Ирландиялық актер және режиссер Эдриан Данбар туралы

Irish actor, director (born 1958)

Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an Irish actor, director and singer, known for his television and theatre work. He co wrote and starred in the 1991 film Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards. He played Superintendent Ted Hastings in all six series of BBC Television's Line of Duty (2012–21). He has appeared as Alan Cox in The Jump, Martin Summers in Ashes to Ashes, Richard Plantagenet in The Hollow Crown, and Father Flaherty in Broken. Dunbar also stars in the lead role of DI Ridley in the 2022 police procedural crime series Ridley, of which he was also associate producer.

Dunbar was born and brought up in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in Northern Ireland, the eldest of seven siblings. He has two brothers, John and Roy, who live in Birmingham. Raised in a Catholic family, he was educated at St Joseph's College, Enniskillen, before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Dunbar has appeared in such notable films as My Left Foot, The Crying Game and The General. He has also had leading roles in the films Triggermen, Shooters, How Harry Became A Tree (with Colm Meaney), Richard III and Widows' Peak. On television he starred in the first episode of Cracker, playing an innocent murder suspect with amnesia, and also the last episode of A Touch of Frost. He has been in many British productions, including Tough Love, Inspector Morse, Kidnapped, Murphy's Law, Murder in Mind, Ashes to Ashes and the 2005 re staging of The Quatermass Experiment. Dunbar's theatre credits include The Shaughraun and Exiles at Dublin's Abbey Theatre; Real Dreams and The Danton Affair at the Royal Shakespeare Company; King Lear, Pope's Wedding, Saved and Up to the Sun And Down to the Centre at Royal Court Theatre and Conversations on a Homecoming at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast; A Trinity of Two (as Oscar Wilde) at Dublin's Liberty Hall Theatre; and Boeing Boeing (London, 2007). He has directed a critically acclaimed production of Philadelphia Here I Come!. In 2008 he starred in and co directed Brendan at the Chelsea by Janet Behan, playing Brendan Behan. The play was the first to be staged in the Naughton Studio in the new Lyric Theatre in Belfast after it reopened in 2011, and was revived for a tour to Theatre Row in New York City in September 2013. Dunbar played the role of Tullus Aufidius in the BBC radio production of Coriolanus. He also made a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi, and appeared on stage as Vermeer in an adaptation of Girl with a Pearl Earring. In 2008 Dunbar played the role of Philip Conolly in the critically acclaimed The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. He starred alongside fellow Northern Irish actor Ciarán McMenamin in the remote rainforests of north west Tasmania. He joined the cast of the police procedural television series Line of Duty in 2012, portraying the role of Superintendent Ted Hastings; he continued in this role for all subsequent series. Dunbar is also a theatre director, and has staged productions for the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival. He played the mysterious character Martin Summers in the second series of Ashes to Ashes. In 2014 he played the title character in a BBC comedy drama, Walter. Dunbar also starred as Jim Hogan in the Virgin Media Television original drama Blood.

He was cast as Bail Organa for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and appeared in costume in publicity stills, but his scene was cut; the character was re cast with Jimmy Smits for later films. Dunbar's likeness was retconned into the appearance of the character Bail Antilles. He fronts his own band, which has played in such American locations as Nashville, Tennessee and Austin, Texas. He sings "The Curragh of Kildare" with Brian Kennedy on Kennedy's On Song, and fronts this song with his own band. He narrates the popular TV series The Estate as well as an audiobook production of Eoin Colfer's novel Artemis Fowl. He played a minor role in The Dawning (1988), alongside Anthony Hopkins and Hugh Grant, which led to further early roles in his acting career.

Dunbar has a daughter and stepson from his 1986 marriage to Australian actress Anna Nygh. He lives in Crouch End, North London. He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Ulster in June 2009 in recognition of his services to acting. Dunbar believes Sinn Fein will deliver a united Ireland in the future, saying "I expect Ireland to be unified and at peace with herself. Irish unification and freedom after hundreds of years is in our DNA, it is in effect a big part of who we have become to ourselves and the world".

Year Title Role Notes 1986 Sky Bandits Mechanic 1988 A World Apart Le Roux The Dawning Capt. Rankin 1989 Unusual Ground Floor Conversion Alan Simpson Short film My Left Foot Peter Dealers Lennon Mayhew 1991 Hear My Song Micky O'Neill 1992 The Playboys Mick The Crying Game Maguire 1994 Widows' Peak Godfrey Doyle Counihan 1995 Innocent Lies Alan Cross The Near Room Charlie Colquhoun Richard III James Tyrell 1998 The General Noel Curley 1999 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Senator Bail Antilles Deleted scene2000 Last Orders Short film Wild About Harry J. J. McMahon The Wedding Tackle Mr Mac 2001 How Harry Became a Tree George 2002 Triggermen Andy Jarrett Shooters Max Bell 2003 The Measure of My Days Priest Short film 2004 Mickybo and Me Mickybo's Da 2005 Against Nature The Tramp Short film 2006 Eye of the Dolphin Hawk 2008 The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce Philip Conolly 2009 Act of God Frank O'Connor 2011 Hideaways Dr Russell Mother's Milk Seamus Dorke 2012 Good Vibrations Andy 2016 The Secret Scripture Dr Hart 2017 The Snowman Frederick Aasen 2022 Emily Patrick Brontë

Year Title Role Notes 1980 The Long March Colm TV movie1984 Play for Today Peter Douglas Episode: "The Cry" After You've Gone Chris TV movie The Hidden Curriculum Boyd 1985 The Price Willy 4 episodes1988 The Fear Con The Four Minute Mile Norris McWhirter TV movie Screen Two Robbie MacIntyre Episode: "Reasonable Force"1990 John Episode: "Drowning in the Shallow End" Theatre Night Lenny Episode: "Pentecost" Debut on Two John/Lucien Episodes: "The Wake" and "A Box of Swan" Centrepoint Brown 2 episodes ScreenPlay Andy Episode: "The Englishman's Wife" 1991 Children of the North Martin Deeley 3 episodes1992 ScreenPlay DS Billy McCourbrey Episode: "Force of Duty" Inspector Morse John Marriat Episode: "Dead on Time"1993 A Statement of Affairs Adrian 3 episodes Cracker Kelly Episodes: "The Mad Woman in the Attic", Parts 1 & 2 A Woman's Guide to Adultery Michael 3 episodes1994 The Blue Boy Joe Bonnar TV movie Pleasure Gustave Coudray 1995 Cruel Train Jack Dando 1997 Melissa Graeme Hepburn 5 episodes1998 The Jump Alan Cox 4 episodes The Officer from France Wolfe Tone TV movie 1999 Relative Strangers Michael Docherty 2 episodes 2000 Tough Love DCI Mike Love2003 Murphy's Law Mickey Munday Episode: "Manic Munday" Murder in Mind Tom Robbins Episode: "Justice" Suspicion Mark Finnegan 2 episodes2005 Kidnapped Alexander Balfour/Ebenezer Balfour TV movie The Quatermass Experiment Detective Lomax Child of Mine Alfie Palmer 2007 The Whistleblowers Chris Clayton Episode: "Starters" 2008 Whistleblower Florence Wycherley 2 episodes 2009 Ashes to Ashes Martin Summers 8 episodes2010 A Touch of Frost Gerry Berland Episodes: "If Dogs Run Free", Parts 1 & 2 Mo David Trimble TV movie2011 Silk Joe Gillespie QC Episode: "Three Sheets to the Wind" Death in Paradise Aidan Miles Episodes: "Music of Murder" and "Amongst Us" 2011–13 World's Most Dangerous Roads Narrator 9 episodes2012 Scott & Bailey Det. Supt. Rick Wallis Episode: "Pipe Dreams" Silent Witness Sean Delaney Episodes: "Fear", Parts 1 & 2 The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby Ralph Nickleby 5 episodes 2012–21 Line of Duty Supt. Ted Hastings Six series; 36 episodes 2013 Jo Olivier Cattan Episode: "Place Vendôme"2014 Walter DI Walter Gambon TV movie A Touch of Cloth Damien Vull Episodes: "Too Cloth for Comfort", Parts 1 & 2 2016 The Hollow Crown Plantagenet Episodes: "Henry VI", Parts 1 & 2 2017 Broken Father Peter Flaherty 6 episodes 2018 2020 Blood Jim Hogan 2019 Red Nose Bodyguard Policeman/Supt. Ted Hastings Red Nose Day 2019 special 2021 The Attendant The Attendant Short film Adrian Dunbar's Coastal Ireland Himself/presenter Two part series Inside No. 9 Himself Series 6, episode 4: "Hurry Up and Wait" 2022 present Ridley Alex Ridley ITV series Adrian Dunbar: My Ireland Himself/presenter Two part series 2023 DNA Journey Himself With Neil Morrisey