English actor and comedian. He played Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the long-running BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses, and Detective Inspector Jack Frost on the ITV crime drama A Touch of Frost. 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 as well as the voices of Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. His last original appearance as Del Boy was in 2014, while Jason retired his role as Frost in 2010. One of the best loved actors in British popular culture, in September 2006 Jason topped the poll to find TV's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations. He was knighted in 2005 for services to drama. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four British Comedy Awards (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and six National Television Awards (1997, 2001, 2002 twice).

Filmography

• 2026Open All Hours: Inside Out
• 2022Comedy Classics: Porridge — Narrator
• 2021Only Fools and Football (Euro 2020 Message from Del Boy) — Derek ' Del Boy' Trotter
• 2021The Lancaster Bomber at 80 with David Jason — Narrator
• 2020David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star
• 2020Flying for Britain with David Jason
• 2020We Love Only Fools and Horses
• 2018Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
• 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves — Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Pip Ahoy! — (voices)
• Still Open All Hours — Granville, Executive Producer
• Car S.O.S.
• 2012Barry Hearn: The People's Promoter
• 2011David Jason's Greatest Escapes — Presenter
• The Royal Bodyguard — Captain Guy Hubble, Executive Producer
• 2010Come Rain Come Shine — Don Mitchell, Executive Producer
• Muddle Earth — Randalf
• 2010The Color of Magic 2in1 — Mrakoplaš
• 2010Touched by Frost: Goodbye Jack — Self/Insp. Jack Frost
• 2009Albert's Memorial — Harry
• 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 — Rincewind
• 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 — Rincewind
• The Colour of Magic — Rincewind, Executive Producer
• 2007Hogfather — Albert
• 2006Ghostboat — Jack Hardy, Executive Producer
• Hogfather — Albert / Alberto Malich
• 2006Prehistoric Park — Narrator
• Prehistoric Park — Narrator
• 2006Prehistoric Park: Building the Impossible — Narrator
• Diamond Geezer — Des, Executive Producer
• The Best of Ronnie Barker
• 2004The Final Quest — Dave, Director
• 2004The Second Quest — Dave, Director
• 2002The Quest — Dave, Director, Creator
• Micawber — Wilkins Micawber, Executive Producer
• 1999All the King's Men — Capt. Frank Beck
• Angelmouse — Narrator
• 1998Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer — (voice)
• 1998March in Windy City — Steven March, Executive Producer
• 1997Only Fools and Horses: Only Fools Cutaway — Derek ' Del Boy' Trotter
• The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey — Rola Polar Bear (voice)
• 1995The Snow Queen — Eric
• Albert The Fifth Musketeer
• 1993The Bullion Boys — Billy Mac
• A Touch of Frost — DI Jack Frost, Executive Producer
• 1992The Christmas Collection — Toad/Chief Weasel (voice)
• 1991Only Fools & Horses - Miami Twice - The Movie — Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter
• The Darling Buds of May — Pop Larkin
• Victor & Hugo, Bunglers in Crime
• 1990Amongst Barbarians — George
• 1990More Children's Holiday Favourites — Count Duckula/Danger Mouse/The Narrator/Toad (voice)
• Oh, Mr. Toad — Toad
• 1990Only Fools and Horses: The Robin Flies at Dawn — Derek ' Del Boy' Trotter
• Single Voices — Vernon Duxley
• 1990The BFG — The BFG (voice)
• 1990The Chemist — Vernon Duxley
• A Bit of a Do — Ted Simcock
• 1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 1 — Count Duckula/Danger Mouse/The Narrator/Toad (voice)
• 1989Lollipop Children's Favourites - Volume 2 — Count Duckula/Danger Mouse/The Narrator/Toad (voice)
• 1989More Children's Summer Stories — Count Duckula/Norm/Danger Mouse/The Narrator/Toad/Chief Weasel (voice)
• Screen One — Billy Mac
• 1989The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads — Toad (voice)
• 1988Children's Favourites - Volume 1 — Toad/Danger Mouse/The Narrator (voice)
• Count Duckula — Count Duckula (voice)
• Porterhouse Blue — Skullion
• 1986Only Fools and Horses: Royal Variety Show — Derek ' Del Boy' Trotter
• ScreenPlay — George
• 1986The Wind in the Willows: Winter Tales — Toad/Billy the Rabbit (voice)
• 1985Only Fools and Horses: White Mice — Derek ' Del Boy' Trotter
• 1984Only Fools and Horses: Licensed to Drill — Derek ' Del Boy' Trotter
• The Wind in the Willows — Toad (voice)
• Dramarama — Mr. Stabs
• 1983The Wind in the Willows — Toad
• 1982Only Fools and Horses: Christmas Trees — Derek ' Del Boy' Trotter
• 1982The Funny Side of Christmas — Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter, Granville
• Danger Mouse — Danger Mouse / Narrator (voice)
• Only Fools and Horses — Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter
• 1978The Odd Job — The Odd Job Man
• 1978The Water Babies — (voice)
• A Sharp Intake of Breath — Peter Barnes
• 1977The Sky Above... The Earth Below — Narrator
• The Sound of Laughter — Peter Barnes
• 1977Wombling Free — Womble Voices (voice)
• Lucky Feller — Bernard 'Shorty' Mepstead
• Open All Hours — Granville
• 1975Royal Flash — Mayor
• Doctor at Sea — Manuel Sanchez
• Porridge — Blanco
• The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs — Edgar Briggs
• Seven of One — Granville
• 1973White Cargo — Albert Toddey
• His Lordship Entertains — Dithers - the gardener
• 1972Under Milk Wood — Nogood Boyo
• Doctor at Large — Mr Bligh
• Six Dates with Barker — Clive
• 1971The Odd Job — Clive
• Two D's And A Dog — Dingle
• 1970Using the Telephone
• Counterstrike — Taffy Sadler
• Doctor in the House — Mr Drobnic
• Hark at Barker — Dithers, Piano Player
• Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) — Abel
• Do Not Adjust Your Set — Various Characters
• Softly, Softly — Smith
• Crossroads — Bernie Kilroy
• Hugh and I — Actor
• Comedy Playhouse — Quentin

Appearances as themselves (13)

• David & Jay's Touring Toolshed — Self - Presenter
• 2023Only Fools and Horses: Greatest Christmas Moments — Self
• David Jason's Great British Inventions — Self - Presenter
• David Jason: Planes, Trains and Automobiles — Himself - Presenter
• David Jason's Secret Service — Self - Presenter
• The Story of Only Fools And Horses — Self
• 2016World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys — Self / Presenter
• A Life on Screen — Self
• The Michael McIntyre Chat Show — Self - Guest
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• 2002The Story of Only Fools and Horses — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• Wogan — Self