Brian McCardie

Brian McCardie

Born: January 22, 1965
in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Brian McCardie is a Scottish actor and writer.

Movies for Brian McCardie...

Damaged
Title: Damaged
Character: Avery
Released: April 11, 2024
Type: Movie
A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.
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Title: The Long Shadow
Character: Steve Rawton
Released: September 25, 2023
Type: TV
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.
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Mia and the Dragon Princess
Title: Mia and the Dragon Princess
Character: Skipper Matthew
Released: April 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Mia, a plucky barmaid, has her life thrown into chaos when a mysterious woman turns up at her workplace, on the run from a group of violent thugs and unable to speak English.
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Title: Six Four
Character: Bill Martin
Released: March 30, 2023
Type: TV
A dark and compelling story of kidnap, corruption, betrayal, and an uncompromising search for the truth when Chris and Michelle O’Neill’s teenage daughter goes missing.
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Dog Days
Title: Dog Days
Character: Terry
Released: March 5, 2023
Type: Movie
"Zoso (Conor McCarron) is living rough on the streets of Dundee. He is determined to take charge of his future and maintain a loving relationship with a daughter who now lives with his ex and her new partner. Zoso’s busking skills reveal a stunning musical talent but the odds are not in his favour until music lecturer Grace (Lois Chimimba) hears him perform. The search for hope is told with gutsy humour, energy and soul." - Glasgow Film Festival 2023
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Title: Time
Character: Jackson Jones
Released: June 6, 2021
Type: TV
Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive? Tense, gritty and heartbreaking – Jimmy McGovern's award-winning prison drama, with an all-star cast.
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Our Ladies
Title: Our Ladies
Character: Sergeant
Released: October 4, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1990s Scotland, a group of Catholic school girls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.
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Title: Moscow Noir
Character: Lord Pendergast
Released: December 24, 2018
Type: TV
In turn-of-the-21st-century Moscow, an innocent trade plunges Swedish investment banker, Tom Blixen, into a battle with millionaires, politicians, oligarchs and their private armies.
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Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Title: Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Character: Sir Hugh Persimmion
Released: December 23, 2018
Type: Movie
England, December 1926. Although her personal life is in tatters, the famous writer Agatha Christie decides to leave everything behind to help unravel an unsolved murder committed on a train six years ago, unable to imagine the disproportionate consequences that such a selfless act will cause.
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Gerry Anderson's Firestorm
Title: Gerry Anderson's Firestorm
Character: Drew McAllister (Voice)
Released: October 27, 2018
Type: Movie
Filmed in ‘Ultramarionation’ Gerry Anderson’s FIRESTORM will be made using puppets, real sets, miniatures and practical FX - the next step in evolution from the old Supermarionation series of the 60s.
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Title: Ordeal by Innocence
Character: Bellamy Gould
Released: April 1, 2018
Type: TV
The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news and the fact that the real killer might still be among them.
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Walk Like a Panther
Title: Walk Like a Panther
Character: Ziggy Barrow
Released: March 9, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
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Come Out of the Woods
Title: Come Out of the Woods
Character: PC Brian Cassidy
Released: November 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Three brothers living in rural Scotland struggle for intimacy and stability as they attempt to navigate their survival amongst a corrupt local police officer and the mysterious appearance of a girl's body on their land.
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Title: Rebellion
Character: James Connolly
Released: January 3, 2016
Type: TV
A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising. The story begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland's independence.
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After The Fray
Title: After The Fray
Character: Interviewee
Released: July 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in the not so distant future a military veteran recounts his experiences on the front lines of a catastrophic world war. Constantly haunted by his past and unable to forgive himself, our protagonist must once again relive the terrible things he's done for a prying documentary film crew.
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Peterman
Title: Peterman
Character: Bill
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: Movie
The death of his safe cracking grandfather has landed Johnny as the only one left alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters,but he's just a junkie with little more on his mind than getting that next fix.
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Wasted Time
Title: Wasted Time
Released: February 28, 2015
Type: Movie
Accused of a crime he did not commit, Tommy decides to take the blame and serve a sentence at Glasgow’s Barlinnie prison, presuming his family will be looked after. However, he finds himself at the mercy of prison life whilst his family are left to fend for themselves. When he is finally released he is forced to pick up the pieces of his life and face the reality of his situation.
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Title: Outlander
Character: Sir Marcus MacRannoch
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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Ghosts
Title: Ghosts
Character: Jacob Engstrand
Released: June 26, 2014
Type: Movie
Lesley Manville gives a career best performance in Richard Eyre's award-winning revival of Ibsen's poignant tragedy. Helene Alving (Lesley Manville) leads an outwardly contented life. It is the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, and she is about to open an orphanage as a memorial to him. To mark this occasion, her bohemian painter son Oswald (Jack Lowden) has returned from Paris. Helene plans to take the opportunity to reveal the truth to Oswald about his father. But the ghosts of the past erupt during an eventful evening, bringing the facade of civilised family life crashing down. Richard Eyre's production of Henrik Ibsen's coruscating masterpiece exploring the malign consequences of buried secrets and lies was universally acclaimed by the critics. It was also nominated for five Olivier Awards. This HD recording was captured at Trafalgar Studios during the play's strictly limited West End season.
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Filth
Title: Filth
Character: Dougie Gillman
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: Movie
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar 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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The Groundsman
Title: The Groundsman
Character: Steve
Released: June 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A Scottish football groundsman discovers the club he's been a part of for thirty years is going out of business.
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For Those in Peril
Title: For Those in Peril
Character: Dr Forbes
Released: May 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. Spurred on by sea-going folklore and local superstition, the village blames Aaron for this tragedy, making him an outcast amongst his own people. Steadfastly refusing to believe that his brother has died, he sets out to recover him and the rest of men.
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Title: The Crash
Character: Charlie Harris
Released: March 5, 2013
Type: TV
Drama inspired by real events that tells the story of a fatal car crash involving a group of young friends and the devastating impact it has on the survivors and their families.
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The Crash
Title: The Crash
Character: Charlie Harris
Released: March 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Student Kate Harper returns home for the Christmas break and joins her boyfriend Tom,his brother Brian and friends Rachel,Leah,Ashley and Ethan to go to the pub in two cars. It is a rainy night and,in trying to overtake a lorry,Tom,followed by Ethan,causes a crash.
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Doors Open
Title: Doors Open
Character: Charlie Calloway
Released: December 26, 2012
Type: Movie
Heist thriller and adaptation of Ian Rankin's book, which sees a bored millionaire plan to swap the contents of a gallery's warehouse with near-perfect forgeries.
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Shell
Title: Shell
Character: Hunter
Released: November 26, 2012
Type: Movie
Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.
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Title: Line of Duty
Character: John Thomas Hunter
Released: June 26, 2012
Type: TV
A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.
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Title: Titanic
Character: First Officer Murdoch
Released: March 21, 2012
Type: TV
A heart-wrenching journey through Titanic's last moments, featuring both fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers and crew to upper class guests and staff.
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Title: Thorne
Released: October 10, 2010
Type: TV
Thorne is a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010. It stars David Morrissey who plays the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne created by crime writer Mark Billingham. The supporting cast includes Aidan Gillen, Eddie Marsan and Natascha McElhone.
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Some Dogs Bite
Title: Some Dogs Bite
Character: Peter McBride
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A 14-year-old (Casey) leads his two half-brothers (H, 19 years old and baby Severino) on a journey to find and live as a family with his father after their mother dies.
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Title: Vexed
Character: Robert Randall
Released: August 15, 2010
Type: TV
Comedy drama following a mismatched pair of police officers who disagree on everything with their partner, from policing to their personal life.
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SoulBoy
Title: SoulBoy
Character: Fish Shop Bobby
Released: June 4, 2010
Type: Movie
1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.
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The Damned United
Title: The Damned United
Character: Dave Mackay
Released: March 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.
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Kiss of Death
Title: Kiss of Death
Character: Michael Bovery
Released: January 14, 2008
Type: Movie
A killer has killed once and kidnapped another victim, challenging the investigative and forensic team to work out why. Suddenly everyone's past comes under scrutiny, everyone's version of the truth comes under suspicion. Kay Rousseau, who heads up the crime team, is back at work after the death of her child. Suspicion about her involvement in this death remains, not least in her own husband. Only Matt Costello, Kay's second-in-command and a dedicated, impassioned copper, is loyal to the core.
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Title: Heroes and Villains
Released: November 11, 2007
Type: TV
Heroes and Villains was a 2007-2008 BBC Television docudrama series looking at key moments in the lives and reputations of some of the greatest warriors of history. Each hour long episode featured a different historical figure, including Napoleon I of France, Attila the Hun, Spartacus, Hernán Cortés, Richard I of England, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The statements at the beginning of each episode read: "This film depicts real events and real characters. It is based on the accounts of writers of the time. It has been written with the advice of modern historians." In the United States the show is aired on The Military Channel and was called "Warriors".
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Title: Lilies
Character: Dadda Moss
Released: January 12, 2007
Type: TV
Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920. Three girls on the edge of womanhood, a world on the brink of change." Due to lower than expected ratings, the BBC did not commission a second series.
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Low Winter Sun
Title: Low Winter Sun
Character: Det Con Joe Geddes
Released: September 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
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Low Winter Sun
Title: Low Winter Sun
Character: Joe Geddes
Released: September 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.
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Ellie Parker
Title: Ellie Parker
Character: Acting Student
Released: January 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Ellie Parker, an aspiring actress from Australia, lives a hectic Hollywood lifestyle, perpetually trying to land the role that will elevate her career. Living with her lothario musician boyfriend, Justin, Ellie is far from happy, finding support primarily from her friend Sam. But when Ellie meets Chris after a minor traffic accident, she sees new potential for both romance and her life in general.
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Mr. Barrington
Title: Mr. Barrington
Released: December 12, 2003
Type: Movie
This chicken is a hot introvert who is wooed by a charming creep then weird stuff happens.
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Solid Air
Title: Solid Air
Character: Robert Houston Junior
Released: August 22, 2003
Type: Movie
Seeking refuge, compulsive gambler Robert Houston Junior comes home to his estranged father, Robert Senior. Discovering a lapsed compensation claim for asbestosis, Junior resolves to pursue the case, encountering the young, ambitious lawyer Nicola Blyth who tells him he must produce a witness to testify on his father's behalf. Beneath Junior's altruism lies an uncomfortable truth. In debt and on the run from wealthy businessman, John Doran, following a disastrous loss at the poker table, Junior's only hope is to get his hands on his father's settlement. But hope, like luck, is in short supply. As father and son set out to find the witness, suspicion turns to torment as Robert learns of his son's motives and the true cost of Junior's betrayal is revealed.
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Beyond the City Limits
Title: Beyond the City Limits
Character: Sergei Akotia
Released: December 17, 2001
Type: Movie
Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.
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Title: Rebus
Character: Brian Robertson
Released: April 26, 2000
Type: TV
Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it.
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200 Cigarettes
Title: 200 Cigarettes
Character: Eric
Released: February 26, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.
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Speed 2: Cruise Control
Title: Speed 2: Cruise Control
Character: Merced
Released: June 13, 1997
Type: Movie
A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation, and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie, to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks awaits them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.
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The Ghost and the Darkness
Title: The Ghost and the Darkness
Character: Angus Starling
Released: October 11, 1996
Type: Movie
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
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Kidnapped
Title: Kidnapped
Character: David Balfour
Released: November 5, 1995
Type: Movie
When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart accidentally boards the ship, he takes David along on his escape back to Edinburgh. They part and meet again repeatedly, mutually helpful against the Redcoats and respectful, although David is loyal to the English crown, but learns about its cruel oppression. Both ultimately face their adversaries.
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Rob Roy
Title: Rob Roy
Character: Alasdair
Released: April 13, 1995
Type: Movie
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
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Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Title: Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Character: Vic Leigh
Released: February 5, 1995
Type: Movie
A tramp called Raymond finds his life changes radically when he gets his hands on a sought-after film script.
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Title: Rik Mayall Presents
Character: Vic Leigh
Released: May 20, 1993
Type: TV
Showcasing the talent and versatility of its star, Rik Mayall Presents comprises six episodes of dark humour spread over two series, where he plays such diverse roles as a paranoid TV show host, an uncontrollable liar who pretends to be a gangster and a man on a date who is trapped in a cycle of escalating comic violence!
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Title: Murder Most Horrid
Character: Supermarket Assistant
Released: November 14, 1991
Type: TV
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
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Forget About Me
Title: Forget About Me
Character: Bunny
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Two Scottish soldiers stationed in Germany head to Budapest to see a Simple Minds concert and fall for a local girl.