Adrian McLoughlin
Known For: Acting
Biography
Adrian McLoughlin (born 1947, London) is a British stage, television and film actor who began his career in 1983. He is best known for his 2017 role as Joseph Stalin in the Armando Iannucci film The Death of Stalin. He has worked many times with Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, beginning with the part of Reg in a revival of The Norman Conquests. He has also worked with him at the Royal National Theatre in House & Garden and on tour throughout the UK in several of his plays. In addition, he has appeared at the Orange Tree Theatre in Ayckbourn’s Private Fears in Public Places which then went on to feature in the Brits Off Broadway Festival in New York in 2005. In 2009 he also appeared in Taking Steps written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn, again at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond. In 2014 he appeared at the Arcola Theatre in a production of The Rivals directed by Selina Cadell. McLoughlin has set up his own theatre company Vital Signs Productions, which concentrates on producing plays featuring older people. He is also co-owner and director of the drama based training company Role Plays for Training Ltd.
Filmography
2023
- Fist as Gordon
2022
- Empire of Light as Bill
2021
- Alice, Through the Looking as PC Dum
2020
- Terry as Terry
2019
- After Life as 5 Card Man
2018
- Black Earth Rising as Cyclist
2017
- The Death of Stalin as Josef Stalin
2015
- Nipplejesus as Tommy
2007
- Kingdom as Mervin Smith
2006
- Jam and Jerusalem as Will the Foreman
2004
- New Tricks as Barry Drake
1992
- A Touch of Frost as Shoe Repair Man
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Station Official
1973
- Last of the Summer Wine as Mervyn