Bio
David Jason is an English actor best known as the main character Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the television sitcom Only Fools and Horses (1981-2003), as the voice of Mr Toad in The Wind in the Willows and as Detective Inspector Jack Frost on the crime drama A Touch of Frost, from 1992-2010.
Other high profile television roles were as Granville in the sitcom Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in the comedy drama The Darling Buds of May.
He is also known for his work in two adaptations of Terry Pratchett's fantasy novels, Hogfather and The Colour of Magic.
Jason also starred as the title character in the short-lived, critically-derided sitcom The Royal Bodyguard, from 2011-2012.
In 1993, Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), and twelve years later, in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2005, he was knighted for services to acting and comedy.