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Derek Thompson

Nacimiento : 1948-04-04, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Derek Thompson (born 4 April 1948) is a Northern Irish actor, most notable for playing Charlie Fairhead in the long-running BBC television medical drama series Casualty for 37 years, from its first episode in 1986 to his final episode in 2024. In 2017, it was revealed that this role has made Thompson the highest paid actor within the BBC with a salary of £350,000-£399,000 per annum. Following his exit from the show, Thompson joined the cast of hit Northern Irish police drama Blue Lights for its second season. Prior to the lead role in Casualty he starred in several films including The Long Good Friday, TV series such as Harry's Game and The Gentle Touch and several celebrated stints at The National Theatre. As a musician, he was also part of a folk duo with his twin sister Elaine in the 1960s. He is married to the actress Dee Sadler and they have one son, Charlie.

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Películas

Resurrection Man

Herbie Ferguson

Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.

Fighting Back

Bruce Curran

A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.

Patos Salvajes 2

Hourigan

Un grupo de mercenarios han de liberar al militar alemán Rudolf Hess de su celda de máxima seguridad en Spandau.

The Price

Frank Crossan

Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful daughter Clare from a previous marriage. He'll do anything to make them happy, including stretching his finances to buy a Georgian estate in County Wicklow, where Frances grew up. Frank Crossan is an Irish Republican hitman on the run from British authorities. Seeking refuge with old girlfriend Kate, he creates a plan to kidnap a wealthy Brit for a ransom to fund a major arms deal. Their two worlds collide when Frances and Clare are brutally snatched away to a bleak hideaway and taken hostage. Geoffrey initially wants to cave in to the kidnapper's demands “ but nothing is simple when a personal crisis plays out against the forces of political intrigue, high finance and with the eyes of the media on them.

El largo viernes santo

Jeff

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.

La rockera

Andy

Kate (Hazel O'Connor) es una excéntrica cantante de música New Wave, su aspecto es bastante estrafalario y escribe letras de gran contenido social. En su cruzada antisistema, lo que más detesta es la industria discográfica. Sin embargo, cuando Danny (Phil Daniels) le ofrece ser su mánager, acaba aceptando. En su camino hacia el estrellato va perdiendo poco a poco sus principios. En una Inglaterra convulsionada por las huelgas, el paro y los enfrentamientos callejeros, Breaking Glass retrata la corrupta industria musical que convierte en mercancía de consumo y en moda pasajera incluso la más subversiva de las culturas juveniles. Mención especial a la banda sonora interpretada por Hazel O'Connor.

Yanquis

Ken

A principios de 1942, mientras los aliados se preparan para el Desembarco de Normandía, miles de soldados yanquis son enviados a Inglaterra. En la vida de tres de ellos juegan un papel importante tres mujeres: Helen, una madre de mentalidad tradicional que trabaja como voluntaria de la Cruz Roja, Mollie, conductora de autobús y gran admiradora de los estadounidenses, y Jen, la hija del jefe de los tenderos locales, una joven de frágil sensibilidad que está enamorada del soldado Matt.

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Skinner

A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

A Photograph

Chet

A man's life is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious photograph in the post.

Gonks Go Beat

A swiftly assembled musical fantasy movie made to capitalise on the mid-Sixties, British craze for gonks (a sort of soft, furry toy). Today it is of more interest for featuring music by such artists as Lulu, The Nashville Teens, and The Graham Bond Organisation.

Penny From Heaven

Homeless Man

Penny is dead. She can't really remember how it happened. All she knows is she has to save the souls of 1000 people on the verge of suicide before she can get her wings and become a fully fledged angel.