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McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. He went to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary in Jordanhill, Glasgow, where he did well enough and started 'a little school band with a couple of mates'.
McAvoy toyed with the idea of the Catholic priesthood as a child but, when he was 16, a visit to the school by actor David Hayman sparked an interest in acting. Hayman offered him a part in his film The Near Room (1995) but despite enjoying the experience McAvoy didn't seriously consider acting as a career, although he did continue to act as a member of PACE Youth Theatre. He applied instead to the Royal Navy and had already been accepted when he was also offered a place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD).
He took the place at the RSAMD (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) and, when he graduated in 2000, he moved to London. He had already made a couple of TV appearances by this time and continued to get a steady stream of TV and movie work until he came to attention of the British public in 2004 playing car thief Steve McBride in the successful UK TV series Shameless (2004) and then to the rest of the world in 2005 as Mr Tumnus, the faun, in Disney's adaptation of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). In The Last King of Scotland (2006) McAvoy portrayed a Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician to dictator Idi Amin, played by Forest Whitaker. McAvoy's career breakthrough came in Atonement (2007), Joe Wright's 2007 adaption of Ian McEwan's novel.
Since then, McAvoy has taken on theatre roles, starring in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' (directed by Jamie Lloyd), which launched the first Trafalgar Transformed season in London's West End and earned him an Olivier award nomination for Best Actor. In January 2015, McAvoy returned to the Trafalgar Studios stage to play Jack Gurney, the delusional 14th Earl of Gurney who believes he is Jesus, in the first revival of Peter Barnes's satire 'The Ruling Class', a role for which he was subsequently awarded the London Evening Standard Theatre Award's Best Actor.
On screen, McAvoy has appeared as corrupt cop Bruce Robertson in Filth (2013), a part for which he received a Scottish BAFTA for Best Actor, a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, a London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actor of the Year and an Empire Award for Best Actor. More recently, he reprised his role as Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019). He began his depiction of Kevin Wendell Crumb, also known as The Horde, a man with an extreme case of dissociative identity disorder in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Split (2016) and continued it in the sequel, Glass (2019). Also in 2019, he played Bill Denbrough in It Chapter Two (2019), the horror sequel to It (2017).
McAvoy and Jamie Lloyd look set to continue their collaboration in December 2019, with a production of 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End, London. The project has been on the cards as long ago as 2017, when McAvoy posted a picture of him reading the script and wearing a false nose.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald was born and raised in Glasgow. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she was raised by her mother, a sales executive in the garment industry. She has one brother, David. As a hobby, she acted in an amateur theatrical club, which she enjoyed a great deal. Macdonald was working as a barmaid, when she saw a leaflet for an open casting call for a film. She went along and was cast as Diane in Trainspotting (1996). For this breakout role, she was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award and began a highly successful acting career.
Other notable film projects include Stella Does Tricks (1996), Elizabeth (1998), Gosford Park (2001) and No Country for Old Men (2007). She won an Emmy for her role as Gina in The Girl in the Café (2005) and appeared as Helena Ravenclaw in the wildly popular Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). In 2010, she won the role of Margaret Schroeder in Boardwalk Empire (2010).
Macdonald is married to Travis bassist Dougie Payne, and they have a son, Freddie.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Since David McCallum's father, David McCallum Sr., was first violinist for the London Philharmonic Orchestra and his mother, Dorothy Dorman, was a cellist, it's not surprising that David was originally headed for a career in music, playing oboe. He studied briefly at the Royal Academy of Music. He left that, however, for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined Actor's Equity in 1946, his first acting work being for BBC Radio. He made nearly a dozen movies in the United Kingdom before his critically acclaimed work as Lt. Wyatt in Billy Budd (1962).
To the older generation, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of U.N.C.L.E. agent Illya Kuryakin in the hit TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). To younger audience, he is best known for his superlative portrayal of Dr. Donald "Duckie" Mallard on NCIS (2003).
McCallum was first married to actress Jill Ireland, whom he met while filming Hell Drivers (1957). In 1962 he introduced Ireland to Charles Bronson when both were filming The Great Escape (1963). She eventually left McCallum and married Bronson in 1968. McCallum and Ireland had three sons: Paul, Jason (an adopted son who died from an accidental drug overdose in 1989), and Val (short for Valentine).
He met fashion model Katherine Carpenter during a photo shoot for Glamour in 1965 and married her two years later. The couple had a son, Peter, and a daughter, Sophie. They were together for 58 years and were active with charitable organizations that support the The United States Marine Corps: Katherine's father was a Marine who served in the Battle of Iwo Jima, and her brother lost his life in the Vietnam War. McCallum had eight grandchildren.
David McCallum died on September 25 2023 in New York City from natural causes at the age of 90.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Curran was born on 13 December 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Calibre (2018), Deadwood: The Movie (2019) and Outlaw King (2018). He has been married to Mai Curran since 13 August 2011.- Actor
- Director
- Soundtrack
Robert Carlyle was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, to Elizabeth, a
bus company employee, and Joseph Carlyle, a painter and decorator. He
was raised by his father after his mother left him when he was four. At
the age of 21, after reading
Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," he
enrolled in acting classes at the Glasgow Arts Centre. In 1991,
together with four other actors, he founded the Raindog theatre company
(named after Tom Waits' album "Rain Dog," one
of Carlyle's favorites), a company dedicated to innovative work. Danny Boyle's film Trainspotting (1996) marked his breakthrough.- Actor
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- Additional Crew
Ray Park was born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He moved with his parents, younger brother and sister to London, UK, at the age of seven. Ray always wanted to be in the movies, and be like their heroes. He also began to nurture a love for martial arts from the age of seven, when his father's fondness for Bruce Lee films sparked a fire in the youngster's mind that would never extinguish. Specializing in the traditional Chinese Northern Shaolin Kung-fu (in the Chin Woo style), Park moved on to master other styles, most notably Wushu. In 1991, at age 16, Ray became a member of the Great Britain Wushu team, competing in his first international in Beijing, China at the 1st World Wushu Championships. Ray was the first Wushu athlete from Great Britain and Europe to place in the top seven in the world, and went on to compete for Great Britain for another six years. He became a fixture at martial arts exhibitions and tournaments, Nationally, European and Internationally, attaining Gold Medal for the Great Britain Wushu and the Chin Woo Martial Arts team.
Ray began teaching himself gymnastics at a young age but felt he was missing the correct training to achieve a higher level. At fifteen, he found a school that was willing to allow him to practice and use the floor space. The gymnastic training helped to improve his martial arts training and began to sit in and take seminars in coaching gymnastics. It was when he was nineteen that he relocated to another gymnastic gym and became one of the boys' squad coaches. He further went on to be in charge of coaching recreational gymnastics throughout schools in London. Ray's boys squad won 1st in The London Youth Games for Hendon Gymnastics Club. During one of his frequent visits to Malaysia, he was approached to audition for Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). Ray became martial arts advisor to one of the stunt coordinators and later landed playing one of the Reptiles, Baraka, and doubling for Rayden.
Conjuring memories of his youthful cinematic martial arts passion, Park attempted to learn as much as possible about the process of filmmaking. Soon being given more scenes and becoming more natural on set, he was contacted by stunt coordinator Nick Gillard to audition for George Lucas' prequel Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Offered the job by producer Rick McCallum, Park was given the creative freedom to develop his choreography by an impressed Lucas, and soon gained the confidence to develop his role to the best of his abilities.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Graham McTavish is a Scottish television and film actor, best known for his roles as Dougal Mackenzie in the popular TV series "Outlander" (2014-16), as Dwalin in the "The Hobbit" trilogy for Peter Jackson (2012-14) as well as the Saint of Killers in AMC's series "Preacher", based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's cult comic book series (2016 onwards). He also starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in "Rambo" (2008) and "Creed" (2015), making him the only actor to perform opposite Rocky AND Rambo.
He is also known for his roles in numerous other TV shows and movies including "Red Dwarf" (1998), "24" (2009), "Rome" (2004), "The Finest Hours" (2015) and "Colombiana" (2011). As well as extensive theatre work throughout the UK including The Royal Court, and The Royal National Theatre, he is well known for his voice work on games and animated TV, including "Uncharted 2, 3, and 4", "Call of Duty", "Dante's Inferno", Loki in "Hulk v Thor" and "The Avengers", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Kung Fu Panda"- Actor
- Producer
Tommy Flanagan was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland where he made his stage debut at the Raindog Theatre Company and appeared in such productions as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and MacBeth.
Flanagan soon landed the role of Scottish rebel 'Morrison' in the Mel Gibson epic Braveheart (1995) and went on to work with an array of top directors in films such as Phillip Noyce's The Saint (1997), John Woo's Face/Off (1997), and David Fincher's The Game (1997).
Tommy Flanagan stars alongside Russell Crowe in Sleeping Dogs (2023) which reunites the actors following their work together on Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning classic, Gladiator. Flanagan is perhaps best known for his role as Filip 'Chibs' Telford in FX's Emmy-nominated biker gang drama Sons of Anarchy (2008 - 2014), which ran for seven seasons. Flanagan stars opposite Joseph Sikora in Starz's Power Book IV: Force (2022) - a spin-off of the premium cabler's hugely popular crime drama Power, which has been picked up for a second season. He has appeared on HBO's Westworld (2020) opposite Evan Rachel Wood and Vincent Cassel and has also been seen on series like Peaky Blinders (2013) and Netflix's Wu Assassins (2019), among others.
Recent film credits for Flanagan include the James Gunn-directed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); the action-thriller Boon (2022) opposite Neil McDonough; the crime actioner Killers Anonymous (2019) opposite Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba; A24's acclaimed Western The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017) opposite Bill Pullman, Jim Caviezel and Peter Fonda; Bleecker Street's Papillon (2017) remake, which reunited him with Sons of Anarchy's Charlie Hunnam; Netflix's Iraq War pic Sand Castle (2017) opposite Henry Cavill and Nicholas Hoult; and Heidi Greensmith's indie drama Winter (2015) opposite Tom Payne.- Actor
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- Producer
Peter Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Nancy (Soutar) and Gerald John Capaldi. His parents owned an ice cream business. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), Scottish, and Irish descent. Capaldi attended drama classes and was accepted into the Glasgow School of Art. After graduating he secured his breakthrough role in Local Hero (1983). Prior to becoming an actor he also worked as a graphic designer for BBC Scotland TV.
Peter was announced as the Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who (2005) on 4th August 2013 on a BBC special programme. He had to hide it from his daughter who remarked to him why it is his name never came up during the buzz. It was a huge relief not to have to keep the secret anymore. His agent called and said "Hello Doctor" when informing him he had gotten the part.- Laura Fraser was born on 24th July 1975 and brought up in Glasgow. Her
father, Alister, used to run a small building company but is now an
aspiring scriptwriter; her mother, Rose, used to be a nurse but is now a
college lecturer. She has an older brother who works with computers, a
younger sister who is studying philosophy at university, and a younger
brother who hasn't yet decided what he wants to do. Laura describes her
family as a pretty close bunch.
Alister Fraser was instrumental in getting his daughter into acting when
she was at school. He wrote a play for the youth club in which she
played the female lead. After completing High School, Laura did a drama
foundation course at Glasgow's Langside College, and than went to the
prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
During her time there, she got a supporting role in Gillies MacKinnon's
film Small Faces (1995). This was on top of a couple of other
minor roles she had taken (such as 'Big Day for the Bad Guys). The
college authorities took a pretty dim view of the amount of professional
work she had been taking on, questioning her commitment to the course.
Having not been enjoying her time at the Academy, and encouraged by her
parents, she dropped out after a year and moved to London. She landed
the starring female role in the BBC adaptation of Neil Gaiman's
_"NeverWhere" (1996) (mini)_ series, and then moved to several small or
supporting roles in films (Cousin Bette, Man in the Iron Mask), as well
as a lead in the short film 'Paris Brixton'. She also appeared as a
minor character in single TV dramas, such as 'The Investigator' and 'The
Tribe'). Her role in the movie Left Luggage (1998) was more
substantial and led to her getting one of the main character roles in
the black comedy Divorcing Jack (1998) (at least in the first
half). And her highest profile performance as the lead female in the
comedy Virtual Sexuality (1999) in 1998.
From here she has appeared in a number of films, mainly in supporting
roles, but always noticeable. Her performance as Lavinia in the offbeat
version of Titus (1999) has particularly been singled out for
praise. All these roles have demonstrated her versatility in
characterization and style to the full. From the fantasy of
'Neverwhere', comedy of 'Virtual Sexuality', Shakespearean drama of
'Titus', emotional drama of 'Forgive and Forget' and slapstick of 'Kevin
and Perry', Laura cannot be typecast. She effortlessly adapts to all
the genres (and accents where needed; she has rarely appeared acting
using her own Glasgow accent).
Laura moved to America after completing Coney Island Baby (2002).
She landed a role in the well regarded HBO drama Iron Jawed Angels (2004), and also met up with Karl Geary, her co-star in
'Coney Island Baby'. They lived together in Brooklyn, and subsequently
married in New York in 2003. They moved to Ireland in mid 2004.
In early 2005, Laura returned to live in Glasgow with her husband and
stepdaughter, and a desire to start a family and focus on local work.
She found she was pregnant in late 2005, and spent time working as a
choreographer on a pantomime written by her father 'Oh Yes He Is!' for
the charity Sense Scotland. In May 2006 she and Karl became proud
parents of a baby girl. Laura intended to not work for 12 months and be
a full-time mum, but by September 2006 she was back making a film for
the BBC. - Actor
- Writer
- Composer
Billy Connolly was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He left school to work in the shipyards, becoming a welder, and joined the Territorial Army (in the parachute regiment) at around the same time. He developed an interest in folk music, eventually being an accomplished banjo player and a member of the band Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty (later of Baker Street fame). The jokes he told between songs eventually took over his act and he became a full-time comedian. Already a big star in Scotland, he became a household name in the UK after appearing on Parkinson (1971) in the early seventies. Billy has released many recordings and videos of his concert performances over the years. He has expanded his repertoire to include acting, appearing in a number of television dramas and films, most recently in the USA. In the 90s he made two documentary series for the BBC, about Scotland and Australia respectively, and in 1997 he starred in the award winning film Mrs. Brown (1997). He is one of the UK's top comedians.- Six foot six inches tall, with brown eyes and dark hair, Rory McCann
from Glasgow began his working life at the top - as a painter on the
Forth Bridge in Scotland. He came to notice in a television commercial
for Scotts' Porridge Oats, in which he appeared as a scantily-clad hunk
in a vest and kilt and little else wandering snowbound streets but
warmed by the inner glow of the porridge. He claims that as a
consequence he was often approached by people demanding that he "lift
his kilt." In 2002 he was seen in the TV comedy-drama 'The Book Group'
playing a wheelchair-bound lifeguard, a part for which he won a
Scottish BAFTA award for the best television performance of 2002. Since
then he has taken television roles as Peter the Great and a priest in
'Shameless'. He made his Hollywood debut in Oliver Stone's 'Alexander'.
He divides his time between homes in London and Glencoe, Scotland,
where he aims to have his own castle. He is an accomplished singer,
pianist and harmonica-player as well as an all-round sportsman. Since 2012 he has been part of the international television block-buster 'Game of Thrones'. - Actor
- Producer
Douglas Henshall was born in Glasgow, Scotland in November 1965. His
mother was a nurse and his father a salesman. He is the youngest of
three children and has two older sisters. He grew up in Barrhead and
attended Barrhead High School. Whilst at school a friend asked him to
join The Scottish Youth Theatre based in Glasgow. After leaving school,
he moved to London to train at Mountview Theatre School. He returned to
Glasgow after training where he joined the 7:84 theater company.
Eventually, he went back to live in London where he received critical
acclaim for his theater work, notably "Life of Stuff" at the Donmar
Warehouse (1993) and "American Buffalo" at the Young Vic (1997).
One of his first successful film roles was as Edgar in
Angels and Insects (1995)
before going on to star in
Orphans (1998),
Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998),
Lawless Heart (2001) and
It's All About Love (2003) .
He has also starred in many television series and is known for his
roles in Psychos (1999),
Kid in the Corner (1999),
Loving You (2003) and
Frances Tuesday (2004).
Douglas has also performed in plays for BBC radio, including the role
of Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet (1999), David in "The Long Farewell"
(2002), Jack Parlabane in "Bampot Central" (2004) and Richard in
"Richard III" (2004).
In the summer of 2002, Douglas returned to the London stage where he
performed the role of Michael Bakunin in
Tom Stoppard's new trilogy of plays, 'The
Coast of Utopia', at The National Theatre.
During 2004 he continued stage work starring as John Proctor in 'Arthur
Miller' 's 'The Crucible' at The Crucible in Sheffield and Thomas
Huxley in 'Darwin in Malibu' by Crispin Whittell, at the Hampstead
Theatre.
In 2005 Douglas made his West End debut at The Lyric, Shaftesbury
Avenue playing Biff Loman in the critically acclaimed production of
Arthur Miller'
's play 'Death of a Salesman', alongside Brian Dennehy.- Actor
- Producer
David Patrick O'Hara was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Martha (née Scott) and Patrick O'Hara, a construction worker and raised in the Pollok section of Glasgow in a large Catholic family of Irish descent. His paternal great-grandfather was Irish.
After leaving school he was accepted for a Youth Opportunities Programme, at a community theatre based at the Glasgow Arts Centre. It toured local schools under the direction of Robin Peoples. He moved to London at age 17 to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama but left after two terms because of a shortage of funds. He went back to Scotland and landed a role in Bill Forsyth's Comfort and Joy (1984), then returned to Central to finish his last term. He was understudy to Ralph Fiennes in "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
He performed in "Romeo and Juliet" as Tybalt, directed by Declan Donnellan for the New Shakespeare Company, at the Open Air Theatre in London's Regent Park, which was followed by a European tour. Other stage credits include "The Comedy of Errors" at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, and "Aff the Other Man" at the Haymarket. He spent a year at the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford and the Barbican, in "Fashion", and in Jonathan Miller's productions of "Taming of the Shrew", "Romeo and Juliet", "Cymbeline", and "Bite of the Night" (directed by Danny Boyle).
His big break came as Stephen, the rampaging Irishman who joins forces with William Wallace (Mel Gibson) in Braveheart (1995). The following year, 1996, saw him co-starring opposite Helen Mirren as a slightly independent policeman in Granada Television's Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (1996), which aired on PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre" in 1997. That same year, he appeared in Alan J. Pakula's The Devil's Own (1997), was the romantic foil to Janeane Garofalo in The MatchMaker (1997), portrayed a biker in the Scottish film The Slab Boys (1997), and portrayed Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist (1997).- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Alec Newman was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
After graduating from LAMDA he built up a steady list of theatre and screen credits before landing the lead role of Paul Atreides in the Emmy award winning miniseries Dune (2000). Introduced to US audiences, a string of appearances on American TV and film followed. He won the coveted role of Barnabus Collins for a 2005 reboot of Dark Shadows (2005) produced by John Wells. Also for television, Frankenstein (2004) saw Newman in the title role, reunited with William Hurt as well as Donald Sutherland.
Continuing work on film included playing aspiring writer Paul in Penny Woolcock's The Principles of Lust (2003) and a supporting role in the Stephen Fry directed Bright Young Things (2003). Both films played at festivals worldwide including Cannes, Sundance and LIFF.
Newman has maintained a consistent presence on the London stage with work at the National Theatre, Almeida, Hampstead and Young Vic as well as the Donmar Warehouse. The 2011 Donmar production of "King Lear" starring Derek Jacobi, featured Newman as Edmund and transferred to BAM, New York. In 2015, the National Theatre production of "The Motherfucker with The Hat" in which he played the title role, garnered an Evening Standard award for Best Play.
Television series regular roles in Kurt Sutter's The Bastard Executioner (2015), Amazon's Rogue (2013) and HBO's Strike Back (2010) saw Newman in edgier often action oriented form, the turn as Strikeback villain Pavel Kuragin perhaps in particular.
In Guy Pitt's 2014 drama Greyhawk (2014) though, Newman's performance was low key and intimate, contributing to the film's nomination for that years EIFF Michael Powell award. Since then, he's been directed by Tomas Alfredson, Amma Assante and George Clooney among others.
A reputation for darker complex characters has some justification . His work in Showtrial (2021) and Karen Pirie (2022) are good examples, with Newman tackling characters in complex moral conflict.
Also a prolific voice artist, he's featured in numerous video game titles including Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020),Cyberpunk 2077 (2020),and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022).
He is a huge football fan and has indulged his love of mountains by twice trekking in the Himalayas to Mt. Everest.
Newman lives with his wife and daughter in Surrey, England.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of Captain Arthur Kerr Trimmer. She was educated at Northumberland House, Clifton, Bristol. She first performed at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London. She subsequently performed with the Oxford Repertory Company 1939-40. Her first appearance on the West End stage was as Ellie Dunn in "Heartbreak House" at the Cambridge Theatre in 1943. She performed in France, Belgium and Holland with ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association, or Every Night Something Awful) - The British Army entertainment service. She has appeared in many films from her first appearance in Major Barbara (1941).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
McCall became known in the U.S after playing Cpl. Joseph Liebgott in HBO's Band of Brothers for Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
He just completed principle photography on the London/New York based show, Suspicion, for Apple TV alongside Uma Thurman, and The Offer for Paramount Plus with Miles Teller and director Dexter Fletcher. He has written and starred in two features that have garnered festival attention and awarded theatrical releases in both the US and the UK. The first, About Us, was officially selected for the Edinburgh Film festival and the second, Ire, which he also directed, found distribution before principal photography was complete.
He starred in Aftermath for Netfilx, the Danish feature film The Good Traitor for director Christina Rosendahl, Rome in Love and Tesla, both shot in Italy. Previous feature films include, A Walk to Vegas, Hex, A New York Christmas, multiple award winning The Beautiful Ones (multiple Best Actor wins), It's not you it's me, Willed to kill, A Country Christmas with Dolly Parton, festival favorite AutoMotive with Tessa Thompson, Internationally award winning In Embryo (Best Actor nomination at the Shanghai International Film Festival), SXSW winner Green Street Hooligans with Charlie Hunnam, Green Street Hooligans 2, Serving up Richard, Alpha Males, Trade Routes, Autopsy, LD 50 with Tom Hardy, and Waterland with Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawk. He also played opposite Tom Hanks in Robert Zemeckis The Polar Express, playing Hanks' scene partner for the entire picture. McCall has worked on many television series including, CSI: NY, The Man, Bones, Ghost Whisperer, Two seasons of the critically acclaimed Crash for Paul Haggis and Glen Mazzara, Luther with Idris Elba, Castle, Season 9 of 24, Lucifer, Fear the Walking Dead and played Matthew Keller on White Collar for 4 seasons.
In his youth he played the young Freddie Mercury in the music video The Miracle for the rock group Queen, and continued performing in the London West End theatre district in the stage productions of Oliver!, The King and I, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Les Miserables, and the Neil Simon play, Lost in Yonkers opposite Rosemary Harris.
McCall continues to work closely with the conservation group Sea Shepherd, writing and directing the documentary Grind of the Faroe Islands and is a huge supporter of the Elephant rescue center PAWS, in Northern California.- Actor
- Soundtrack
John Gordon Sinclair was born on 4 February 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Gregory's Girl (1980), Erik the Viking (1989) and World War Z (2013). He has been married to Shauna McKeon since 2004. They have two children.- After completing a BA in business studies at the University of Strathclyde, in his home city of Glasgow, he went on to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and has worked extensively in theatre film and television in both the UK and the USA
Having first come to prominence in Channel 4's cult hit "The Book Group" ,he has since had recurring roles in many well known, much loved and award winning series such as "Happy Valley", " Undercover" ,"The Village", "Frankie", "No Angels" and "Clocking Off"
In the US he starred alongside Lily Taylor in Lifetime's 'State of Mind' and is also known for the role of Stuart in series 2 and 3 of ABC's "Ugly Betty" - Sharon Small was born on 1 January 1967 in Drumchapel, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for About a Boy (2002), The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001) and National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016).
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Michelle Gomez is a Scottish actress. She gained recognition for her roles in the comedy series The Book Group (2002-2003), Green Wing (2004-2007), and Bad Education (2012-2013). She went on to appear as Missy in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who (2014-2017), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Gary Lewis was born in 1958 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Billy Elliot (2000), Gangs of New York (2002) and Valhalla Rising (2009).- Actor
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Billy Boyd was born in 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Mary and William
Boyd. The talented young boy, inspired by Star Wars to try acting, got
his first taste of it in his school's production of Oliver Twist when
he was 10. Boyd's parents were extremely supportive, driving over two
hours to get him to the performances, but sadly they passed away when
he was 12. He was thereafter raised by his grandmother. He realized
that he enjoyed acting very much and told his school counselor that was
what he wanted to be, but the counselor discouraged this choice and
told him to "keep it secret". When he was 17 he left school and went to
work in a book-binding workshop. He worked there 4 years as an
apprentice and 2 years as a workman. Ironically, during the years he
worked at the book-binders, the Lord of the Rings trilogy was printed
and bound there, many copies bound by his hands. After the 6 years as a
book-binder, he was thoroughly sick of it. Billy planned on going to
America for a year, but before he went he called the Royal Scottish
Academy of Music and Drama and asked about applying for when he got
back. But it so happened that they still had space for that year and
they asked him if he wanted to apply and he did. He was at the drama
school in a 3-year course for his bachelor of arts degree, meanwhile
studying everything from Shakespeare to puppet-making. During this time
Billy had a few small roles in TV series such as "Down Amongst The
Boys" and "Taggart". After graduating he performed in many plays like
'The Slab Boys', 'The Diary of Adrian Mole' etc. at The St. Andrews
theatre which were his first paying roles. He then received a call from
his agent about the Lord of the Rings movies and if he would like to
audition for them. He went along not expecting much, but within a few
months Peter Jackson came out to Scotland to meet him and to audition
him personally. While rehearsing for a show he received a call from his
agent who said that the part of Pippin had been offered to him - if he
wanted it. The rest is history.- Synnøve Karlsen is a Norwegian Scottish actress best known for playing Clarice Orsini in the historical drama series Medici, Holly McStay in the BBC thriller series Clique and Jocasta in the 2021 Edgar Wright psychological horror film Last Night in Soho. Karlsen was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Helensburgh before her family relocated to London when she was 12 years old. She is of Norwegian descent.She has three older brothers and is the niece of Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley. She studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and then the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, leaving after a year upon being cast in Clique
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Born in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Joliet, Illinois. He returned
to the UK, for a 6 month Shakespeare semester with the United States
International University of San Diego, but left to star in the musical
production of "Anything Goes," with Elaine Paige. He went on to star in
"Miss Saigon," "Matador," "Rope," and "Hair" at London's West End.
Barrowman has homes in London and Cardiff, Wales.- James McArdle was born on 3 April 1989 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for '71 (2014), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Mary Queen of Scots (2018).
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Lauren Lyle is a Scottish actress best known for her recurring role as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser in the Starz television drama Outlander, and peace protester Jade Antoniak in the BBC drama Vigil. Lyle is soon to play the leading role of Detective Sergeant Karen Pirie in ITV's new crime thriller Karen Pirie.- Iain De Caestecker is a Scottish actor. He went to Hillhead Primary School and successfully completed an HND in Acting and Performance at Langside College.
He played the lead in two high-profile BBC series - BAFTA-winning The Fades and Young James Herriot (both 2011). The latter earned him a nomination for a BAFTA Scotland for Best Actor/Actress - Television.
Psychological horror film In Fear premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. That same year, De Caestecker appeared in Filth and Not Another Happy Ending; the latter earned him his second BAFTA Scotland nomination, this time in the Best Actor/Actress - Film category.
He also appeared in the music video for Gabrielle Aplin's song "Please Don't Say You Love Me".
In 2013, De Caestecker landed the role of Leopold Fitz on the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). That same year, De Caestecker was cast in the lead role of Ryan Gosling's feature directorial debut Lost River (2014).
In 2018, De Caestecker co-starred in the J.J. Abrams-produced science fiction war film Overlord (2018). - Actor
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Best known as Robert the Bruce in
Braveheart (1995), Angus McFadyen has
enjoyed a fine career in the film business. He has been in a variety of
different films and television shows over his life, playing such well
known roles as Edward
'Blackbeard' Teach, Robert the
Bruce, and Orson Welles.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland on the twenty-first of September in 1963,
Angus lived a colourful childhood, being raised in such places as the
Philippines, Singapore, and France. Angus found himself back in
Britain, however, when it came to education. He enrolled in the
University of Edinburgh, and Central School of Speech and Drama in
London.
Angus' first role was the role of Philip in the film made for
television,
The Lost Language of Cranes (1991).
The film centers on a young man (Angus) who must tell his parents that
he is gay. Playing the role of his father was fellow Scottish actor
Brian Cox. Angus then acted in the
television film
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight (1993)
and also on the television show
Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)
which was about a salesman who runs a radio station in an institution.
This led to the biggest role of Angus's career.
In 1995, Mel Gibson's epic classic,
Braveheart (1995) was released, with
Angus in the role of Robert the Bruce. Next to the flamboyantly hero of
William Wallace, Robert the Bruce was the human character, the man who
wanted to make the right choice, but was drawn to compromise. The
brilliant portrayal of the Bruce was sadly unnoticed by any awards, a
tragic insult to Angus's brilliant performance.
After Braveheart (1995) won Best
Picture, Angus acted in the independent film
Nevada (1997), before giving the most
over-the-top performance of his career in the action/fantasy
Warriors of Virtue (1997).
While the movie was a disaster critically and commercially, Angus's
performance as the demented villain Komodo is fondly remembered by a
cult following to this day. Another role for Angus was in the romantic
comedy Still Breathing (1997).
Regrettably, none of these matched up to
Braveheart (1995)'s success. He moved
on to Joseph's Gift (1999) which
starred Freddy Rodríguez. Angus
also co-starred alongside such names as
Don Cheadle and
Ray Liotta when he played Peter Lawford in
the HBO film
The Rat Pack (1998).
Angus also played the role of Orson Welles
in Tim Robbins's third directorial
film Cradle Will Rock (1999).
Although the film received a nomination for the Palme D'Or at Cannes,
it was a financial flop, but Angus rebounded with the Shakespearean film
Titus (1999) which also featured
Anthony Hopkins,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers,
Alan Cumming and
Jessica Lange. Angus played the
role of Lucius, eldest son of Titus Andronicus (played by Hopkins).
Directed by Julie Taymor, who would go on
to direct
Across the Universe (2007),
the film was a critical triumph and Angus delivered a solid
performance, but with mediocre box office results. With the new
millennium, Angus once again took up a very well-known character: the
Greek God Zeus in
Jason and the Argonauts (2000).
After the noir film
Second Skin (2000), Angus acted
in a number of poorly received films. One such film was the action film
Styx (2001) which starred
Peter Weller. A year later, Angus
acted in the comedy film
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
alongside a number of famous names as
Sandra Bullock,
Ellen Burstyn,
Maggie Smith, and
Ashley Judd. The film was a commercial hit,
albeit with mixed reviews. That same year, Angus took the role of
Vice-Counsel Dupont in
Equilibrium (2002). The film, also
starring Christian Bale,
Sean Bean,
Taye Diggs, and
Emily Watson, is about a world set
in the future, where a Fascist regime forbids all emotions from being
shown. The film, though clearly well-made and well-acted by all, did
not get a wide release. It had already made a profit through
international sales, and the studio chose to keep it a successful
profit rather than risk a big release.
Equilibrium (2002) has since gained a
cult following, but at the time of its initial release, Angus moved on
to act in the television series
Miracles (2003) which was about the
supernatural.
After "Miracles", Angus acted as Marcus Crassus in a more historically
accurate version of
Stanley Kubrick's film
Spartacus (1960), the character of Bill
in "The Pleasure Drivers", and the lead in the dramatic film
The Virgin of Juarez (2006).
He then played the pirate warlord Blackbeard in a television film of
the same name. The film received mixed reviews.
What then emerged was the second major role of MacFadyen's career: the role
of Jeff Denlon in Saw III (2006).
Denlon is a man obsessed with revenge, and he is led into a series of
traps that test his ability to forgive. The film was a smash hit for
its 10 million dollar budget, earning almost two hundred million
dollars worldwide. Angus co-starred in the box office bomb
Redline (2007) the same year as he
returned to the "Saw" franchise with the fourth film. It was also a
success at the box office, though reviews for this film were lower than
the previous films.
Angus continues making films, starring as the outlaw Will Tunney in his
new western film
Shadowheart (2009), which may
be a reference to the film that made him famous. Angus has appeared on
television in the series "Californication" and "Killer Wave". He has
also acted in the upcoming mystery film "San Saba (2008)" and the
thriller film Unnatural Causes (2008). His
character of Jeff makes a reappearance in
Saw V (2008), and he acted in two
thrillers. One is the film
Pound of Flesh (2010) alongside
Malcolm McDowell which revolves around
a corrupt college professor, and the other is the crime thriller
Assassins Run (2013)
alongside Christian Slater. Angus
also acted in the second season of
Lie to Me (2009), to positive
acclaim, and the
Cameron Crowe comedy
We Bought a Zoo (2011), starring
Matt Damon.
After a number of independent films, Angus found success playing two different historical figures on television in 2014. The first was detective and spy Allan Pinkerton in the Canadian series The Pinkertons (2014). Although it was short-lived, the second one was much more impactful; the British frontiersman and army officer Robert Rogers in the highly acclaimed AMC series TURN: Washington's Spies (2014). Angus appeared in 31 episodes across four seasons, even as he also made his directorial debut with the Shakespearean film Macbeth Unhinged (2016), which featured a number of collaborators from "Turn" and "Titus".
Since then, Angus has continued to find steady work, including as a guest star in the historical series Strange Angel (2018), and in the independent comedy Business Ethics (2019). He also returned to his iconic film role in a sequel film titled Robert the Bruce (2019). Angus not only reprised his role as the Bruce, he also co-wrote the film's screenplay. Sadly, the film was mostly overlooked by critics and audiences, arguably due to the film Outlaw King (2018) released by Netflix the prior year. Angus later rebounded with a recurring role of Jor-El on the well-liked CW television series Superman & Lois (2021).- Writer
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By August of 1994, Craig Ferguson was established as one of Great
Britain's leading comedians - he had just had huge success at the
Edinburgh Festival. In January 1995 he moved to Los Angeles where he
now works as an actor-writer-director-producer-creator.- Actor
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David Hayman was born on 9 February 1948 in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and director, known for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008), Sid and Nancy (1986) and Macbeth (2015). He is married to Alice Hayman. They have three children.- Sharon Rooney was born on 22 October 1988 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for My Mad Fat Diary (2013), Barbie (2023) and Dumbo (2019).
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Richard Rankin was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 4 January 1983, his birth name actually being Richard Harris. It was changed to Rankin, his mother's maiden name, to avoid any confusion with the famous Irish actor. Initially wanting to be an IT professional, he was inspired by a trip to Los Angeles at the age of 21 to train as an actor the following year.
Richard first attracted attention in the Scottish comedy series "Burnistoun," which was shown regionally, and toured worldwide in the Olivier Award-winning play "Black Watch" for the National Theatre of Scotland. It was his iconic role as Capt. Thomas Gillan in "The Crimson Field" that led to other strong performances on national television such as "Silent Witness," the third season of "The Syndicate," "From Darkness," and "Thirteen" for the BBC. In 2016, Richard made his debut as the pivotal character of Roger Wakefield in the epic STARZ/Sony production "Outlander," a role that showcased his tremendous emotional power as an actor for an international audience.- Writer
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Alasdair Gray was born on 28 December 1934 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Poor Things (2023), Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) and Theatre 625 (1964). He was married to Morag McAlpine and Inge Sorenson. He died on 29 December 2019 in Shieldhall, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.- Actress
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Born in Glasgow, Kirsty Mitchell is a prominent Scottish actress with a rich body of work across film, television and theatre. She trained at the prestigious Central School of Ballet in London before being crowned the coveted title of "Miss Scotland" at the age of seventeen. Kirsty Mitchell's initial break-through performance came as Robert Duvall's daughter in the film A Shot at Glory (2000).- Sean Biggerstaff was born to a firefighter and a
community education worker. He joined a local drama group and he acted
as "Augustus Gloop" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". After that,
for six years, he joined the Scottish Youth Theatre. It was there he
got his big break when Alan Rickman asked
him be Tom in
The Winter Guest (1997). That
appearance led to the role of Oliver Wood in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).He
continued the role of Oliver in the following Harry Potter movie,
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). - Actor
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Bill Paterson was born on 3 June 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Witches (1990), Miss Potter (2006) and How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008). He has been married to Hildegard Bechtler since 1984. They have two children.- Producer
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Scottish by birth, Gordon Ramsay was brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. With an injury prematurely putting an end to any hopes of a promising career in football, he went back to college to complete a course in hotel management. His dedication and natural talent led him to train with some of the world's leading chefs, such as Albert Roux and Marco Pierre White in London, and Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon in France.
In 1993 Ramsay became chef of Aubergine in London, which within three years was awarded two Michelin stars. In 1998, at the age of 31, Ramsay set up his first wholly owned and namesake restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, which quickly received the most prestigious accolade in the culinary world - three Michelin stars. Today, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is London's longest-running restaurant to hold this award, and Ramsay is one of only four chefs in the UK to maintain three stars.
Now internationally renowned, multi-Michelin-starred Ramsay has opened a string of successful restaurants across the globe, from Italy to the United States. These include two ventures in Doha, Qatar, that opened in 2012; five restaurants in Las Vegas (Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen at Caesars Palace, Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips at The LINQ Promenade, Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris Las Vegas, Gordon Ramsay Pub and Grill at Caesars Palace, and Gordon Ramsay Burger at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino), Gordon Ramsay Pub and Grill in Atlantic City, Gordon Ramsay Steak in Baltimore and Bread Street Kitchen in Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. In the UK, the Gordon Ramsay Group has opened Union Street Café, London House, Heddon Street Kitchen and two further maze Grills, one of which is located on the former Aubergine site on Park Walk, Chelsea.
His next-generation multi-media production company Studio Ramsay has a joint venture with All3Media to develop and produce both unscripted and scripted television shows, creating new formats and innovative programming that includes a scripted arm focused on food-related themes, and development of new talent on a global front. The catalogue of programs that Ramsay has worked on historically with All3Media via One Potato Two Potato, together with new original content he's currently developing, make for a unique and dynamic production and distribution partnership. Its first daytime cooking series, ""Culinary Genius,"" premiered in the spring on ITV in the U.K. was syndicated on FOX stations in the U.S. this past summer. Seasons 3 and 4 of "Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch," starring Tilly Ramsay for U.K. children's channel CBBC, are also produced by Studio Ramsay
Renowned for highly successful and award-winning original programming, Emmy-nominated, multi-Michelin-star chef Gordon Ramsay produces TV shows on both sides of the Atlantic (in the U.S and the UK) seen by audiences worldwide, including his FOX shows ""24 Hours to Hell & Back,"" ""Masterchef,"" ""Masterchef Junior,"" ""Hell's Kitchen,"" and ""Masterchef Celebrity Showdown,"" as well as Bravo's "Best New Restaurant" and Food Network's competition series "Food Court Wars." In the U.K., he's produced "Gordon Ramsay Behind Bars" and "Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape" for Channel 4; food biography and nostalgia series "My Kitchen" for UKTV's Good Food Channel; two instructional cookery series, "Ultimate Home Cooking" and "Ultimate Cookery Course" for Channel 4; and the first two seasons of "Matilda And the Ramsay Bunch," all under his One Potato Two Potato banner.
Ramsay has a global partnership with WWRD (Waterford, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton), which offers quality home and lifestyle products.
In 2014, Ramsay and his wife, Tana, set up the Gordon and Tana Ramsay Foundation to make a meaningful difference to charities that are important to them. The Foundation is currently partnered with Great Ormond Street Hospital, one of London's most respected Children's Hospitals.
Ramsay received an OBE (Order of the British Empire awarded by Queen Elizabeth II) in 2006 for services to the industry.
He resides with his wife, Tana, and children, along with their two dogs, two cats and a tortoise. He divides his time between Los Angeles and London.- Actress
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Freya Mavor was born in Glasgow but grew up in Canonmills, Edinburgh, after moving there with her family. She also spent four years of her early adolescence in La Rochelle, France, before moving back to Scotland.
Mavor declared she first became interested in acting after watching The Shining (1980) when she was 10 years old.
She studied in Edinburgh, La Rochelle, is a member of the National Youth Theatre and has studied physical theatre at l'Ecole du Jeu in Paris.
Mavor made her professional debut in 2011, when she gained a lead role as Mini McGuinness in the seventh Alo (2012), eighth Liv (2012), ninth Mini and Franky (2012) and tenth Finale (2012) episodes of sixth season of BAFTA-winning drama Skins (2011). She gained this role after going through an open audition process, with more than 8,000 other teenagers auditioning for the show.
Since starting out Freya has gone on to a build a career between France and the UK. She has worked on features such as The Emperor of Paris (2018) alongside Vincent Cassel, and indie films such as The Sense of an Ending (2017) by Ritesh Batra or The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (2015) by Joann Sfar. Her TV credits include The ABC Murders (2018) (BBC), Twice Upon a Time (2019) (Arte/Netflix)
Mavor has always expressed a love of the theatre an made her own stage debut in London for the play Good Canary, directed by John Malkovich, where she played a drug addict battling with mental illness.
Freya was Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2013 and also won the Fashion Icon of the Year Award at the 2011 Scottish Fashion Awards.- Actress
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Edwards was born in Glasgow, Montana, the daughter of an Air Force
officer, and grew up all over the world, from Guam to Alabama. At 18,
she received a scholarship to the Lou Conte Dance Studio in Chicago and
began her performance career as a dancer and actress.- Actor
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Though he did not possess a Herculean acting talent by any stretch,
handsome bodybuilder Steve Reeves certainly had an enviable Herculean
physique, and made plenty good use of it in Europe during the late
1950s and early 1960s portraying some of filmdom's most famous bronzed
gods. Reeves was originally a Montana boy born on a cattle ranch in
1926. His destiny was revealed early in the game when, at the age of
six months, he won his first fitness title as "Healthiest Baby of
Valley County." His father Lester died in a farming accident when Steve
was just a boy, and his family moved to Oakland (California). He first
developed an interest in bodybuilding while in high school.
Steve joined the Army in his late teens where his job was loading
boxcars and trucks. He also worked out loyally at the gym during his
free time and the combination helped develop his body quite rapidly.
Following Army service (he served for a time in the Pacific), he
decided to pursue bodybuilding professionally. In 1946, at the age of
20, he won "Mr. Pacific Coast" in Oregon, which led to his titles of
"Mr. Western America" (1947), Mr. America" (1947), "Mr. World" (1948)
and, ultimately, "Mr. Universe" (1950).
With all the body-worshiping publicity he garnered, he decided to
travel to New York to study and pursue acting. He subsequently returned
to California...and Hollywood. There were not huge opportunities for a
muscleman in Tinseltown other than providing pectoral background. Steve
was, however, considered for the lead role in Cecil B. DeMille's biblical
costumer Samson and Delilah (1949), but refused when told by the legendary director he
would have to lose some of his musculature (about 15 lbs.). The part
instead went to Victor Mature. Steve did manage to snag the role of a
detective in infamous director Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Jail Bait (1954). Small parts on TV
also came his way, but they too were mostly posing bits or walk-ons. To
the Hollywood power players, Steve was just a body. Whether he could
act or not was not a concern or selling point. Fans just wanted to see
him take his shirt off.
Down on his luck, Steve's fortunes change when Italian film director
Pietro Francisci saw him play Jane Powell's boyfriend in the feature film Athena (1954)
and persuaded him to go overseas to star in Hercules (1958) (US title:
"Hercules"). Though critics dismissed the film as "muddled mythology"
while denigrating its cheapjack production values (including a
poorly-dubbed sound track), the public went crazy over the
sword-and-sandal epic and, in particular, Steve's marvelous beefcake
heroics. He became an "overnight" star. Sequels followed, none any
better or worse, with him going through the paces as a number
absurdly-muscled biblical and mythological figures. An able horseman,
he also performed many of his own stunts. Moreover, he paved the way
for other pumped-up acting hopefuls (Ed Fury, Mark Forest, Reg Park) to seek
their fame and fortune in Italy as a feature-length Samson, Ursus or
Colossus. Nobody, however, came close to topping Steve in popularity.
A shoulder injury forced Steve's retirement, spending the remainder of
his life promoting steroid-free bodybuilding while living on a ranch
and breeding horses. The more recent bodybuilders of fame such as
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno, both Hercules impersonators of yore, have given
Steve significant credit for their respective acting successes. Married
twice, Steve died in Southern California of lymphoma on May 1, 2000, at
age 74.- Actress
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Mhairi Calvey was born in Scotland and grew up on the Isle of Arran.
At the age of 5 she made her acting debut playing the role of 'Young Murron' in Mel Gibson's film 'Braveheart', which went on to win five Oscars. Shortly after filming Mhairi returned to school and focused on her education. She later studied her BA (Hons) in Acting at the Guildford School of Acting.
Mhairi has since played roles in feature films 'Fear the Invisible Man', 'The Eastern Front' and 'Robert the Bruce' for which she won Best Newcomer at The National Film Awards. Mhairi's TV credits include BBC drama 'Boat Story' directed by Jack and Harry Williams.
Mhairi started production company Dream Reel Entertainment and she went on to direct, write and produce her debut short film 'Gaslight' about the effects of domestic abuse.- Director
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Lynne Ramsay was born on 5 December 1969 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. She is a director and writer, known for You Were Never Really Here (2017), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) and Ratcatcher (1999). She was previously married to Rory Stewart Kinnear.- Actor
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Vincent Gale received his stage training at the Royal Academy of Music
and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland, and his credits include Beggars in the
House of Plenty, in which he appeared with Babz Chula, Criminals in
Love, The Miracle Worker, and The Relapse.
He won a Best Dramatic Actor Award from The Alberta Motion Picture
Industry for his role of "Jimmy" in Bordertown Café.- Actress
- Writer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Phyllida Law was born on 8 May 1932 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Time Machine (2002), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and The Winter Guest (1997). She was previously married to Eric Thompson.- Dawn Steele was born on 11 December 1975 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Shetland (2013), Granite Harbour (2022) and Liar (2017).
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Armando Iannucci was born on 28 November 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for The Death of Stalin (2017), In the Loop (2009) and Veep (2012). He has been married to Rachel Jones since 25 August 1990. They have two children.- Actress
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Sheila Reid was born on 21 December 1937 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Brazil (1985), Containment (2015) and The Touch (1971). She has been married to Terry Bullen since 11 April 2008. She was previously married to Julian Curry.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jon Morrison was born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is known for Vera (2011), Monarch of the Glen (2000) and The Final Option (1982).- Actor
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James Robinson is a Scottish actor/producer born in Glasgow.
Making his screen debut as the young William Wallace in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning blockbuster, Braveheart, he has gone on to appear in Danny Boyle's highly acclaimed "Babylon" and Neil Jordan's historical epic "The Borgias" with Jeremy Irons and Gina McKee. He has guest-starred on BBC's "Doctors" and "Casualty", and as Greg Edgars in Sony/ Starz's "Outlander". Along with starring as Alexander Hamilton in "Washington" for the History Channel US and Icon Films, most recently he has wrapped in filming as the lead alongside Ashley Newbrough in seasonal romance "Saving Christmas Spirit" for Nicely Entertainment.
Over the past decade, Robinson has appeared in numerous theatre productions such as National Theatre of Scotland's "In Time O' Strife", York Theatre Royal's "Brassed Off" and in The National Theatre's "Macbeth", directed by Rufus Norris. He is due to star in Joe Penhall's "Landscape with Weapon" in London.
For radio, Robinson played the title role in Almost Tangible's 'Macbeth' (New York Radio Festival's Grand Prize Winner) for which he Won Audio Production Awards 'Audio Performer of the Year'.
He also produced short film with Danny Szam 'To The Boats', directed by Michael Driscoll, which won awards across the circuit. In 2022 he featured in Barry Keoghan's directorial debut short film 'Animal' for international fashion brand Gucci.