Neil Joshua Pearson (born 27 April 1959) is a English actor. He is known for his roles as Dave Charnley in the Channel 4 comedy series, "Drop the Dead Donkey", from 1990 to 1998; Tony Clark in the BBC One police drama series, "Between the Lines", from 1992 to 1994; Michael Caddick in the BBC One drama series, "All the Small Things", during 2009; Vaughan Fitzgerald in the BBC One school-based drama series, "Waterloo Road", from 2014 to 2015; and Jonathan in the BBC One drama series, "In the Club", from 2014 to 2016. His film appearances include all three of the "Bridget Jones" films. He is also an antiquarian book dealer who specialises in the expatriate literary movement of Paris between the World Wars.