Portrait of Gary McDonald

Gary McDonald

Acting

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.

Born: January 1, 1961

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

2022
2022
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as The Knight

2021
Voodoo Macbeth

as Jack Carter

2021
The Tower

as Harry Bowman

2015
Private Number

as The Knight

2013
Fedz

as Rizzle

2012
2011
Death in Paradise

as Temmy Verga

2011
Mob Rules

as Tyrone

2008
2007
Until Death

as Larenz

2005
Numb3rs

as LAPD #1

2002
All or Nothing

as Neville

2001
Murder in Mind

as DC Jed Culshaw

1999
Holby City

as Thomas Abara

1997
Dream Team

as John Black

1996
1996
Thief Takers

as DC Alan Oxford

1995
Bliss

as Gee

1991
1990
1988
1987
Top Kids

as Man (uncredited)

1986
London's Burning: The Movie

as Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis

1985
EastEnders

as Darren

1981