Ivan Little

Ivan Little (born 1951) is a journalist and actor from Northern Ireland.
Journalism career.
Little was born in September 1951, and began his career as a journalist working for "The Portadown Times" and the "Belfast Telegraph". He moved into broadcasting by joining Downtown Radio. He joined Ulster Television as a reporter in 1980. In his career at UTV, he reported for "Good Evening Ulster", "Six Tonight" and "UTV Live".
Little took voluntary redundancy from the station in January 2009. At the time, he stated his intention to become a freelance journalist and to maintain an association with his employers of 29 years.
Since leaving UTV has written for Belfast Telegraph.
Co- Wrote Reporting the Troubles with long term friend Deric Henderson.
Acting career.
Little has appeared on stage in the plays "The Quare Gunk", "Scenes from the Big Picture", "Educating Rita" and "Dealer's Choice". He starred in "The History of the Troubles (according to my Da)"'. He appeared in a UTV documentary in 2007 discussing his involvement in the play's production.
On taking voluntary redundancy at UTV, Little stated in a newspaper interview his desire to devote more time to acting and confirmed he had two major roles in prospect.</ref>Sunday Life: "Ivan itch for change": dated 18 January 2009; accessed 5 February 2009</ref>
He made SEVERAL appearances as various characters in the BBC Northern Ireland program "Give My Head peace" from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s
Personal life.
Little attended Grosvenor Grammar School, Belfast and studied journalism at the Belfast College of Commerce. He published his autobiography "Little by Little" in 2005. He has two daughters, one of them being actress Emma Little Lawless.