Adrian Dunbar

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2011) Adrian Dunbar , Dunbar in Cracker Born (1958-08-01) 1 August 1958 (age 54), Northern Ireland Occupation Actor, Screenwriter, Director Years active 1984-present Spouse(s) Anna Nygh (1986-) Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards. Personal life: Dunbar was born and brought up in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the eldest of seven siblings. He was educated by the Presentation Brothers before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He has a daughter and stepson from his 1986 marriage to the Australian actress Anna Nygh. He lives in Crouch End in North London. He is an avid supporter of Arsenal Football Club in London. Career: 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, and 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, Conversations on a homecoming at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast; A Trinity of Two (as Oscar Wilde) at Dublin's Liberty Hall Theatre; Boeing Boeing (London, 2007). He 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 the Irish playwright Brendan Behan. He played the role of Aufidius in the BBC Radio production of Coriolanus. He also made a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi, and appeared onstage as Vermeer in an adaptation of Girl with a Pearl Earring. In 2008, Dunbar played the role of Philip Conolly in the critically acclaimed award winning The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. Dunbar shot the film with fellow Irish actor Ciaran McMenamin in the remote rain-forests of north west Tasmania. Dunbar is planning to direct Connolly, a movie about Irish labour union organizer James Connolly as seen through the eyes of his daughter, Nora. The production company is Rascal Films. He played the mysterious character Martin Summers in the second series of Ashes to Ashes but was killed off in the final episode of series two. In other media: 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, and the character was re-cast with Jimmy Smits for later episodes. Dunbar's likeness was retconned into the appearance of the character Bail Antilles., He fronts his own band, which has played in such American venues 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 audiobook productions of Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series, a bestselling novel., He played a minor role in the 1988 film, The Dawning, alongside Anthony Hopkins and Hugh Grant, which led to further early roles in his acting career., Awards: He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Ulster in June 2009 in recognition of his services to acting., Select Filmography: Production Year Notes Line of Duty 2012 TV Series Death in Paradise 2011 TV Series A Touch of Frost 2010 Last ever episode Mo 2010 TV Film The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce 2008 Film The Whistleblowers 2007 1 episode Eye of the Dolphin 2007 Film Child of Mine 2005 TV Film Against Nature 2005 short The Quatermass Experiment 2005 Kidnapped 2005 Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name Mickybo and Me 2004 Film The Measure of My Days 2003 Suspicion 2003 Murder in Mind 2003 1 episode: Justice Murphy's Law 2003 1 episode: Manic Munday Triggermen 2002 Film Shooters 2002 Film How Harry Became a Tree 2001 Film Wild About Harry 2000 Film The Wedding Tackle 2000 Film Last Orders 2000 Tough Love 2000 Relative Strangers 1999 The Officer from France 1998 The Jump 1998 4 episodes The General 1998 Film Melissa 1997 Richard III 1995 The Near Room 1995 Film Innocent Lies 1995 Film Cruel Train 1995 The Blue Boy 1994 Widows' Peak 1994 Film Pleasure 1994 A Woman's Guide to Adultery 1993 Cracker 1993 2 episodes A Statement of Affairs 1993 The Crying Game 1992 Film The Playboys 1992 Film Inspector Morse 1992 1 episode: Dead on Time Force of Duty 1992 Children of the North 1991 Hear My Song 1991 Film Drowning in the Shallow End 1990 The Englishman's Wife 1990 Dealers 1989 Film My Left Foot 1989 Film A World Apart 1988 Film The Four Minute Mile 1988 The Dawning 1988 Film Unusual Ground Floor Conversion 1987 Film Strangers in Utah 1987 1 Episode, also featuring Phyllis Law Sky Bandits 1986 Film The Price 1985 4 episodes, shot in UT and IL. Play for Today 1984 1 episode: "The Cry" After You've Gone 1984

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