About
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
Known for
Death in ParadiseSeries • 2011
CasualtySeries • 1986
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967
The Story of Tracy BeakerSeries • 2002
HexSeries • 2004
Desmond'sSeries • 1989
CubaMovie • 1979
Beautiful PeopleSeries • 2008
Joy DivisionMovie • 2006
Your Christmas or Mine?Movie • 2022
Song for MarionMovie • 2012
My Beautiful LaundretteMovie • 1985
Half Moon StreetMovie • 1986
Your Christmas or Mine 2Movie • 2023
The Calcium KidMovie • 2004
Britannia HospitalMovie • 1982
City of Tiny LightsMovie • 2016
Lucky BreakMovie • 2001
Virtual SexualityMovie • 1999
Leo the LastMovie • 1970