=Nick|title=Jimmy Nail – Interview|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/8027/Jimmy-Nail-Interview|website=Pennyblackmusic.co.uk|accessdate=20 January 2017|date=25 August 2015}}</ref> Feeling lost and confused, he spent time drinking, fighting, and rebelling against authority. He got into a fight after a football match and was sent to prison. After prison he worked in a glass factory. While sweeping glass he stood on a six-inch spike that went through his foot and thereafter was called "Nail",<ref name="Penny"/> a name he later adopted professionally. Also at that time he played guitar in a rock band called the King Crabs.<ref name="Courtney">{{cite web|last1=Courtney|first1=Kevin|title=Jimmy Nail, singer and actor|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2.681/jimmy-nail-singer-and-actor-1.10207|website=The Irish Times|accessdate=20 January 2017|date=10 December 2011}}</ref> His other sister [[Val McLane]] was Head of Drama at Sunderland University.<ref name="Penny"/> ==Career== ===Television=== {{BLP sources section|date=January 2017}} Nail's wife, Miriam, encouraged him to audition for a television show, though he had no experience as an actor.<ref name="Courtney" /> He won the role of Leonard Jeffrey "Oz" Osborne on ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]'', a comedy drama about construction workers on the job in the U.S., Germany, Spain, and Cuba. The show turned him into a celebrity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/8027/Jimmy-Nail-Interview|title=Jimmy Nail - Interview|website=Pennyblackmusic.co.uk|accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> In 2013, members of the cast returned to Newcastle to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the show's beginning.<ref name="Auf">{{cite web|title=Auf Wiedersehen, Pet's 30th anniversary celebrated on Tyneside|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-24157777|website=BBC News|accessdate=20 January 2017|date=21 September 2013}}</ref> In 2000 he began work on reviving the ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'' series, this time for the [[BBC]]. It was filmed in 2001 and aired in 2002, with audience figures of over 12 million. Another series saw the brickies holed up in Cuba, and the final two-hour instalment, set in [[Laos]], broadcast over Christmas 2004 attracting over seven million viewers.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} After the first two series of ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet'', Nail found himself typecast before creating the detective series ''[[Spender]]'', which he co-wrote with [[Ian La Frenais]]. The show ran for three series from 1991 to 1993 and also produced a tele-film and a novel. This was followed in 1994 by ''[[Crocodile Shoes]]'', which he also created and starred as musician Jed Shepherd.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} In 2008, Nail created and starred as Phil Parker in ''Parents of the Band'', a 6 x 30 mins series on BBC1, broadcast between November 2008 and January 2009. The series revolves around a group of teenagers who form a band just for their own enjoyment, and their parents, who fully expect them to be the next [[Led Zeppelin]]. Ratings were disappointing, around three million, and there was no second series.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} ===Music=== Although he made a living through acting, his first love was music. He had pop hits with "[[Ain't No Doubt]]", written by [[Charlie Dore]], "Crocodile Shoes", and "Love Don't Live Here Anymore".<ref name="Penny" /> His album ''[[Growing Up in Public (Jimmy Nail album)|Growing Up in Public]]'' ([[East West Records|East West]], 1992) featured [[Gary Moore]], [[David Gilmour]], and [[George Harrison]]. ''[[Crocodile Shoes (album)|Crocodile Shoes]]'' (East West, 1994) was based on the BBC television series of the same name, in which he played a mediocre country singer. The album sold nearly one million copies in the UK.<ref name="AM bio">{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title=Jimmy Nail {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-nail-mn0000065082/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=18 January 2017}}</ref> ''Big River'' featured guitarist [[Mark Knopfler]]. ''Ten Great Songs and an OK Voice'' ([[Papillion Records|Papillion]], 2001) included cover versions of "[[Walking on the Moon]]" by [[The Police (band)|The Police]], "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]" by [[the Beatles]], and "[[Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder song)|Overjoyed]]" by [[Stevie Wonder]]. He sang on the film soundtracks for ''[[Evita (soundtrack)|Evita]]'' and ''[[Still Crazy (soundtrack album)|Still Crazy]]''. He was actively involved in the Sammy Johnson Memorial Fund, established to help young talent in North East England. To aid this, he participated in the ''[[Sunday for Sammy]]'' benefit concerts, until workload forced him to resign from the board. ===Theatre and film=== Nail came out of retirement to act and sing in ''[[The Last Ship (musical)|The Last Ship]]'', a musical by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] about the shipbuilders of [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], the hometown of both Nail and Sting. Sting grew up in [[Wallsend]], down the street from the shipyards. Nail worked in the shipyards and is the son of a shipyard foreman. The show opened in Chicago. On Broadway, when ticket sales began to drop, Sting replaced Nail to try to save the musical, but it ended after a short run. Nail sang on the Original Broadway Cast Recording and on Sting's album, ''[[The Last Ship (album)|The Last Ship]]''.<ref name="Newcastle">{{cite web|last1=Weinert-kendt|first1=Rob|title=Sting and Jimmy Nail on the Musical 'The Last Ship'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/theater/sting-and-jimmy-nail-on-the-musical-the-last-ship.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|accessdate=18 January 2017|date=15 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Betrayed">{{cite web|last1=Graff|first1=Amy|title=Sting: 'I betrayed my best friend Jimmy Nail to save my musical'|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2015/01/27/sting-i-betrayed-my-best-friend-jimmy-nail-to-save-my-musical/|website=Daily Dish|accessdate=18 January 2017|date=27 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Criticism">{{cite web|last1=McLean|first1=Craig|title=Sting interview: 'Criticism is part of the job'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10370488/Sting-interview-Criticism-is-part-of-the-job.html|website=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=18 January 2017|language=en|date=13 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Official">{{cite web|title=The Last Ship (Original Broadway Cast Recording)|url=http://www.sting.com/discography/album/396/Albums|website=Sting.com|accessdate=18 January 2017}}</ref><ref name="Mathes">{{cite web|last1=Semmes|first1=Anne W.|title=Greenwich's Rob Mathes receives his first Tony Award nomination...|url=http://www.sting.com/news/title/greenwichs-rob-mathes-receives-his-first-tony-award-nomination|website=sting.com|accessdate=18 January 2017|date=28 April 2015}}</ref> He had been due to reprise his role in the UK premiere at Northern Stage on 12 March 2018. The show's producer Karl Sydow stated: "After protracted negotiations carried out in good faith, we regret to announce the production's offer of employment to Jimmy Nail has been withdrawn. [[Joe McGann]] will replace him when the show opens in Newcastle in March. Nail said "I was very much looking forward to appearing in Sting's The Last Ship, particularly here in my home city, Sadly that's not to be." Nail played Parson Nathaniel in ''[[War of the Worlds]]'' at the [[Dominion Theatre]], London in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/war-worlds-dominion-casting-jimmy-nail-sugababes_39561.html|title=Casting announced for The War of the Worlds|website=Whatsonstage.com|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> He appeared with [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Antonio Banderas]] in the film ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' (1996), directed by Alan Parker and adapted from the musical. Two years later, he co-starred in the film ''[[Still Crazy]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} He played the role of [[gamekeeper]] Rabbetts in the film ''[[Danny, the Champion of the World (film)|Danny, the Champion of the World]]'', based on the [[Danny, the Champion of the World|novel of the same name]] by [[Roald Dahl]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/jimmy_nail.shtml|title=Jimmy Nail|date=March 2005|work=Drama Faces|publisher=BBC|accessdate=1 October 2010}}</ref> ==Lawsuit== In 2004, Nail successfully sued [[News UK#News Group Newspapers Ltd|News Group Newspapers]] and [[Harper Collins Publishers]]. The lawsuit concerned false and [[defamation|defamatory]] allegations made two years before in an article in ''[[News of the World]]'' and ''Nailed'', a biography which was the newspaper's source for the claims. He described reading the article as one of the worst experiences of his life.<ref name="Libel">{{cite web|title=Libel payout for actor Jimmy Nail|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3571113.stm|website=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=18 January 2017|date=26 March 2004}}</ref><ref name="Gibson">{{cite web|last1=Gibson|first1=Owen|title=Nail wins libel battle|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/mar/26/newsoftheworld.privacy|website=The Guardian|date=26 March 2004}}</ref> He reportedly received damages of £30,000.<ref name="Libel"/> ==Awards and honours== His work has resulted in five [[BAFTA]] nominations (three in total for ''A.W.P.'', one for ''Spender'', one for ''Crocodile Shoes''), a [[Golden Globe]] nomination (Best Original Song – "[[Still Crazy]]"), an [[Ivor Novello]] nomination (for "Ain't No Doubt") and numerous other awards and nominations.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} ==Personal life== Nail married Miriam Jones. They have two boys, Tommy and Freddie, and live in London.<ref name="Penny"/> ==Selected filmography== ===Television=== * ''[[Auf Wiedersehen, Pet]]'' (1983–'84, 1986, 2002, 2004)... as [[Leonard "Oz" Osborne|Leonard Jeffrey "Oz" Osborne]] * ''Spyship'' (1983) ... as Metcalfe * ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'' (1984)... as Nathan Loveridge in the episode "The Car Lot Baggers" * ''[[Blott on the Landscape]]'' (1985)... as Edwards * ''[[Master of the Game (novel)#Adaptations|Master of the Game]]'' (1985)... as Schmidt * ''[[Wallenberg: A Hero's Story|Raoul Wallenberg]]'' (1986)... as Vilmos Langfelder * ''Nicking Kids'' (1986)...as Criminal 1 * ''Lenny Henry Tonite'' (1986) as Guest Star * ''Shoot for the Sun'' (1986)... as Geordie * ''[[Spender]]'' (1991–93)... as Freddie Spender * ''[[Crocodile Shoes]]'' (1994, 1996)... as Jed Shepperd * ''[[Parents of the Band]]'' (2008) ... as Phil Parker ===Films=== *''[[Morons from Outer Space]]'' (1985)... as Desmond *''[[Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf]]'' (1985)...as "Punk" *''[[Dream Demon]]'' (1987)... as Paul *''[[Just Ask for Diamond]]'' (1988)... as Boyle *''[[Crusoe (1989 film)|Crusoe]]'' (1989)... as Tarik *''[[Danny, the Champion of the World#TV Movie|Danny, the Champion of the World]]'' (1990)... as Rabbets *''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' (1996)... as [[Agustín Magaldi]] *''[[Still Crazy]]'' (1998)... as Les Wickes *''[[The 10th Kingdom]]'' (2000)... as Clayface the Goblin ==Own projects== *''[[Spender]]'' (1991–93) – actor, writer, producer, creator *''[[Crocodile Shoes]]'' (1994) – actor, writer, executive producer, creator *''[[Crocodile Shoes II]]'' (1996) – actor, writer, executive producer, title music composer, creator *''[[Parents of the Band]]'' (2008–09) – actor, creator, executive producer, title music composer ==Discography== {{Main|Jimmy Nail discography}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Sources== * Larkin, Colin. 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