Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an Irish actor and director from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, 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.[1]

Adrian Dunbar
Dunbar in 2014
Born (1958-08-01) 1 August 1958
OccupationActor, Screenwriter, Director
Years active1984–present
Spouse(s)Anna Nygh (1986present)

He has played Superintendent Ted Hastings in the BBC One thriller Line of Duty since 2012. He has also appeared as Alan Cox in The Jump, Martin Summers in Ashes to Ashes, Richard Plantagenet in The Hollow Crown, and as Father Flaherty in Broken.

Early life

Dunbar was born and brought up in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in Northern Ireland, the eldest of seven siblings. He was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.[2]

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, giving a performance as an innocent murder suspect with amnesia, and also the last episode of A Touch of Frost, 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 (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 Brendan Behan. The play was the first to be staged in the Naughton Studio in the new Lyric Theatre (Belfast) after it reopened in 2011 and is being revived for a tour to Theatre Row in New York in September 2013.

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 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. Dunbar starred alongside fellow Northern Irish actor Ciarán McMenamin in the remote rain-forests of north west Tasmania. He has also joined the cast of the British police procedural television series, Line of Duty in 2012, portraying the role of Superintendent Ted Hastings continuing on in this role for Series 2 (2014), Series 3 (2016), Series 4 (2017) and Series 5 (2019).

Dunbar is also a theatre director who staged productions for the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival.[3][4][5][6]

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.[7]

Dunbar also starred as Jim Hogan on the Virgin Media Television original drama, Blood.

Other media

Awards

BAFTA Awards

BAFTA Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2018 Line of Duty Best Supporting Actor Nominated
1993 Hear My Song Best Screenplay Nominated

Irish Film & Television Academy Awards

IFTA Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2020 Line of Duty Actor in a Lead Role in Drama Nominated
2018 Line of Duty Actor in a Lead Role in Drama Nominated

TV Choice Awards

IFTA Awards
Year Nominated work Category Result
2019 Line of Duty Best Actor Won

Personal life

Dunbar has a daughter and stepson from his 1986 marriage to the Australian actress Anna Nygh. He lives in Crouch End, North London. Dunbar received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Ulster in June 2009 in recognition of his services to acting.[13] University of Ulster website,

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986Sky BanditsMechanic
1988A World ApartLe Roux
The DawningCapt. Rankin
1989Unusual Ground Floor ConversionAlan SimpsonShort film
My Left FootPeter
DealersLennon Mayhew
1991Hear My SongMicky O'Neill
1992The PlayboysMick
The Crying GameMaguire
1994Widows' PeakGodfrey Doyle-Counihan
1995Innocent LiesAlan Cross
The Near RoomCharlie Colquhoun
Richard IIIJames Tyrell
1998The GeneralNoel Curley
1999Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceSenator Bail OrganaDeleted scene
2000Last OrdersShort film
Wild About HarryJ.J. McMahon
The Wedding TackleMr. Mac
2001How Harry Became a TreeGeorge
2002TriggermenAndy Jarrett
ShootersMax Bell
2003The Measure of My DaysPriestShort film
2004Mickybo and MeMickybo's Da
2005Against NatureThe TrampShort film
2006Eye of the DolphinHawk
2008The Last Confession of Alexander PearcePhilip Conolly
2009Act of GodFrank O'Connor
2011HideawaysDr. Russell
Mother's MilkSeamus Dorke
2012Good VibrationsAndy
2016The Secret ScriptureDr. Hart
2017The SnowmanFrederick Aasen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980The Long MarchColmTV Movie
1984Play for TodayPeter DouglasEpisode: "The Cry"
After You've GoneChrisTV Movie
The Hidden CurriculumBoyd
1985The PriceWilly4 episodes
1988The FearCon
The Four Minute MileNorris McWhirterTV Movie
Screen TwoRobbie MacIntyreEpisode: "Reasonable Force"
1990JohnEpisode: "Drowning in the Shallow End"
Theatre NightLennyEpisode: "Pentecost"
Debut on TwoJohn / LucienEpisodes: "The Wake" and "A Box of Swan"
CentrepointBrown2 episodes
ScreenplayAndyEpisode: "The Englishman's Wife"
1991Children of the NorthMartin Deeley3 episodes
1992ScreenplayDS Billy McCourbreyEpisode: "Force of Duty"
Inspector MorseJohn MarriatEpisode: "Dead on Time"
1993A Statement of AffairsAdrian3 episodes
CrackerKellyEpisodes: "The Mad Woman in the Attic", Parts 1 & 2
A Woman's Guide to AdulteryMichael3 episodes
1994The Blue BoyJoe BonnarTV Movie
PleasureGustave Coudray
1995Cruel TrainJack Dando
1997MelissaGraeme Hepburn5 episodes
1998The JumpAlan Cox4 episodes
The Officer from FranceWolfe ToneTV Movie
1999Relative StrangersMichael Docherty2 episodes
2000Tough LoveDCI Mike Love
2003Murphy's LawMickey MundayEpisode: "Manic Munday"
Murder in MindTom RobbinsEpisode: "Justice"
SuspicionMark Finnegan2 episodes
2005KidnappedAlexander Balfour / Ebenezer BalfourTV Movie
The Quatermass ExperimentDetective Lomax
Child of MineAlfie Palmer
2007The WhistleblowersChris ClaytonEpisode: "Starters"
2008WhistleblowerFlorence Wycherley2 episodes
2009Ashes to AshesMartin Summers8 episodes
2010A Touch of FrostGerry BerlandEpisodes: "If Dogs Run Free", Parts 1 & 2
MoDavid TrimbleTV Movie
2011SilkJoe Gillespie QCEpisode: "Three Sheets to the Wind"
Death in ParadiseAidan MilesEpisodes: "Music of Murder" and "Amongst Us"
2011—2013World's Most Dangerous RoadsNarrator9 episodes
2012Scott & BaileyDet. Supt. Rick WallisEpisode: "Pipe Dreams"
Silent WitnessSean DelaneyEpisodes: "Fear", Parts 1 & 2
The Life and Adventures of Nick NicklebyRalph Nickleby5 episodes
2012—presentLine of DutySupt. Ted Hastings29 episodes
2013JoOlivier CattanEpisode: "Place Vendôme"
2014WalterDI Walter GambonTV Movie
A Touch of ClothDamien VullEpisodes: "Too Cloth for Comfort", Parts 1 & 2
2016The Hollow CrownPlantagenetEpisodes: "Henry VI", Parts 1 & 2
2017BrokenFather Peter Flaherty6 episodes
2018BloodJim Hogan
2019Red Nose BodyguardPoliceman / Supt. Ted HastingsRed Nose Day 2019 special
2021Adrian Dunbar's Coastal IrelandHimself / presenterTwo-part series

References

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