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Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 16

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

EastEnders
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4

EastEnders

(1985) Darren
Numb3rs
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7

Numb3rs

(2005) LAPD #1
Holby City
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6

Holby City

(1999) Thomas Abara
Dream Team
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7

Dream Team

(1997) John Black
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
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6

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

(2010) Blackwood
The Shepherd: Border Patrol
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6

The Shepherd: Border Patrol

(2008) Billy Pawnell
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down
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5
Secrets & Lies
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8

Secrets & Lies

(1996) Boxer

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Bartender Gary
The Knight
2021 Jack Carter
2015 The Knight
2014 Pilot Walsh
2012 Abbot
2011 Temmy Verga
Tyrone
2010 Blackwood
2008 Billy Pawnell
2007 Larenz
2005 LAPD #1
2002 Johnson
Neville
1999 Thomas Abara
1998 N/A
1997 John Black
1996 Boxer
DC Alan Oxford
1995 Gee
Gary
1992 N/A
N/A
1991 Davis
1990 Calvin
1988 Harvatt
1987 John Anthony
Man (uncredited)
1986 Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis
1985 Darren
1981 Policeman
Year Character Movie/Tv

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