Gary McDonald
Known for Acting · 37 credits
- Born
- 1961-01-01 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (13)
Death in Paradise
2011
as Temmy Verga
EastEnders
1985
as Darren
Holby City
1999
as Thomas Abara
Numb3rs
2005
as LAPD #1
Screen Two
1985
as Gee
Dream Team
1997
as John Black
Steal
2026
as Deuchart
Murder in Mind
2001
as DC Jed Culshaw
Wire in the Blood
2002
as Lenny Mestone
The Tower
2021
as Harry Bowman
South of the Border
1988
as Harvatt
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down
2014
as Pilot Walsh
Thief Takers
1996
as DC Alan Oxford
Movies (24)
The Shepherd: Border Patrol
2008
as Billy Pawnell
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
as Blackwood
Secrets & Lies
1996
as Boxer
Until Death
2007
as Larenz
All or Nothing
2002
as Neville
Outpost: Black Sun
2012
as Abbot
A Miracle Before Christmas
2022
as Bartender Gary
#Unknown
2022
as The Knight
Young Soul Rebels
1991
as Davis
Fields of Gold
2002
as Johnson
Mob Rules
2011
as Tyrone
Private Number
2015
as The Knight
Voodoo Macbeth
2021
as Jack Carter
Fedz
2013
as Rizzle
London's Burning: The Movie
1986
as Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
1995
as Gary
Elphida
1987
as John Anthony
Shooting Stars
1990
as Calvin
Top Kids
1987
as Man (uncredited)
Floating
1992
Bliss
1995
as Gee
Black Poppies
1992
Burning an Illusion
1981
as Policeman
Respect
1998
About 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… With 37 credits spanning from 1981 to 2026, Gary McDonald has appeared in 24 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gary McDonald Movies
- The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) — as Billy Pawnell
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010) — as Blackwood
- Secrets & Lies (1996) — as Boxer
- Until Death (2007) — as Larenz
- All or Nothing (2002) — as Neville
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