Michael Starke

Michael Starke

Born: November 13, 1957
in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Michael Starke is a British actor best known for his role as Thomas 'Sinbad' Sweeney which he played for sixteen years in the soap opera Brookside. Starke then appeared in the ITV drama The Royal as Kenneth Hopkirk, as policeman Arthur in the film The 51st State and as himself on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.

Movies for Michael Starke...

Stephen
Title: Stephen
Character: Frank
Released: April 26, 2024
Type: Movie
A docu-fiction hybrid following Stephen Giddings, a man from an addiction-afflicted family, who auditions for and takes on a film role, while transforming his life in the real world, blurring the lines between fact and fiction to examine addiction and recovery.
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Title: The Responder
Character: Kevin
Released: January 24, 2022
Type: TV
Under pressure, fraying at the edges. In relentless night-time Liverpool, copper Chris is paired with a rookie. Will they save or destroy each other?
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Title: The Virtues
Character: Sam
Released: May 15, 2019
Type: TV
Joseph falls into despair when his nine-year-old son Shea leaves for Australia with his ex Debbie. Suffering the hangover from hell, he walks away from his present life and boards a boat bound for Ireland to confront memories from his childhood.
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Longtails
Title: Longtails
Character: Mr. Griffin
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A team of crooks seek refuge in a safe house for 24 hours, but is their biggest threat within? Shane is the getaway driver for a big hit on a Liverpool bank, who turns on the mob who hired him, and assembles his own team to help rob the bank robbers. They hide out on The Isle of Man awaiting their new identities. There truly is No Honor Amongst Thieves..!
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Title: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: TV
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
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Title: Benidorm
Character: Dodgy Dave
Released: February 1, 2007
Type: TV
Set in the Solana all-inclusive Resort, Benidorm follows the antics of regulars and first-time holiday makers on their journeys abroad.
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Title: The Street
Released: April 13, 2006
Type: TV
Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.
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Title: The Paul O'Grady Show
Released: October 11, 2004
Type: TV
The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4, where the show was produced by Olga TV. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, and occasionally viewer competitions.
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Title: The Royal
Character: Ken Hopkirk
Released: January 19, 2003
Type: TV
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
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Revengers Tragedy
Title: Revengers Tragedy
Character: Nessio
Released: August 6, 2002
Type: Movie
A film adaptation of the 1606 satirical tragedy by Thomas Middleton, relocated to a post-apocalyptic Liverpool. Christopher Eccleston plays the revenge-obsessed Vindice, who has sworn to kill the evil Duke (Derek Jacobi) who murdered his one true love.
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The 51st State
Title: The 51st State
Character: Arthur
Released: December 7, 2001
Type: Movie
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
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Brookside: Friday the 13th
Title: Brookside: Friday the 13th
Character: Sinbad
Released: November 14, 1998
Type: Movie
There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script which follows on from a weekend special.
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Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Title: Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Character: Sinbad
Released: November 15, 1997
Type: Movie
A special, video only story set on the Brookside close. On Friday 14th November 1997, a five night a week storyline ended in a cliffhanger and this video completes the story - a tale of kidnapping extortion and violence. The action-packed episode features faces from the show's past including Sheila Grant (Sue Johnston) and wayward son Barry Grant (Paul Usher), and is written by series creator Phil Redmond.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Ken Hopkirk
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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Title: Pebble Mill
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1991
Type: TV
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
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Distant Voices, Still Lives
Title: Distant Voices, Still Lives
Character: Dave
Released: November 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatized. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.
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No Surrender
Title: No Surrender
Character: Member of Rock Group
Released: September 11, 1985
Type: Movie
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.
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Title: Brookside
Character: Thomas 'Sinbad' Sweeney
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.