Jonathan Watson

Jonathan Watson

Movies for Jonathan Watson...

A Better Place
Title: A Better Place
Character: Angus Cameron
Released: May 26, 2023
Type: Movie
After their father’s passing, an oddball trio inherits the failing family funeral business. Led by hapless son Archie, they devise a plan to save their funeral home.
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Title: Annika
Character: Gary Nair
Released: August 17, 2021
Type: TV
The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.
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A Mug's Game
Title: A Mug's Game
Released: May 27, 2020
Type: Movie
A bittersweet comedy infused with Glaswegian resilience and wit, centred on the generations of men knowingly exposed to deadly asbestos over years working in the Glasgow shipyards and the tragic impact left on them and their loved ones.
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Title: This Time with Alan Partridge
Character: Dale Daniels
Released: February 25, 2019
Type: TV
Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?
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Title: Upstart Crow
Character: MacBuff
Released: May 9, 2016
Type: TV
Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Title: Two Doors Down
Character: Colin
Released: April 1, 2016
Type: TV
Comedy centred around a couple and their insufferable neighbours.
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Scotland In A Day
Title: Scotland In A Day
Released: September 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Mockumentary set on the day of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum and designed to capture a snap shot of a nation on the brink of both triumph and disaster.
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Let Us Prey
Title: Let Us Prey
Character: Ralph Beswick
Released: April 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter-and-twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they're there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better. Wrong, on both counts. Six is about to arrive - and All Hell Will Break Loose!
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Two Doors Down
Title: Two Doors Down
Character: Colin
Released: December 31, 2013
Type: Movie
Comedy set in a chaotic Hogmanay party. Beth and Eric Baird's Hogmanay goes horribly wrong as family, friends and neighbours descend on their home. As they count down to the bells in traditional Scottish style, a lively evening is assured as drink flows and Beth's legendary steak pie comes out of the oven. Secrets are revealed, tempers fray, scores are settled and a gazebo is destroyed.
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Filth
Title: Filth
Character: Uniformed Policeman
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: Movie
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
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Title: Bob Servant
Character: Frank
Released: January 23, 2013
Type: TV
The Scottish town of Broughty Ferry doesn’t know what’s hit it. The sudden death of the sitting MP has resulted in a by-election that could change the political map of the UK. Bob Servant has been waiting his whole life for this level of attention and he’s willing to do anything to keep it.
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Title: Garrow's Law
Character: Thoroughgood
Released: November 1, 2009
Type: TV
The true tale of pioneering 18th century barrister William Garrow, who acted as counsel for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Ritskaw
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Commander Stenck
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Solid Geometry
Title: Solid Geometry
Character: Patrick Murray
Released: November 28, 2002
Type: Movie
A successful young man's world view is turned upside-down when he inherits his great-great-grandfather's diaries, and starts pursuing the mystical geometric theories held within. Based on a short story by Ian McEwan.
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The Match
Title: The Match
Character: Charlie
Released: August 13, 1999
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy set against the story of a grudge football match between two pubs. The prize for the winner of the centenary match is the the closure of their opponent's bar. The Match was mainly filmed around Straiton in Ayrshire.
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Title: Only an Excuse?
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: TV
Only An Excuse? is an annual Scottish football comedy sketch show that airs each Hogmanay. Starring actor and comedian Jonathan Watson, the show features impressions of some of Scottish football's great characters such as Denis Law, Tommy Burns, Barry Ferguson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Frank McAvennie, Walter Smith and Graeme Souness, as well as caricatures of the "typical" Celtic and Rangers fan.
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Title: City Lights
Character: Brian
Released: October 14, 1986
Type: TV
Hapless bank clerk Willie Melvin dreams of being a successful writer but is held back by his own incompetence, the dodgy dealings of his best friend Chancer, and lack of support from his mother, the bank's manager Adam McLelland and his obsequious fellow teller, Brian.
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The Girl in the Picture
Title: The Girl in the Picture
Character: Best Man
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Alan and Mary are pretty miserable together and split up. As a very presentable Glaswegian photographer, Alan soon has chances to find consolation elsewhere, but more and more thinks of Mary. She, however, seems a lot less keen to try again.
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Local Hero
Title: Local Hero
Character: Jonathan
Released: February 17, 1983
Type: Movie
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
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The Silly Season
Title: The Silly Season
Character: Mike
Released: February 9, 1982
Type: Movie
Four students working in a factory cause emotional, as well as industrial catastrophe, for when theory and reality meet it is the 'Silly Season'.
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The Boy Who Wanted Peace
Title: The Boy Who Wanted Peace
Character: Frank Garson
Released: February 25, 1970
Type: Movie
Two underprivileged Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare after discovering crates stuffed with banknotes in the basement they use for a clubhouse.