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词条 Gary Whelan
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Acting

  3. Personal life

  4. Filmography

  5. References

  6. External links

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Gary Whelan (born 1953) is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television.

Early life

Whelan was born in Ireland but he relocated to London when he was ten years old. He then attended Holloway School.[1]

Acting

He has portrayed several roles in the police force. He starred in the BBC soap opera EastEnders twice, once as DS Terry Rich from 1985 to 1987, and later as DS Paul Kemmit in the spin-off EastEnders: Perfectly Frank in 2003. He played DS Terry Amson in Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren in 1991, D.I Kent in "Brookside" , D.I. Harry Haines in the ITV drama, The Bill in 1992–1995, and he also played a policeman in the 1991 film Bernard and the Genie, among others.

He also played Brendan Kearney, the village schoolmaster in Ballykissangel (1996–2001).

On stage Whelan has played Horatio in Hamlet and Salisbury in Richard II. He has also appeared in two of the Pink Panther movies and his other film credits include Cry Freedom, Paper Marriage, Moll Flanders and Michael Collins. Recent film roles were O’Connor in Villa of Roses and Declan Murphy in A Flight of Fancy.

Among Whelan's other television credits are Glenroe, Angels, Hideaway, Minder, The Royal and Kavanagh QC. Gary has also been seen in the roles of Sam Tilley in Uncle Silas and Charlie Pearch in In Deep. In 2005 he appeared in the BBC hospital drama Casualty@Holby City and in 2006 he starred in Channel 4's Goldplated.

Personal life

Whelan's wife is named Gabrielle and they have five children: Jamie-Jo, Harry, Ella, Finnbar and Molly.

Whelan lived in Brighton and owned its popular Lion & Lobster pub from 2001[2] until 2014 when he sold it to a pub chain for £4.5 million and moved to Dublin.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1980 Babylon CID Detective #2
1982 Trail of the Pink Panther 4th Mafia Boss
1983 Ascendancyy Soldier
1983 Curse of the Pink Panther 4th Mafia Boss
1987 Zoeken naar Eileen Marc Nolan
1987 Cry Freedom Police sergeant
1992 Papierowe malzenstwo Boss
1996 Moll Flanders Prison Guard
1996 Michael Collins Hoey
2001 One Up on Two Postman
2002 Villa des Roses Mr. O'Connor
2004 Beyond the Sea Jules Podell
2006 The Contract Stanfield
2008 The Joe Meek Story Detective
2014 Dracula Untold Lucian's Monk #3
2016 Out of Innocence Judge Griffin

References

1. ^The Old Camdenians Club. Retrieved 31 January 2015
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2001/7/4/175681.html |title=Bill star takes on roaring trade |date=4 July 2001 |publisher=The Argus |accessdate=1 December 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929110400/http://archive.theargus.co.uk/2001/7/4/175681.html |archivedate=29 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Vowles|first=Neil|title=London pub chain buys Brighton's Lion and Lobster for record £4.5m|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11132193.London_pub_chain_buys_Brighton_s_Lion_and_Lobster_for_record___4_5m|accessdate=8 April 2014|newspaper=The Argus|date=8 April 2014}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0924030}}
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10 : 1953 births|Irish male film actors|Irish male stage actors|Irish male soap opera actors|Irish male television actors|Living people|People educated at Holloway School|Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|People from County Dublin|People from Steyning

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