Richard Braine (born 1956) is a British television actor, playwright,
and theatre director.One of his most recognisable roles was that of
Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle in the ITV television third and fourth
series Jeeves and Wooster based on the P.G. Wodehouse novels. In an
earlier episode of the first series, he played the character Rupert
Steggles. In Germany, Braine is known for appearing in a series of
adverts for the Dinkel-Mini snack, after an outtake of his work on an
advert for the brand appeared on a television bloopers programme and
he was asked back to appear in subsequent ads.His varied television
career includes parts in EastEnders, Only Fools and Horses, The
Brittas Empire and So What Now? and he has appeared in film roles in
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Finding Neverland (2004) and
Calendar Girls (2003). He also played the character of XP, a space
alien that loves prawn crisps who comes down to earth in the BBC Two
schools programme The Experimenter to understand Earth life from
Sarah, a schoolgirl friend played by Nadia Williams.
and theatre director.One of his most recognisable roles was that of
Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle in the ITV television third and fourth
series Jeeves and Wooster based on the P.G. Wodehouse novels. In an
earlier episode of the first series, he played the character Rupert
Steggles. In Germany, Braine is known for appearing in a series of
adverts for the Dinkel-Mini snack, after an outtake of his work on an
advert for the brand appeared on a television bloopers programme and
he was asked back to appear in subsequent ads.His varied television
career includes parts in EastEnders, Only Fools and Horses, The
Brittas Empire and So What Now? and he has appeared in film roles in
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), Finding Neverland (2004) and
Calendar Girls (2003). He also played the character of XP, a space
alien that loves prawn crisps who comes down to earth in the BBC Two
schools programme The Experimenter to understand Earth life from
Sarah, a schoolgirl friend played by Nadia Williams.
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