genre: crime || playing: Emmet
plot: Peace is declared in Northern Ireland after thirty years of troubles. The criminal empires that have existed during the troubles can no longer operate and are being shut down. Two petty criminals, overhear an English gang plotting to rob a money laundry, owned by the resident crime boss. Our heroes decide to beat the English gang to it and rob the factory themselves. This step is too far and they are forced to enlist the help of a gang from the other side of the community. Neither trusts each other, but the prize is worth the risk. The English gang becomes the least of their worries as the crime boss has a ruthless bodyguard, who has a keen interest in the security of the factory.
Matchstalk Man (2009) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: comedy/crime || playing: Terry Smith
plot: Set in real time with journeys into the not too distant past, Matchstalk Man follows the disintegrating lives of four of society's outcasts and their dreams for a better life as they play desperate games to discover which one of them has taken L2 million, the booty from the sale of an accidentally discovered coke mountain - the only escape from their dismal lives.
Shoe at Your Foot (2008) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: comedy/romance || playing: ??
plot: Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adventure, when his luggage is swapped for a French businesswoman's belongings who soon takes a liking to his belongings - especially his shoes - and sets out to find him.
Glenn (2008) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: sci-fi || playing: Jack
plot: Henry and Jack are two famous and talented pianists: they are rivals and try to outdo each other in the various music events where they regularly compete. They have known each other since their days at the music academy and developed a very strong friendship.
They met Lana there and Jack had an affair with her then. This friendship deteriorated along the years and Lana left Jack for Henry. Jack's resentment towards Henry will increase even further when he realizes that although his talent as a pianist is as great a talent as Henry's, he always ended up second... behind Henry.
Simultaneously, Lana slowly realized that the only thing Henry cares about is his job. When she gets pregnant, he tells her he doesn't want the child and she leaves him, taking refuge with Jack who thus finds a way to get back at Henry. From that point, the former friends will clash with no mercy, from contest to contest until the day a domestic robot, GLENN, enters their lives. GLENN will jeopardize everybody and everything around them but will also lead them into the most challenging soul searching.
Stone of Destiny (2008) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: adventure/comedy || playing: Bill Craig
plot: The Stone of Destiny retells the fascinating and true story of four young Glaswegian students who, in 1951, outwitted the British authorities in their successful attempt to take back the Stone of Scone - a beloved symbol of Scottish pride, back to its country of origin.
Empty (2008) - IMDB - Comedy Unit || GALLERY
genre: sitcom || playing: Tony
plot: Jacky and Tony are two ordinary guys who work for a property maintenance company, clearing out empty or fire-damaged flats and making simple repairs.
Save Angel Hope (2007) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: comedy || playing: Vince Sandhurst
plot: The 'Angel Hope' of the title is a fictitious nun - a little like Mother Teresa, only much younger and prettier - who works at a fictitious hospital in the South Pacific. The third fictional element is a hurricane which destroys the hospital, triggering a charity campaign to rebuild it. Needless to say, there are no more plans to build a new hospital than there was a hospital in the first place. And equally needless to say, things begin to go wrong right from the start, with love and religion getting in the way of good honest greed.
The Flying Scotsman (2007) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: drama/sport || playing: Malky
plot: The Flying Scotsman is a feature film based on the remarkable true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. In 1993, and as an unemployed amateur, Obree broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, which he constructed out of scrap metal and parts of a washing machine.
Midsummer Dream (aka El Sueno de una noche de San Juan) (2006) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: animation/drama/romance/adventure || playing: Puck (voice)
plot based on Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream
On a Clear Day (2005) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: drama || playing: Danny
plot: After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone.
An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel. As Frank plunges headlong into his new daily life, his astonished friends are swept along with him.
Prodded by stalwart fish-and-chips shop owner Chan, the men support Frank, train him - and keep their goal secret from his wife and son. Frank is unable to confide in those closest to him, but as the big day and moment of truth draw near, there is a sea change. Frank's family confronts him, and he realizes that he must repair his strained family ties. As Frank and those closest to him discover - or re-discover - reserves of love and compassion, he realizes that he is also swimming from one part of his life to another.
Seed of Chucky (2004) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: comedy/horror || playing: Glen/Glenda (voice)
plot: The film is the fifth in the popular series of Chucky ("Child's Play") horror comedies. The film introduces Glen, the orphan doll offspring of the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky and his equally twisted bride Tiffany. When production starts on a movie detailing the urban legend of his parents' lethal exploits, Glen heads for Hollywood where he brings his bloodthirsty parents back from the dead. The family dynamics are far from perfect as Chucky and Tiffany go Hollywood and get rolling on a new spree of murderous mayhem; much to gentle Glen's horror. Chucky can't believe that his child doesn't want to walk in his murdering footsteps, and star-struck Tiffany can't believe that the movie will star her favorite actress, Jennifer Tilly, who soon becomes an unwitting hostess to this new family in more ways than one...
Instant Credit (2004) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: short || playing: Frankie
plot: Frankie is a chef who's workmates make fun of him all day, but it's getting better when he finds a credit card.
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: action/adventure/fantasy || playing: Pippin Took
plot: Gondor is overrun by the orcs of Mordor, and Gandalf rides to Minas Tirith to aid the humans in the war that is ahead. Aragorn must realize his true identity and purpose as the King of Men, and journey with Gimli and Legolas to summon the Army of the Dead so that the battle against evil can be won. Meanwhile, paranoia and suspicion rises between Frodo, Sam and Gollum as they continue their increasingly dark and dangerous travel to Mount Doom, the one place where The Ring can be destroyed once and for all.
Master and Commander (2003) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: action/adventure/drama/war || playing: Barrett Bonden
plot: The year is 1805. Europe has fallen to Napoleon, and only the Royal Navy stands in his way to total victory. Off the cost of South America, a new conflict is brewing. Captain Jack "Lucky Jack" Aubrey of the Man-of-War HMS Surprise is under orders to sink or capture the French privateer Acheron, which has been deployed to the region. After seven weeks of uneventful sailing, the Acheron strikes first, all but crippling the Surprise in an engagement in which Aubrey realizes his enemy's ship is nautically superior to his own. Along with his close friend and confidant Stephan Maturin who also happens to be the ship's surgeon, Aubrey is now faced with the choice of retreating to England and admitting defeat or remaining at the Acheron's mercy. Aubrey must now do the impossible if he is to survive, repair his ship, catch up to his enemy and defeat the Acheron - somehow.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: action/adventure/fantasy || playing: Pippin Took
plot: Sauron's forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman's army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron's troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin.
Sniper 470 (2002) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: short fantasy/sci-fi/war || playing: The Gunner
plot: A futuristic tale of a lone sniper on a mission in outerspace.
"Still Game" (2002) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: TV series, comedy || playing: Bearded Man (episode Faimly)
plot: Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional town of Craiglang.
LOTR: Fellowship of the Rings (2001) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: action/adventure/fantasy || playing: Pippin Took
plot: In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young nephew, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-Earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom.
Coming Soon (1999 TV) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: TV series || playing: Ross
Julie & the Cadillacs (1999) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: music/romance || playing: Jimmy Campbell
plot: Set in the 1960s, Julie and The Cadillacs, a struggling young pop group, are enticed to London and signed up by London PR men Adam Schneider and partner Phil Green, but things aren't plain sailing for Julie.
An Urban Ghost Story (1998) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: drama/horror || playing: Loan Shark
plot: After a car accident, Lizzie lies dead on the roadside - slowly she is taken into the light - but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during the 184 seconds that she lay dead, something latched on to her and came back into her world. The nightmares and visions that follow only crystallize her belief that she should have died in the crash... Then the disturbances start, at first merely tappings and bad smells - but soon the activity escalates. Lizzie seems to be the focus, but according to others, she's just playing games for attention. Only when Kate, her mother, is confronted with inexplicable events does she face the possibility that they may be the victims of a poltergeist infestation.>
The Soldier's Leap (1998) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: short comedy/drama || playing: postman
plot: An lawyer living in Edinburgh has nightmares where he believes he is an English soldier escaping from the Scottish army.
"Taggart" (1996) - IMDB || GALLERY
genre: drama/mystery/crime || playing: Jamie Holmes (episode Dead Mans Chest)
plot: The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow.
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THEATRE
Home (2006) - Murdo
San Diego (2003) - David Greig
The Ballad of Crazy Paola (2001) - Raymond
The Spectacular - Lord Islay
An Experienced Woman Gives Advice - Irving
Therese Raquin - Camille
Britannia Rules - Hughie
Kill the Old, Torture Their Young - Darren
Hansel & Gretel - Hansel
Much Ado About Nothing - Borachio
Caledonia Dreamin - Darren Boyd
Widows Alexis
Merchant of Venice - Lorenzo
Trainspotting - Tommy & Sick Boy
Merlin the Magnificent - Arthur
The Slab Boys - Spanky
Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - Adrian Mole
The Chic Nerds (1998) - Banji
RADIO
Dirk Gently's Holistic Agency - Richard MacDuff, BBB radio 4
Bullseye Babes - Gary, BBB radio 4
Hand in Glove - Davidson, BBC Scotland
Police Division - David, BBC
Tam O'Shanter - BBC Scotland
Based on IMDB info.
