Where is the forged of The Football Factory now?

It might have been greater than 20 years, however in the end the enduring British hooligan movie The Football Factory is making a sequel. 

The 2004 film starred Danny Dyer as disillusioned 29-year-old Tommy Johnson who lives for the weekend soccer matches. 

And ‘arduous man’ Danny was seen on set for the movie’s long-awaited sequel on Monday – surrounded by crew as he puffed on a cigarette.

Among the characters featured within the sports activities drama alongside Tommy have been his finest good friend Rod King, hot-tempered Billy Bright, youthful members Zeberdee and Raf, grandfather Bill Farrell and opposition Millwall chief Fred. 

But as followers eagerly await the movie’s subsequent instalment, MailOnline seems again at what those that performed the roles went on to do after…  

Danny Dyer – performed Tommy Johnson

Danny Dyer, who is thought for his ‘arduous man’ roles, performed Tommy Johnson within the British sports activities movie – and went on to have an illustrious profession.

The 46-year-old actor has been within the highlight since a younger age, after he was found at an area faculty at 16 years outdated.

An agent auditioned him for the a part of Martin Fletcher within the 1993 collection Prime Suspect 3, catapulting him onto TV.

Over the following 10 years, Danny featured in numerous British tv programmes, together with A Touch of Frost and Second Generation.

Danny had been within the trade for greater than a decade when he starred as Tommy in The Football Factory.

His movie profession continued to flourish as he starred in three extra movies by Football Factory director Nick Love – Goodbye Charlie Bright, The Business and Outlaw.

And simply three years later, after a stint as Michelle’s stepfather in Skins, Danny grew to become the presenter of The Real Football Factories – a TV documentary collection for which he travels all through the UK, and later the world, to satisfy and interview soccer membership followers and hooligans.

In 2008, the Londoner offered Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men, a documentary collection that noticed him looking down a few of the most infamous and feared males in Britain.

He then turned down a job in EastEnders in 2009 for worry it might deliver undesirable publicity – however u-turned on this 4 years later when he was forged as Mick Carter, the brand new landlord of the Queen Vic pub. He stop the position in 2022 after eight years. 

Danny has since offered and starred in varied different documentaries and recreation reveals – main as much as being noticed in rehearsals for The Football Factory’s sequel.

Tamer Hassan – performed Fred

He starred as Danny’s opposition within the movie – who hunts Tommy down all through the flick.

And Tamer Hassan’s movie profession flew after his position as Millwall agency chief Fred. 

Acting wasn’t all the time the dream for Tamer, who started boxing on the age of 10 and went on to win two British titles. 

But after selecting up an damage he turned to operating nightclubs, and later – performing.

Best identified for his position in The Calcium Kid alongside Orlando Bloom, Michael Pena, Billie Piper and Rafe Spall, Tamer went on to have a profitable performing profession.

Following The Football Factory, director Nick Lowe once more forged him reverse Danny in The Business, and he later had roles in main photos The Ferryman, Batman Begins and Clash of the Titans. 

Moving into tv, Tamer clinched a job within the acclaimed HBO collection Game of Thrones as Khal Forzo, the place he starred reverse Emilia Clarke.

Khal Forzo was a Dothraki warrior who refused to simply accept Daenerys Targeryen can be the brand new chief of the Dothraki. 

The Millwall fan is because of characteristic in two movies popping out in 2024, each of that are in submit manufacturing – Mother for an Hour and Bad Day on the Office. 

In 2019, Tamer’s title was circulating for a unique cause, as his daughter Belle grew to become a contestant on Love Island. 

Neil Maskell – performed Rod King

Another The Football Factory alum who went on to make it huge is Neil Maskell – who performed Rod.

Fitting for his position within the movie, Neil was a footballer as a younger boy – when he performed for Long Lane JFC as a full again.

But performing was the chosen path, as from the age of 11, Neil educated in performing on the Anna Scher Theatre in Islington, London.

Between 1991 and 2002, Neil was featured a number of occasions in ITV’s The Bill and had one-off roles in quite a few different fashionable British serial dramas resembling Casualty, London’s Burning and Soldier Soldier. 

But his roles acquired greater and higher, along with his most long-running within the 2005 comedy collection Mike Bassett: Manager, sketch present The Wrong Door, and 2013’s Utopia. 

He was an everyday in sci-fi thriller Humans from 2015 and later performed Winston Churchill in Peaky Blinders. 

Neil’s movie profession started in 1997 whereas he was in his early twenties when he appeared as Schmuddie in Gary Oldman’s directorial debut Nil by Mouth.

Fast ahead seven years and Neil starred as Rod alongside Danny Dyer within the hooligan movie. That similar 12 months he starred in Rise of the Foot Soldier, and in 2009, he appeared as Banksy in comedy zombie movie Doghouse, once more alongside Danny. 

Neil obtained many Best Actor nominations for his lead position in 2011’s Kill List and his newest TV position was as latest as 2023 when he performed the titular and lead character in British gangster revenge movie Bull.

Frank Harper – Billy Bright

Another English actor identified his ‘arduous man’ roles is Frank Harper – who starred as Billy Bright within the soon-to-be-revived movie. 

Frank, 61, started performing at an early age, showing in a play about soccer helps on the Albany Theatre, Deptford, whereas nonetheless in school.

In the early 2000s, Frank appeared in a number of British movies – each earlier than and after The Football Factory. 

He appeared as a white nationalist in 2001 British movie South West 9, which was in regards to the Brixton rave scene.

Frank was additionally forged in 2007’s Rise of the Foot Soldier as real-life Essex Boys’ killer gangster Jack Whomes, who was jailed for all times over the gangland taking pictures of three males discovered useless in a Range Rover close to a farm in Rettendon, Essex, in 1995.

The Londoner featured in a number of British TV programmes together with The Bill and Doctors – however later largely took a step again from performing to deal with directing. 

In 2012, he directed the British gangster movie St George’s Day, which he additionally acted in, however quickly moved his focus to indie quick movies. 

His newest challenge was referred to as the Reel Scene, in keeping with an Instagram submit he shared of the forged in December. ‘It’s a wrap nice weekend with the Reel Scene my actors completed an incredible job!!,’ the picture was captioned.

Roland Manookian – Zeberdee

The Football Factory forged appeared to comply with related filmography’s following its launch. 

And the profession arc of Roland Manookian, who performed youthful member Zeberdee, is not any exception.

Roland, 43, was one more actor from the hit movie to star in Rise of the Foot Soldier. 

He went on to reprise his position of Craig Rolfe a number of occasions, showing within the authentic movie in 2007, adopted by the sequel in 2012 – which adopted the aftermath of the 1995 murders. 

However the franchise continued with Roland’s position on the centre, as a string of prequels have been launched – Rise of the Foot Soldier: The Pat Tate Story (2017), Rise of the Foot Soldier: Marbella (2019) and Rise of the Foot Soldier Origins (2021).

Meanwhile, Roland featured in quite a few different movies and tv collection alongside the franchise – together with The Bill, Guy Richie’s Rocknrolla and Goodbye Charlie Bright. 

His final identified movie or TV look was Rise of the Foot Soldier Origins in 2021.

Dudley Sutton – performed Bill Farrell

Dudley Sutton was a extremely embellished English actor who sadly handed away in 2018 on the age of 85. 

In The Football Factory, Dudley performed the position of Bill Farrell – Tommy’s grandfather – who was dissatisfied by Tommy’s ingesting, drug-using, womanising and preventing within the movie.

Dudley’s lengthy record of performing gigs included an unlimited number of roles, from a homosexual biker in 1964’s The Leather Boys to an adolescent accused of homicide in The Boys (1962).

The actor famously stated that he felt himself privileged that these movies had handled two issues near his coronary heart: the injustice of the dying penalty and homosexual rights.

Dudley was most well-known for his iconic position of Tinker Dill in Lovejoy – whose friendship with the title character, and information of the vintage commerce, was the spine of the present.

Dudley labored throughout numerous TV reveals and movies together with Skins, David Copperfield and EastEnders – and even up till his dying.

His ultimate characteristic was posthumous – when he appeared as on outdated man in Steven Berkoff’s Tell Tale Heart.  

Callum MacNab – Raf

Another of the hooligan agency’s youthful members was Raf, performed by Callum MacNab. 

The soccer movie was Callum’s breakout in contrast to a lot of his castmates who had featured in different British movies or tv collection beforehand. 

After taking part in the position of Raf, Callum additionally continued performing – and within the years that adopted was seen on display with a lot of his Football Factory co-stars. 

In 2005, he nabbed the position of Jason Foley within the TV movie Ahead of the Class starring the enduring Julie Walters as a Glaswegian headmistress. 

That similar 12 months he featured in The Bill and Stoned – a movie which chronicled the life and suspicious dying of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones.

In 2007, Callum was one more castmate to hitch Rise of the Footsoldier, and between then and 2012 he had sporadic roles in British movies and quick movies. 

His final identified performing gig was in 2018’s thriller/motion Tango One.