Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

Born: November 2, 1959
in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Peter Mullan (born 2 November 1959) is a Scottish stage, film and television actor and director, best known for playing supporting roles in feature films such as "Braveheart" and "Trainspotting", and for starring as the titular character Joe Kavanagh in "My Name Is Joe".

Movies for Peter Mullan...

Baghead
Title: Baghead
Character: Owen Lark
Released: December 28, 2023
Type: Movie
Following the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little does she know, when the deed is signed she will become inextricably tied to an unspeakable entity that resides in the pub’s basement – Baghead – a shape-shifting creature that can transform into the dead.
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Title: After The Party
Character: Phil
Released: October 29, 2023
Type: TV
Penny’s world implodes when she accuses her husband Phil of a sex crime against her daughter’s teenage friend and nobody believes her.
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Title: Payback
Character: Cal Morris
Released: October 4, 2023
Type: TV
Lexie Noble lives a great life on the outskirts of Edinburgh… until her husband is murdered. As she struggles to make sense of what happened, she learns he had been laundering money for notorious crime boss Cal Morris. As a partner in her late husband's accountancy firm, both Morris and the police will be interested in controlling her next moves.
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Title: Liaison
Character: Richard Banks
Released: February 24, 2023
Type: TV
Two agents—and former lovers—must work together to combat international cyberattacks threatening the UK while also confronting the buried secrets of their destructive relationship.
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The Hanging Sun
Title: The Hanging Sun
Character: Dad
Released: September 12, 2022
Type: Movie
On the run from his former employer, a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of his conscience.
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Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Character: Durin III
Released: September 1, 2022
Type: TV
Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
Character: King Durin III
Released: August 31, 2022
Type: Movie
An edited version of the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, shown exclusively to fans in cinemas around the world in August 2022. In a time of relative peace, an ensemble cast of characters confronts the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
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A Farewell to Ozark
Title: A Farewell to Ozark
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 2022
Type: Movie
Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and other cast members open up about the show's characters and creators, plus what they'll miss most.
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Title: Skint
Character: Donny
Released: March 20, 2022
Type: TV
The grit, humour and courage of ordinary people in the bleakest of circumstances. Darkly comic, poignant and sometimes devastating monologues about life in poverty.
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Don vs. Lightning
Title: Don vs. Lightning
Character: Don
Released: July 22, 2021
Type: Movie
When Don, an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself the victim of multiple lightning strikes he begins to worry that his quiet, orderly life may never be the same again.
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Title: The North Water
Character: Priest
Released: July 14, 2021
Type: TV
Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
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Title: The Underground Railroad
Character: Ridgeway Senior
Released: May 13, 2021
Type: TV
Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
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Chips
Title: Chips
Character: Chips (voice)
Released: November 22, 2020
Type: Movie
What feeds your spirit? one girl asks in this gentle, otherworldly tale.
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Marionette
Title: Marionette
Character: Dr. McVittie
Released: September 28, 2020
Type: Movie
A therapist loses her grip on reality when a ten-year-old boy claims he can control her future.
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Title: Cursed
Character: Father Carden
Released: July 16, 2020
Type: TV
In this fresh take on the Arthurian legend, teenager Nimue joins forces with mercenary Arthur on a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword.
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Fatbaws
Title: Fatbaws
Released: June 3, 2020
Type: Movie
After switching the food in his back-garden bird feeder, an idyllic lockdown experience is threatened after the birds make it clear they’re none too happy with the change. A showdown ensues, and as the fight escalates beyond his control the lines between man and beast begin to blur.
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Orphans Reunited
Title: Orphans Reunited
Released: May 11, 2019
Type: Movie
20th anniversary documentary on “Orphans” including interviews with cast and crew.
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The Vanishing
Title: The Vanishing
Character: Thomas
Released: January 4, 2019
Type: Movie
Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Title: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Character: Akela
Released: November 25, 2018
Type: Movie
A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
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Pearl
Title: Pearl
Character: Al
Released: August 29, 2018
Type: Movie
72 hours from the final of an international female bodybuilding championship. Lea Pearl is set to compete for the prestigious title of Miss Heaven. But her past catches up with her, when her ex-lover Ben shows up with the 6-year-old son she hardly knows.
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Hostiles
Title: Hostiles
Character: Lieutenant Colonel Ross McCowan
Released: December 22, 2017
Type: Movie
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
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Title: Gunpowder
Character: Father Henry Garnet
Released: October 21, 2017
Type: TV
London, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises a plot to blow up Parliament and kill the King.
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Title: Ozark
Character: Jacob Snell
Released: July 21, 2017
Type: TV
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
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Tommy's Honour
Title: Tommy's Honour
Character: Tom Morris
Released: July 7, 2017
Type: Movie
In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of Tommy's Honor - an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf.
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Edith
Title: Edith
Character: Jake
Released: October 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Edith explores the heartbreaking inevitability that is old age.
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Title: Westworld
Character: James Delos
Released: October 2, 2016
Type: TV
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
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Title: Quarry
Character: The Broker
Released: September 9, 2016
Type: TV
The story of Mac Conway, a Marine who returns home to Memphis from Vietnam in 1972 and finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. As he struggles to cope with his experiences at war, Conway is drawn into a network of killing and corruption that spans the length of the Mississippi River.
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Title: Mum
Character: Michael
Released: May 13, 2016
Type: TV
A comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year of new beginnings as she rebuilds her life following the death of her husband. Mum is joined by her supportive life-long friend Michael. Through a year of new beginnings she rebuilds her life surrounded by her family: son Jason and his girlfriend Kelly; her brother Derek and his new partner, Pauline; and her in-laws.
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Hector
Title: Hector
Character: Hector McAdam
Released: December 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Hector has been living on the motorways for years. His once comfortable family life has been replaced by a never-ending tour of service stations that offer him shelter, anonymity, washing facilities and food. The story follows his journey south from Scotland on his annual pilgrimage to a temporary Christmas shelter in London where he finds comfort, friendship and warmth. Over the course of his Homeric journey, Hector decides to reconnect with his long estranged past. As his previous life catches up with him, the story of how he came to be leading a marginal life begins to emerge.
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Sunset Song
Title: Sunset Song
Character: John Guthrie
Released: December 4, 2015
Type: Movie
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
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Title: Stonemouth
Character: Don Murston
Released: June 8, 2015
Type: TV
Based on Iain Banks's best-selling novel, this romantic mystery follows Stewart as he returns to his childhood home and tries to discover the truth behind his best friend's death.
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Title: Olive Kitteridge
Character: Jim O'Casey
Released: November 2, 2014
Type: TV
A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's approach to parenting; and other members of their community.
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Hercules
Title: Hercules
Character: Sitacles
Released: July 23, 2014
Type: Movie
When a new enemy threatens the innocent, Hercules must lead his fearless team of warriors in a battle against overwhelming odds.
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Title: Lily's Driftwood Bay
Character: Captain Salty Dog (voice)
Released: May 5, 2014
Type: TV
Follow the imagination of Lily, a five-year-old hunter, as she creates a world of adventure and friendship from treasures she finds washed up on the beach.
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Sunshine on Leith
Title: Sunshine on Leith
Character: Robert 'Rab' Henshaw
Released: October 3, 2013
Type: Movie
Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs and relationships. Sunshine on Leith is based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers.
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From the Bottom of the Lake
Title: From the Bottom of the Lake
Character: himself
Released: September 18, 2013
Type: Movie
The creative process at the heart of creating TV series Top of the Lake (2013). From the writing process with long-time collaborator Gerard Lee to shooting in New Zealand, filmmaker Jane Campion struggles and rises to the occasion.
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Title: Top of the Lake
Character: Matt Mitcham
Released: March 18, 2013
Type: TV
A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.
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Welcome to the Punch
Title: Welcome to the Punch
Character: Roy Edwards
Released: March 15, 2013
Type: Movie
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
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Title: The Fear
Character: Richie Beckett
Released: December 3, 2012
Type: TV
Former gang boss turned respected businessman, Richie Beckett pledge money to help rebuild a pier. But Richie's mind is deteriorating, and the other outfit he runs with his sons is under attack by a vicious rival gang.
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The Liability
Title: The Liability
Character: Peter
Released: November 24, 2012
Type: Movie
When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it takes him on a 24-hour journey into a nightmarish world of murder, sex trafficking and revenge, in the company of aging hit man Roy.
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The Man Inside
Title: The Man Inside
Character: Gordon Sinclair
Released: July 27, 2012
Type: Movie
A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
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War Horse
Title: War Horse
Character: Ted Narracott
Released: December 25, 2011
Type: Movie
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
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Long Distance Information
Title: Long Distance Information
Character: Jack
Released: October 13, 2011
Type: Movie
Dad always said not to talk to strangers. But you've got to phone home sometimes.
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Tyrannosaur
Title: Tyrannosaur
Character: Joseph
Released: October 7, 2011
Type: Movie
The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating results on both of their lives.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Character: Corban Yaxley
Released: November 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous Death Eaters on the loose, the world is more dangerous than ever.
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Neds
Title: Neds
Character: Mr. McGill
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: Movie
NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, altar boy to glue sniffer. When he attempts to change back again, his new reality and recent past make conformity near impossible and violent self determination near inevitable.
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Title: Red Riding
Released: March 12, 2009
Type: TV
Thrilling trilogy of films based on David Peace's cult noir novels about Yorkshire during the 1970s and 80s: a world of paranoia, corruption and the terrifying legacy of the Ripper murders.
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Title: Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983
Character: Martin Laws
Released: February 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Title: Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Character: Martin Laws
Released: February 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Title: Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Character: Martin Laws
Released: February 28, 2009
Type: Movie
After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.
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Stone of Destiny
Title: Stone of Destiny
Character: Ian's Father
Released: December 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
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Title: Fixer
Released: March 10, 2008
Type: TV
The Fixer is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos for ITV. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of John Mercer, an ex-British Special Forces soldier, arrested by police for killing his aunt and uncle following his discovery of their abuse of his sister, Jess Mercer. John Mercer is released early from prison to serve in a covert state security squad as a government-backed assassin responsible for eliminating criminals and renegade police officers that the law cannot apprehend.
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To Build a Home
Title: To Build a Home
Released: October 29, 2007
Type: Movie
A searingly unflinching look at love, life and death. Shot on 35mm over two days on location in Cumbria, this short tells of the final hours of a couple's life together.
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Boy A
Title: Boy A
Character: Terry
Released: October 28, 2007
Type: Movie
Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.
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Dog Altogether
Title: Dog Altogether
Character: Joseph
Released: August 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Joseph is a man plagued by a violence and rage who is driving him to self destruction. As he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the landscape in search of a single grain of redemption that might restore hope to his fractured life.
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The Last Legion
Title: The Last Legion
Character: Odoacer
Released: April 19, 2007
Type: Movie
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
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The Trial of Tony Blair
Title: The Trial of Tony Blair
Character: Gordon Brown
Released: January 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Biting political satire starring Robert Lindsay as a beleaguered Tony Blair, who stubbornly refuses to see the danger he faces from a Special Tribunal on Iraq that has been set up to investigate war crimes
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Children of Men
Title: Children of Men
Character: Syd
Released: September 22, 2006
Type: Movie
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
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True North
Title: True North
Character: Riley
Released: September 11, 2006
Type: Movie
The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.
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Cargo
Title: Cargo
Character: Brookes
Released: February 14, 2006
Type: Movie
A young backpacker gets into some trouble in Africa and stows away on a cargo ship heading to Europe.
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Carry on Ken
Title: Carry on Ken
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over the years. It describe his approach to allowing actors a wide range of freedom.
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On a Clear Day
Title: On a Clear Day
Character: Frank
Released: August 18, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Shoebox Zoo
Character: Michael Scot
Released: September 21, 2004
Type: TV
Shoebox Zoo is an urban fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. The show centers on the story of a young girl named Marnie McBride, who is given a shoebox containing four toy animals by a mysterious old man at a junk shop, as a gift for her 11th birthday. These magical toys have the power to come alive on Marnie’s command, and they’re on a quest to find an ancient book that once belonged to a great and powerful wizard.
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Criminal
Title: Criminal
Character: William Hannigan
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new associate, but needs money to help out his ill father. The situation becomes more complicated when Rodrigo falls for Gaddis' sister, Valerie, drawing another player into the game.
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Out of This World
Title: Out of This World
Character: Jim
Released: February 7, 2004
Type: Movie
Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between the tenor saxophonist, a disillusioned ex-soldier, and a bitter GI whose brother was killed in the war. And when the band plays the prohibited "Danny Boy" during a birthday bash for a sergeant whose son Danny had died a year ago, everyone must confront a past they'd rather forget.
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Kiss of Life
Title: Kiss of Life
Character: John
Released: December 12, 2003
Type: Movie
Helen lives in London with her father and her kids. John, her husband, is an aid-worker in Eastern Europe. He has been gone many months. Helen is desperately anxious that he should come home. Taking the kids to school one morning, she is killed in a car accident. She remains caught in limbo, trapped between life and death. Many miles away, in war-torn Eastern Europe, John is unaware that his wife has died. As Helen herself is unaware that she is dead. Thus begins, a four-day Odyssey: Grandpa and the kids must come to terms with Helen's death; John must travel across a war-torn land as he tries to reach home; and Helen must stand helplessly observing her own existence as it comes back to haunt her - until at last she is reconciled with John, and thus released.
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Young Adam
Title: Young Adam
Character: Les Gault
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: Movie
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
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This Little Life
Title: This Little Life
Character: Neonatologist
Released: March 19, 2003
Type: Movie
A powerful one-off drama written by Rosemary Kay , winner of the BBC's Dennis Potter award for new screenwriting. Sadie and Richie MacGregor are thrown into the terrifying world of neo-natal intensive care when their son Luke is born prematurely. Willed on by his desperate parents, he gradually grows in strength - but as Sadie develops a unique bond with her son, her relationship with Richie begins to suffer.
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The Magdalene Sisters
Title: The Magdalene Sisters
Character: Mr O'Connor
Released: August 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly caught flirting with the boys. All have to work in a laundry under the strict supervision of the nuns, who break their wills through sadistic punishment.
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Session 9
Title: Session 9
Character: Gordon
Released: August 10, 2001
Type: Movie
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
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The Claim
Title: The Claim
Character: Daniel Dillon
Released: December 29, 2000
Type: Movie
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.
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Ordinary Decent Criminal
Title: Ordinary Decent Criminal
Character: Stevie
Released: January 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determined to bring him down once and for all.
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Miss Julie
Title: Miss Julie
Character: Jean
Released: December 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A footman seduces a count's daughter. Adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.
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The Escort
Title: The Escort
Character: Patricia's Husband
Released: November 17, 1999
Type: Movie
Fleeing from his wife in France to London, 45-year-old Pierre is barely able to support himself. He meets friendly Tom, who offers to help him make ends meet by working as a male escort.
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My Name Is Joe
Title: My Name Is Joe
Character: Joe
Released: May 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
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Duck
Title: Duck
Character: Nick
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
On a day much like any other, Mick and Carmen, two hard-drinking lovers down on their luck, set out to satisfy their hunger. But food is not their only need. As the day progresses, tensions rise and their stormy relationship is put to the ultimate test.
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FairyTale: A True Story
Title: FairyTale: A True Story
Character: Sergeant Farmer
Released: October 24, 1997
Type: Movie
Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story
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Bogwoman
Title: Bogwoman
Character: Barry
Released: June 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Bogwoman charts the experiences of a woman who moves to the city from Donegal in 1958. Down the years she copes with various personal and familiy pressures against the background of the emerging civil unrest and the redeployment of British troops into the area.
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Nightlife
Title: Nightlife
Character: Billy
Released: August 1, 1996
Type: Movie
An agoraphobic woman with voyeuristic impulses witnesses the kidnapping of a young man. Breaking out of her comfort zones, she strives to track down and rescue the man.
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Trainspotting
Title: Trainspotting
Character: Swanney "Mother Superior"
Released: February 23, 1996
Type: Movie
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
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Ruffian Hearts
Title: Ruffian Hearts
Character: Chez
Released: September 29, 1995
Type: Movie
An off-beat romantic comedy about the complex relationships between the inhabitants of a Glasgow tenement block. The final film in the Love Bites trilogy.
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Braveheart
Title: Braveheart
Character: Veteran
Released: May 24, 1995
Type: Movie
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
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Good Day for the Bad Guys
Title: Good Day for the Bad Guys
Character: John
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A black comedy set onstage and off, of a traditional Scottish pantomine. One actor's progressive nervous breakdown brings Good and Evil into open conflict.
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Shallow Grave
Title: Shallow Grave
Character: Andy
Released: December 22, 1994
Type: Movie
When David, Juliet, and Alex are searching for a fourth roommate for their flat, they settle on the aloof Hugo. However, they soon find Hugo dead, with a large sum of cash being among his belongings. The three friends decide to keep the money, dismembering and burying Hugo's body. However, their newfound fortune begins to corrode their friendships, with each roommate resorting to manipulation tactics to scam the others out of the money.
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The Priest and the Pirate
Title: The Priest and the Pirate
Character: Billy Hill
Released: April 8, 1994
Type: Movie
A priest is transferred to Edinburgh where he becomes involved with a pirate television station supporting Scottish independence.
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Vision
Title: Vision
Character: Sim
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Set in 1847 in the Highlands of Scotland. In a remote village the people depend on their faith for survival during the potato famine. One man has different ideas.
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Close
Title: Close
Character: Vincent
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Vincent has recently become a father and is preparing the house for his newborn daughter's homecoming. His joy and excitement, however, turn into something darker when one of his neighbours (a sad, drunken man whose own children have recently thrown him out of the house) suggests a sordid future for both Vincent and his child. Something inside him snaps and he embarks on a pyschotic mission of 'close cleansing'. -Peter Mullan, Director "Close" is a short film on the darker side of fatherhood, of paternal love swerving dangerously down the wrong path. The mood is disturbing, violent and darkly comic.
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Riff-Raff
Title: Riff-Raff
Character: Jake
Released: June 21, 1991
Type: Movie
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. The working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with their "signing on" for unemployment benefits. Some coworkers help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, who's struggling to be a professional singer.
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Title: Your Cheatin' Heart
Released: October 11, 1990
Type: TV
In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.
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Your Cheatin' Heart
Title: Your Cheatin' Heart
Released: October 11, 1990
Type: Movie
In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.
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Title: Your Cheatin' Heart
Character: Tonto
Released: October 11, 1990
Type: TV
In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.
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The Big Man
Title: The Big Man
Character: Vince
Released: August 31, 1990
Type: Movie
An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
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The Steamie
Title: The Steamie
Character: Andy
Released: December 31, 1988
Type: Movie
Tony Roper wrote 'The Steamie' for Glasgow's Mayfest in 1987. Return to Hogmany 1957 when a fiesty group of Glasgow women; Mrs Culfeathers, Dolly, Doreen and the irrepressible Magrit, all meet at The Steamie to do the traditional family wash before the New Year. The Steamie is a hilarious cameo of Glasgow's social history where the washing was always easier to do when the Women shared their laugher and sorrow and a scandalous supply of gossip. This is the definitive version of the most popular play of the last 20 years with the all star cast of Dorothy Paul as Magrit, Eileen McCallum as Dolly, Kate Murphy as Doreen, Sheila McDonald as Mrs Culfeathers and a very young Peter Mullan as Andy, the whisky loving handy man.
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Title: Taggart
Released: September 6, 1983
Type: TV
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme.The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.
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Title: Lockerbie
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Follow the investigation into the crash of Pan Am 103 from both sides of the Atlantic and discover the devastating effect it had on the small town and the families who lost loved ones.
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Mystery Ride
Title: Mystery Ride
Character: Callum Macfarlane
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A woman unravels a small town conspiracy of silence surrounding the murder of a hitchhiker and falls in love with a handsome, brooding Maori guy, she increasingly fears may be the killer.