title: BJ Hogg
text: # BJ Hogg
  
  William Henry Brian Hogg (30 April 1955 – 30 April 2020), better known by his stage name BJ Hogg, was a Northern Irish actor best known for playing Big Mervyn in the BBC sitcom Give My Head Peace. He also played the title role in the Oscar-nominated short film Dance Lexie Dance and appeared as Addam Marbrand in Game of Thrones.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He was born in Lisburn on 30 April 1955. He had two sisters, one his twin. He originally trained to be a chef, but stopped working in hotels after two of them were bombed while on duty. He spent several years as a musician before turning to acting.
  
  He married his wife, Elish, in 1981.
  
  ## Career
  
  ### Stage
  
  He appeared in the Arts and Lyric theatres in Northern Ireland as well as on stage in London and Moscow.
  
  ### Television
  
  As well as Give My Head Peace and Game of Thrones, he appeared in The Fall as the father of a murder victim and The Frankenstein Chronicles.
  
  ### Film
  
  As well as Dance Lexie Dance, he starred in City of Ember, Hunger, Closing the Ring and Divorcing Jack.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died at home on his 65th birthday on 30 April 2020.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  | Year | Title | Role |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1986 | The End of the World Man | Foreman |
  | 1986 | Eat the Peach | Danny |
  | 1995 | Nothing Personal | Jake |
  | 1996 | Past Into Present | Narrator |
  | 1997 | The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | Col. Reece |
  | 1997 | A Further Gesture | Albert |
  | 1997 | The Informant | Constable Goss |
  | 1998 | Resurrection Man | Hacksaw McGrath |
  | 1998 | The Brylcreem Boys | Sean |
  | 1998 | Titanic Town | Chair |
  | 1998 | Divorcing Jack | Billy McCoubrey |
  | 1999 | The Harpist | Vinz |
  | 1999 | Sunset Heights | Minister |
  | 2002 | Puckoon | Rafferty |
  | 2004 | Mickybo and Me | Sydney |
  | 2006 | Small Engine Repair | Bar Character / Engine repair customer |
  | 2007 | Closing the Ring | Maguigan |
  | 2008 | Hunger | Loyalist Orderly |
  | 2008 | Peacefire | Fatboy |
  | 2008 | City of Ember | Mayor's Guard |
  | 2011 | Your Highness | Royal Advisor |
  | 2016 | Property of the State | Michael Pat |
  | 2020 | The Windermere Children | Dr. Willenshaw |
  