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Gary McDonald
London, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gary McDonald (born in London in 1961) is an English actor of Jamaican descent. A student at Elliott school in Putney, McDonald played footb…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gary McDonald (born in London in 1961) is an English actor of Jamaican descent. A student at Elliott school in Putney, McDonald played football for Wimbledon FC under Dario Gradi. He was a member of the Royal Court Theatre from 1979-80, appearing in various plays at the Court such as Hard time Pressure, Hero’s Welcome and Che Walker’s Been so Long. In the 1980’s he performed with the Talawa Theatre company in The Black Jacobins, The Importance of Being Earnest and A Raisin in the Sun with the Black Theatre. He appeared at the Royal National Theatre in Macbeth and Black Poppies, Rhapsody in Black & White and at The Cottlesloe in Blood Wedding. Other theatre credits include Scrape of the Black and Mike Leigh’s It’s a Great Big Shame at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. His first notable television role came in 1987 when he was cast as Darren Roberts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He left the role in 1988. He has also appeared in Numb3ers, The Bill, Between the Lines, South of the Border, as Captain John Black in Dream Team (1999-2006) and in Brothers and Sisters, among others. He has also appeared in various films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary McDonald (actor),licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Steal
TV show Deuchart
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2022
A Miracle Before Christmas
Movie Bartender Gary
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2022
#Unknown
Movie The Knight
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2021
Voodoo Macbeth
Movie Jack Carter
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2021
The Tower
TV show Harry Bowman
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2015
Private Number
Movie The Knight
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2013
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down
TV show Pilot Walsh
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2013
Fedz
Movie Rizzle
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2012
Outpost: Black Sun
Movie Abbot
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2011
Death in Paradise
TV show Temmy Verga
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2011
Mob Rules
Movie Tyrone
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2008
The Shepherd: Border Patrol
Movie Billy Pawnell
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2007
Until Death
Movie Larenz Brighton
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2005
Numb3rs
TV show LAPD #1
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2002
Wire in the Blood
TV show Lenny Mestone
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2002
All or Nothing
Movie Neville
More credits
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2002
Fields of Gold
Movie Johnson
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2001
Murder in Mind
TV show DC Jed Culshaw
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1999
Holby City
TV show Thomas Abara
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1998
Respect
Movie
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1997
Dream Team
TV show John Black
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1996
Secrets & Lies
Movie Boxer
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1996
Thief Takers
TV show DC Alan Oxford
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1995
Bliss
Movie Gee
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1995
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
Movie Gary
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1992
Black Poppies
Movie
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1992
Floating
Movie
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1991
Young Soul Rebels
Movie Davis
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1990
Shooting Stars
Movie Calvin
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1989
4 Play
TV show Valentine
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1988
South of the Border
TV show Harvatt
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1987
Elphida
Movie John Anthony
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1987
Top Kids
Movie Man (uncredited)
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1986
London's Burning: The Movie
Movie Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis
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1985
EastEnders
TV show Darren
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1985
Screen Two
TV show Gee
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1981
Burning an Illusion
Movie Policeman
