Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara

Nacimiento : , Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK

Historia

Peter McNamara, born in London and attended the National Youth Theatre and trained at LAMDA. Possibly best known as Ralph Passmore, the nemesis of Tucker Jenkin's in Tucker's Luck (1983), the spin off series of Phil Redmond's Grange Hill (1978). Peter was known for his fantastic singing voice in many theatre musical productions including South Pacific. He started out his long list of jobs as a supporting artist, working on such films as Quadrophenia (1979), The Shining (1980), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Star Wars (1977), before being cast in Grange Hill (1978). He worked frequently with Christopher Menaul who cast him as a Chelsea skinhead Rory in The Treatment (1984) and previously Tucker's Luck (1983). He became a well respected character actor in a career that eventually spanned four decades, he was often called upon to play the menacing hard-man and when Denzel Washington came to London to work on For Queen & Country (1988), Peter was asked to show him around and guide him on the Cockney accent. In 1990, Peter starred as Kenno in the controversial football hooligan film, Arrivederci Millwall (1990), one of the first films to tackle that subject. He went onto play Jimmy Cadogan in the children's TV series; Oasis (1993) in 1993 and a spot on 99-1 (1994) which reunited him with Arrivederci Millwall (1990) director Charles McDougall. Despite his hard-man roles Peter often played in a lot of comedy TV shows including Desmond's (1989) and Harry Enfield and Chums (1994). In 1995, he appeared in Funny Bones (1995) with Lee Evans, Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt and Oliver Reed. Then in 1996 he was seen in the series No Bananas (1996) as DS Howard. He was in both the film and TV series of London's Burning (1988) and played recurring roles in numerous other British TV shows including Thief Takers (1995), The Bill (1984), Trial & Retribution (1997), Silent Witness (1996) and Casualty (1986). In 2002, he appeared as Frederick Michael Argyle in The Gathering (2002) where he acted alongside Christina Ricci, Ioan Gruffudd and Stephen Dillane. In 2004, he appeared in an extraordinary experimental drama documentary called Pissed on the Job (2004), Peter played a heavy drinker who was also a teacher, the film which can be seen online is a great example of his work, his subtle performance is extremely realistic in this damning piece about the dangers of alcohol. He showed up as a vampire drug dealer in the film Dead Cert (2010) in 2010 and had been working on some low budget films in the latter years of his career that sadly never got released due to budget and various technical issues. His last credit Dinklebrain (2012) was not the last film he made, rumour has it that he was very much actively making some independent short films, which hopefully will emerge in the near future. Sadly, Peter McNamara died in May 2018 at the age of 57 and he was cremated at Enfield Crematorium on 14th June 2018, a week after what would have been his 58th birthday. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Shona M

Perfil

Peter McNamara

Películas

Break Clause
Phil
A trio of con-artists rip off some gangsters and lie low in a rented house. Christy tries to see the sting through whilst an unwanted guest, Phil, soon has Nick under his spell and Chloe firmly in his sights.
Dead Cert
The Chemist
Dead Cert nos contará como un grupo de rudos gangsters londinenses negocian con un grupo de empresarios que quieren hacerse con su club, el Inferno. Ellos resultan ser nada menos que vampiros que buscan recuperar su propiedad, y se volverán contra los gangsters cuando vean que sus demandas no son escuchadas.
When I'm Sixty-Four
Aitch
Drama único sobre la amistad que crece entre dos hombres de orígenes muy diferentes, cuyos caminos se cruzan por primera vez cuando se acercan a la edad de jubilación.
Lucky Break
Ward
Algo raro pasa en el centro penitenciario de Long Rudford. Los tipos duros del pabellón B se están ablandando. Se prueban pelucas y vestuario, y reciben clases de canto y baile. Parecen sufrir la atracción de las candilejas mientras preparan un horroroso montaje de aficionados. Pero quizá nada es lo que parece. (FILMAFFINITY)
Visitantes
Frederick Michael Argyle
Cassie (Christina Ricci) es una turista norteamericana que reside en la población rural de Glastonbury mientras se recupera de un terrible accidente. Un extraño suceso provoca el descubrimiento de un antiguo mural que representa la crucifixión de Cristo desde una perspectiva insólita e inimaginable.
Historias del metro
Roy (Grasshopper)
Tube Tales es una colección de nueve cortometrajes basados ​​en las experiencias de la vida real de pasajeros del metro de Londres, expuestos en la revista Time Out. Las historias y el guión y filmadas de forma independiente.
Cómo pez en el agua
Geoff
Dos jóvenes se ganan la vida practicando toda clase de estafas, tarea para la que se muestran muy habilidosos. Mientras uno es un perfecto charlatán, el otro es capaz de inventar todo tipo de artilugios. Pretenden reunir un millón de libras para comprarse una lujosa mansión. Un día conocen a una chica que se les une y de la cual se enamorarán ambos. Una de las más frescas comedias británicas de los 90, cuyas señas de identidad residen en un guión muy ingenioso y en una banda sonora que recopilaba a los grupos británicos más exitosos del momento. La joven Kate Beckinsale (Mucho ruido y pocas nueces) realiza una excelente interpretación.
Los comediantes
Canavan
Tommy Fawkes es un humorista que intenta triunfar en Las Vegas, donde el espectacular éxito de su padre, también comediante, le hace sombra. Él no tiene esa chispa, esa vena humorística, el "funny bones", que hace reír a cualquiera antes incluso de abrir la boca. El fracaso de su show hace que Tommy regrese a Inglaterra, a la ciudad donde su padre inició su carrera y pasó gran parte de su juventud. Lo primero que hace es buscar un compañero, un ayudante que forme un dúo con él.
Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery
Undercover Policeman
A dramatized speculation of what happened in November 1983 when Micky McAvoy and some of his mates planned a heist and were surprised when they discovered they'd stumbled across a large stash of gold. But getting the gold away without getting caught is only the beginning of their troubles. Realizing the riches the gold represents is difficult, and honor among thieves may only be a myth.
Smack and Thistle
Ben
With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go straight and stay clean... as soon as he's seen to one final heist. In the house that he burgles he comes across Elizabeth - rich, desperate, hopelessly addicted to a heroin and unconscious. Saving her from the clutched of an overdose, Abel stays out of compassion which eventually evolves into attraction. But when Abel takes on Elizabeth he also takes on her family. His resolution to go straight has to go on the back burner while he struggles against a drugs conspiracy that stretched from the slums of the East End to the Houses of Parliament.
Arrivederci Millwall
Kenno
A group of Millwall supporting hooligans travels to Spain for the 1982 World Cup Finals soon after the start of the Falklands War. One member of the gang is bent on avenging a personal loss.
Por la reina y la patria
Pete
Un soldado vuelve a su hogar después de participar en la guerra de las Malvinas frente a Argentina. Pero las cosas no están como imaginaba, debiendo hacer justicia a su propio riesgo.
London's Burning: The Movie
Whitey
It's Josie Ingham's first day at Blackwall Firestation but things aren't going so well being the only female firefighter in an all-male team. Not only does she have to prove to them that she can do the job, problems at home complicate her life even further. Outside, in the heart of the city, tensions are rising to the extreme, Blue Watch have a long night ahead.
Lassiter
German Guard
1939, Nick Lassiter es, probablemente, el más atractivo y mejor ladrón del mundo. La policía inglesa y norteamericana consigue arrestarle para utilizarlo: a cambio de su libertad deberá introducirse en la embajada alemana y robar millones en joyas. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Treatment
Rory
TV adaptation of Jonathan Moore's play of the same name
El largo viernes santo
Young Man in Pub (uncredited)
Harold Shand, un gángster inglés bien establecido, está a punto de cerrar un lucrativo negocio con la mafia estadounidense. Pero cuando una serie de bombas empiezan a estallar en distintos puntos de Londres, todo parece ir mal. Amigos y miembros de su banda van muriendo a la vez que la relativa calma de los últimos diez años se rompe en mil pedazos. Un misterioso sindicato intenta involucrarle por lo que Harold tendrá que averiguar quiénes son y qué es lo que quieren pero por el camino dejará un rastro sangriento en su recorrido hacia la verdad.
El resplandor
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Jack Torrance se traslada, junto a su mujer y a su hijo, al impresionante hotel Overlook, en Colorado, para encargarse del mantenimiento del mismo durante la temporada invernal, en la que permanece cerrado y aislado por la nieve. Su idea es escribir su novela al tiempo que cuida de las instalaciones durante esos largos y solitarios meses de invierno, pero desde su llegada al hotel, Jack comienza a padecer inquietantes transtornos de personalidad, al mismo tiempo que en el lugar comienzan a suceder diversos fenómenos paranormales.
Quadrophenia
Mod (uncredited)
Londres, 1964. El nacimiento de dos sectas juveniles rivales (los "mods" y los "rockers") tiene consecuencias devastadoras. Para Jimmy y sus compinches, una pandilla bien trajeada, adicta a las pastillas y siempre a lomos de sus scooters, ser un mod es una forma de vida, es pertenecer a su generación. La cuadrilla de Jimmy se va a Brighton, dispuesta a vivir una salvaje aventura de drogas, emociones y batallas campales contra los rockers.