Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar was born on August 1, 1958 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, to a construction foreman.  He was the eldest of 7 children.  His first job was as an Abattoir (pork slaughterhouse). 

His first gig, at 16, was playing  bass guitar for Elvis impersonator Frank Chisholm. He came by acting almost by accident.  He took up a job at a local theatre to help them with their lighting, when one of the actors took ill, he was in.  He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

He is married to Australian actress Anna Nygh.

 

 

Film

The Last confession of Alexander Pearce~2008 - Philip Conolly

Act of God~2007 - Frank O'Connor

Eye of the Dolphin~2006 - Hawk

Drop, The~2005 - Lieutenant Vollar

Mickybo and Me~2004 - Mickybo's Da

Tma~2002

Triggermen~2002 - Andy Jarrett

Last Orders~2001 - 

How Harry Became a Tree~2001 - George

Wild About Harry~2000 - J.J. MacMahon

Wedding Tackle, The~2000 - Mr. Mac

Shooters~2000 - Max Bell

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace~1999 - Bail Antilles (unused)

General, The~1998 - Noel Curley

Near Room, The~1995 - Charlie Colquhoun

Richard III~1995 - James Tyrell, Richard's Chief Henchman

Innocent Lies~1995 - Alan Cross

Widows' Peak~1994 - Godfrey Doyle-Counihan

Crying Game, The~1992 - Peter Maguire

Playboys, The~1992 - Mick

Hear My Song~1991 - Micky O'Neill

Dealers~1989 - Lennon Mayhew

My Left Foot~1989 - Peter

Dawning, The~1988 - Capt. Rankin

World Apart, A~1988 - Le Roux

Unusual Ground Floor Conversion~1987 - Alan Simpson

Sky Bandits~1986 - Mechanic

 

Film Director

Short film for the European Capital of Culture 2008

Connolly~2007

Monkey's Blood~2004

 

Film Consultant

The Near Room~1995 (script consultant)

 

Film Writer

Short film for the European Capital of Culture 2008

 

TV 

Child of Mine~2005 - Alfie Palmer

The Quatermass Experiment~2005 - Detective Lomax

Tubridy Tonight~2004 - Himself (#1.19) 3/19/05

Child of Mine~2005 - Father

Kidnapped~2005 - Uncle Ebenezer Balfour (two - part series)

The John Daly Show~? - Himself 11/29/04

Kelly~1989 - Himself 10/22/04

The Late Late Show~1962 - Himself 5/28/04

Car Crash: The Delorean Story~2004 - Narrator

Today with Des & Mel~2002 -  Himself 3/31/04

Richard and Judy~2001 -  Himself 12/11/03

Murder in Mind~2001 -  Tom Robbins in Justice (episode # 3.7) 6/19/03

Murphy's Law: Manic Munday~2003  - Mickey Munday

IRMA Music Awards~2002 - presenter

Tough Love~2000  - DCI Mike Love (see Actor Connections - TV)

Relative Strangers~1999 (mini) 

Jump, The~1998  - Alan Cox

An Officer From France~1998 - 

Melissa~1997 (mini)  - Graeme

Cruel Train~1995  - Jack Dando

Force of Duty~1994 - Billy

Blue Boy, The~1994 - Joe Bonnar

Pleasure~1994 - Gustave Coudray

Cracker~1993 - Thomas Kelly in The Mad Woman in the Attic (# 1.1) 9/27/93

Statement of Affairs, A~1993 (mini) 

Woman's Guide to Adultery, A~1993 - Michael

Inspector Morse~1987 - Dr. John Marriat in Dead on Time (# 6.1) 2/26/92

Englishman's Wife, The~1990

Drowning in the Shallow End~1990 - John

Four Minute Mile, The~1988 - Norris McWhirter

 

Theater

Exiles~2006 - Robert (National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre, London, UK)

A Trinity of Two~2005 - Oscar Wilde (Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)

The Shaughraun~2004 - (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)

Conversations on a Homecoming~2001 - Tom Murphy (Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Ireland)

Judas~2000 - Judas (Watergate theatre, Kilkenny, Ireland)

Lady in the Dark~1997 - Charley Johnson  (Lyttleton, National Theatre)

King Lear~1993 - Ulster Edmund (Royal Court Theatre, London)

Pentecost~1989 -   (Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Ireland)

Shadow of a Gunman~1980 - Donal Davoran (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)

 

Theatre Director

Philadelphia, Here I Come~2004 (Royal Theatre, Castlebar, Ireland)

 

Writer

Hear My Song~1991

Near Room, The (1995) (script consultant)

The Cross~2000 (in progress)

 

CD

Brian Kennedy's On Song~2002 - sang a duet, As I Roved Out, with Kennedy 

 

Music (bands)

2 Brothers~2006

 

Awards, Honors and Nominations

BAFTA

Nom 1993 Best Original Screenplay for Hear My Song

Barclays Theatre Awards

Nom 2002 Best Actor for Conversations of a Homecoming

TMA Theatre Awards

Rec'd 2003 Best Actor for Conversations on a Homecoming

 

Miscellany:

Fronts his own band called The Adrian Dunbar Showband (honky tonk)

 

Panel Guest at Arts Within a Changing Landscape Lecture in 2001 in Belfast, Ireland, UK

 

He works as a fundraiser for the third world development agency Goal and spent six weeks  in Sudan and Calcutta raising awareness about its projects there.

 

Launched the Northern Ireland International Film Festival for Young People

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