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John Thomson

John Thomson Is best known for his role as Pete Gifford in Cold Feet, ITV's critically acclaimed and highly popular comedy. Another important television role for John Thomson was his writing and acting on the comedy sketch show, The Fast Show. His characters included the archetypal jazz presenter (Louis Balfour) who was fond of saying 'cool'.

John Thomson started as a comedian where his stand up act included a character called Bernard Right-On. He became friends with Steve Coogan with whom he would later collaborate on various shows and most notably as Fat Bob in Paul Calf sketches.