The actorhas died at the age of 36Neil Fingleton played the Fisher King in the 2015 Doctor Who stories Under the Lake and Before The Flood In 2007 Fingleton was awarded the Guinness World Record as theand the, standing at 7 ft 6in or 2.33m.Neil Fingleton was born in Durham in 1980. An outstanding basketball player, he spent 8 years in education in the United States, winning a sporting scholarship and studying at theat Chapel Hill and later at thein Worcester, Massachusetts.In 2004 he made his professional debut as a basketball player for the now defunct. He later played professionally in China, Italy, Greece, England and for the spanish teamsandIn 2007 injury forced him to abandon his sporting career and he took up acting. He appeared in the filmalongside, and played the giantin the TV series. He appeared in the 2015 film, the Fox Studios filmand in the Marvel Entertainment filmNeil Fingleton died on Saturday after suffering a heart attack.