Gary McDonald
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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- 2022 · A Miracle Before Christmas as Bartender Gary
- 2022 · #Unknown as The Knight
- 2021 · Voodoo Macbeth as Jack Carter
- 2015 · Private Number as The Knight
- 2014 · Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down as Pilot Walsh
- 2013 · Fedz as Rizzle
- 2012 · Outpost: Black Sun as Abbot
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Temmy Verga
- 2011 · Mob Rules as Tyrone
- 2010 · Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Blackwood
- 2008 · The Shepherd: Border Patrol as Billy Pawnell
- 2007 · Until Death as Larenz
- 2005 · Numb3rs as LAPD #1
- 2002 · Fields of Gold as Johnson
- 2002 · All or Nothing as Neville
- 1999 · Holby City as Thomas Abara
- 1998 · Respect as
- 1997 · Dream Team as John Black
- 1996 · Secrets & Lies as Boxer
- 1996 · Thief Takers as DC Alan Oxford
- 1995 · Bliss as Gee
- 1995 · Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre as Gary
- 1992 · Black Poppies as
- 1992 · Floating as
- 1991 · Young Soul Rebels as Davis
- 1990 · Shooting Stars as Calvin
- 1988 · South Of The Border as Harvatt
- 1987 · Elphida as John Anthony
- 1987 · Top Kids as Man (uncredited)
- 1986 · London's Burning: The Movie as Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis
- 1985 · EastEnders as Darren
- 1981 · Burning an Illusion as Policeman