Gary McDonald
Born: 1961-01-01 in London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gary McDonald (born in London in 1961) is an English actor of Jamaican descent. A student at Elliott school in Putney, McDonald played football for Wimbledon FC under Dario Gradi. He was a member of the Royal Court Theatre from 1979-80, appearing in various plays at the Court such as Hard time Pressure, Hero’s Welcome and Che Walker’s Been so Long. In the 1980’s he performed with the Talawa Theatre company in The Black Jacobins, The Importance of Being Earnest and A Raisin in the Sun with the Black Theatre. He appeared at the Royal National Theatre in Macbeth and Black Poppies, Rhapsody in Black & White and at The Cottlesloe in Blood Wedding. Other theatre credits include Scrape of the Black and Mike Leigh’s It’s a Great Big Shame at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. His first notable television role came in 1987 when he was cast as Darren Roberts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He left the role in 1988. He has also appeared in Numb3ers, The Bill, Between the Lines, South of the Border, as Captain John Black in Dream Team (1999-2006) and in Brothers and Sisters, among others. He has also appeared in various films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary McDonald (actor),licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Steal as Deuchart
2022
- #Unknown as The Knight
- A Miracle Before Christmas as Bartender Gary
2021
- The Tower as Harry Bowman
- Voodoo Macbeth as Jack Carter
2015
- Private Number as The Knight
2014
- Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down as Pilot Walsh
2013
- Fedz as Rizzle
2012
- Outpost: Black Sun as Abbot
2011
- Death in Paradise as Temmy Verga
- Mob Rules as Tyrone
2010
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Blackwood
2008
- The Shepherd: Border Patrol as Billy Pawnell
2007
- Until Death as Larenz
2005
- Numb3rs as LAPD #1
2002
- Wire in the Blood as Lenny Mestone
- All or Nothing as Neville
- Fields of Gold as Johnson
2001
- Murder in Mind as DC Jed Culshaw
1999
- Holby City as Thomas Abara
1998
1997
- Dream Team as John Black
1996
- Secrets & Lies as Boxer
- Thief Takers as DC Alan Oxford
1995
- Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre as Gary
- Bliss as Gee
1992
1991
- Young Soul Rebels as Davis
1990
- Shooting Stars as Calvin
1988
- South of the Border as Harvatt
1986
- London's Burning: The Movie as Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis
1985
- EastEnders as Darren
- Screen Two as Gee
1981
- Burning an Illusion as Policeman