Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar

Nacimiento : 1958-08-01, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK

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Adrian Dunbar (nacido el 1 de agosto de 1958) es un actor de Irlanda del Norte, mejor conocido por su trabajo en televisión y teatro. Dunbar coescribió y protagonizó la película de 1991, Hear My Song, nominada a Mejor Guión Original en los premios BAFTA.

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Adrian Dunbar

Películas

Emily Bronte
Patrick Brontë
'Emily' cuenta la vida imaginada de una de las autoras más famosas del mundo, Emily Brontë. La joven, que falleció a la temprana edad de 30 años, fue una rebelde e inadaptada a su tiempo y encontraría su voz al escribir el clásico literario 'Cumbres borrascosas'. La película explora las relaciones que la inspiraron, tanto con sus hermanas Charlotte y Anne como con su malogrado primer amor, además de la especial amistad y complicidad que le unían a su inconformista hermano Branwell, a quien Emily idolatraba.
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
Himself - Presenter
Samuel Beckett has fascinated Adrian Dunbar since he was a young student. Now, 30 years after Beckett's death in Paris, Dunbar explores what made the man who made Waiting for Godot.
Lost Lives
This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
El muñeco de nieve
Frederik Aasen
Un detective llamado Harry Hole investiga la desaparición de la madre de un niño. La única pista que se tiene es que su bufanda apareció colgada en un muñeco de nieve. Con la ayuda de un nuevo policía, Harry tendrá que conectar este nuevo caso con otros antiguos para descubrir la verdad antes de la próxima época de nieve.
Two Angry Men
Sam Thompson
Short film telling the story of James Ellis and Sam Thompson as they battle against the establishment to stage a controversial play in Belfast in 1959.
Walter
DI Walter Gambon
DI Walter Gambon is a self-styled “Yoda of the force”, whose workload suddenly increases when he’s handed the cases of an officer who committed suicide by throwing himself under a Tube train. Or was he pushed? Gambon must work out whether his former colleague was murdered, while tracking down another officer who has gone so far undercover that nobody knows where he (or she) is.
The Attendant
Frankie
Frankie is a car park attendant at the spectacular Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim. His friend Cathy and her husband Paul are in trouble. Nevertheless as Frankie always says, "Something will turn up!"
Good Vibrations
Andy
En las malas calles del Belfast de los 70, nada hacía más falta que buenas vibraciones. Good Vibrations (por los Beach Boys) se llamó la tienda que Terri Hooley abrió inspirado por el espíritu de Hank Williams. La leyenda se fragua el día en el que Terri descubre el punk y pierde los papeles por ello. Hipotecando su casa y abandonando a su mujer encinta para grabar discos, nunca hubo un perdedor más épico que él: capaz de producir la mejor canción de la historia según John Peel (Teenage Kicks de los Undertones) y no ver un duro, de aupar y a la vez hundir la carrera de Rudi y de The Outcasts y de abarrotar el Ulster Hall para terminar en bancarrota. Entre los bombardeos y tiroteos, los odios religiosos y el ajuste de viejas cuentas, el punk le dio a todos una oportunidad de VIVIR durante un momento glorioso y ardiente.
Hideaways
Dr. Russell
James Furlong procede un extraño linaje, en el que todos los hombres de su familia tienen extraños poderes. Su abuelo es capaz de quedarse ciego durante media hora cada vez que piensa en sexo. Santiago tiene el poder de provocar la muerte a todo ser viviente que se le cruza por el camino. Y así, hasta dar con James, que se ve superado por dichos acontecimientos y decide escapar para comenzar una nueva vida.
Mother's Milk
Seamus
An English family is forced to come to terms with the imminent loss of their beloved holiday house in Provence.
Mo
David Trimble
A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Philip Conolly
Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.
Tailwind
Narrator
During World War 2, Northern Ireland served a crucial part in airforce operations against the Axis, used as a base for Allied nations across the world. Combining contemporary footage and interviews with veterans who served in the Ulster Province, John T Davis creates a tribute to those who fought the war effort from the six counties.
Act of God
Frank O'Connor
When a heart surgeon chooses to save one female patient's life over another, her boyfriend looks for revenge.
El ojo del delfin
Dr. James Hawk
Tras la repentina muerte de su madre, una chica de 14 años se va a vivir con su padre, un biólogo marino al que apenas conoce. Un día, por casualidad, descubre que puede comunicarse con los delfines. (FILMAFFINITY)
La hija del miedo
Alfie Palmer
Dos hermanas son adoptadas por un matrimonio que no puede tener hijos. La pequeña se integra a la perfección, pero la mayor, testigo del asesinato de su madre, muestra una conducta algo agresiva y difícil de corregir. Pese a todo, su madre adoptiva, psicóloga infantil de profesión, no está dispuesta a rendirse tan fácilmente... (FILMAFFINITY)
The Quatermass Experiment
Detective Lomax
Un cohete espacial tripulado por un equipo de científicos aterriza en la campiña inglesa. Toda la tripulación ha desaparecido misteriosamente, salvo el propio Quatermass, víctima de una horrible metamorfosis que le está transformando en algo monstruoso. Perseguido por las autoridades y dejando tras de sí un rastro humanos y animales muertos, Quatermass se da cuenta de que ha sido elegido por una forma de vida alienígena... para invadir la Tierra.
Mi socio Mickybo y yo
Mickybo's Da
Belfast, 1970. Basada en una obra teatral de Owen McCafferty. Dos íntimos amigos tienen como ídolos a Butch Cassidy y Sundance Kid. Su admiración por los célebres bandidos los lleva a cometer pequeñas fechorías. Los muchachos, que intentan vivir como sus héroes, reúnen el valor necesario para intentar una audaz huida a Australia.
Kidnapped
Alexander Balfour/Ebenezer Balfour
15-year-old Davie Balfour is poised to receive a vast inheritance when he's lured onto a cargo ship, knocked unconscious, and kidnapped by his malevolent uncle Ebenezer, who devises a scheme to sell him into slavery. But Davie's unforeseen rescue at the hands of a Scottish rogue, Alan Breck, leaves them racing across the Scottish moors, with English bounty hunters in hot pursuit.
Car Crash: The Delorean Story
Narrator
Former General Motors high-flyer John DeLorean had a plan to build a stylish European sports car, at a price that would make it attractive to the American market. The site he chose for his state-of-the-art factory was on the outskirts of Belfast, a city best-known for sectarian violence and high levels of unemployment. The unexpected marriage of high-tech glamour with the gritty reality of 1970s Northern Ireland captured the public's imagination but this early optimism would end in failure. Although the cars looked great, the windows leaked and the engines seized; as his financial problems mounted the maverick DeLorean faced charges of drugs trafficking. Adrian Dunbar narrates the story.
How Harry Became a Tree
George
Harry (Colm Meaney), un viudo amargado, vive con su hijo Gus (Cillian Murphy) en un pequeño pueblo irlandés. Harry odia a todos sus vecinos, sobre todo a George (Adrian Dunbar), el propietario del periódico local. Su resentimiento lo lleva a urdir absurdas tácticas de venganza, que acaban amenazando la relación con su pacífico hijo.
Shooters
Max Bell
Gilly, recién salido de prisión, y J, un buscavidas de poca monta adicto a las drogas, no son capaces de salir del submundo criminal en el que viven. Gilly quiere empezar de nuevo, pero J invierte todo su dinero en un intercambio de drogas por armas. En su búsqueda de dinero fácil se encontrarán con todo tipo de problemas y con todo tipo de individuos, desde un capo irlandés hasta un camello con desmanes psicóticos, mientras intentan por todos los medios escapar de la ley. (FILMAFFINITY)
Triggermen (Perseguidos por la Mafia)
Andy Jarrett
Pete y Andy son dos buscavidas ingleses que viajan a los Estados Unidos para ganar algo de dinero y poder volver a vivir tranquilos a su país. Pero el robo de un maletín de la recepción de un hotel, lejos de ayudarles, no hará más que complicarles las cosas. De pronto se verán mezclados en la trama de un gran golpe planeado contra uno de los jefes de la mafia...
Wild About Harry
J. J. MacMahon
A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.
Tough Love
DCI Mike Love
DC Lenny Milton (Winstone) is not as ambitious as his best friend and popular boss DCI Michael Love (Dunbar), but the pair are drinking partners and their wives and children are close. However, this goes very wrong over the space of 7 days, when Milton is approached by the police complaints division asking him to go undercover and investigate allegations of corruption against his friend. Milton finds this difficult at first and tries to dismiss the evidence building up. But as his suspicions begin to take shape his position appears to be in danger.
The Wedding Tackle
Mr. Mac
The sexual rivalries between a group of friends cause comic chaos during a stag night celebration.
The Jump
Having married into a family with Mafia connections, Donna thought her husband George was the diamond in the rough. But after his arrest, she sees layers of him beneath her worst fears, and finds herself fighting for her safety and sanity.
El general
Noel Curley
Historia de Martin Cahill, un capo de la mafia irlandesa, que mantuvo en jaque a la policía durante 25 años.
Ricardo III
James Tyrrell
Inglaterra, 1930. Versión actualizada del drama homónimo de Shakespeare. Ricardo III, un hombre al que la naturaleza le ha negado todo encanto físico, vive dominado por la ambición de poder. La conspiración, el crimen y el engaño son sus armas naturales; y la piedad, la compasión y la amistad sólo artimañas para someter a quienes le rodean.
The Near Room
Charlie Colquhoun
Charlie Colquhoun es un periodista cuya carrera se está tambaleando. Como adolescente, fue padre de una hija, Tommy. Diecisiete años después, Charlie, Tommy y el antiguo compañero de la escuela de Charlie Harris Hill, que ahora es un abogado absolutamente limpio, son reunidos por un escándalo que incluye pornografía infantil, chantaje y asesinato.
Mentiras inocentes
Alan Cross
Drama de amor, obsesiones e intriga inspirada en los preceptos de la literatura detectivesca de Agatha Christie. Francia, año 1938. A raiz del suicidio de un amigo que investigaba un asesinato, el inspector Cross se traslada desde Londres para intentar esclarecer los hechos. Sus pesquisas le llevan a conocer a la familia Graves, un núcleo de personas que parecen esconder un terrible secreto... (FILMAFFINITY)
Cruel Train
Jack Dando
In wartime England, a railway official learns that the chairman of the line had sexually abused his wife as a child, then given him the job so he could continue having sexual access to her. The husband and wife kill him together, but are seen by a train driver, who also has problems of his own. The wife tries to divert suspicion by implicating another driver and befriending the witness, but it doesn't go that smoothly.
Pleasure
Gustave Coudray
Alan Bleasdale's modern re-telling of Madame Bovary. A tale of passion, greed, revenge, and of course pleasure, set in France. Starring Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar, Jennifer Ehle and James Larkin. In the French city of Rouen, the beautiful, young but bored Emma seeks to escape her dull married life. Her dreams are answered, and her comfortable, peaceful existence soon tarnished when she answers a lonely-hearts ad. She meets Gustave, a unsuccessful toy salesman, and potential con man. Together they begin a passionate affair, where they indulge in illicit sex and illegal scams. But parallel to their exhilarating affair, the police are on the hunt for a mysterious masked robber known only as Le Terroriste. As the stakes rise, and a betrayal means Emma finding herself alone, her own talents for deception develop into an overwhelming and obsessive desire for her to get her revenge.
The Blue Boy
Joe
Marie is an insecure housewife whose husband, Joe, is having an affair. The two of them take a holiday to rural Scotland, but by sheer bad luck, end up at the hotel Joe uses for his "getaways." There, Marie is told the story of a young boy who drowned in a nearby lake long ago, and finds herself becoming more and more obsessed with his ghost.
El pico de las viudas
Godfrey Doyle-Counihan
Irlanda, años 20. Sobre una colina con vistas al pueblo de Kilshanon se extiende un grupo de casas propiedad de un grupo de mujeres ricas y viudas. La líder de la comunidad es la señora Counihan, que ha enterrado a dos maridos y es madre del mimado Godfrey, el más codiciado soltero de Kilshanon. A la colina llega una nueva viuda que perturbara la sencilla y anodina vida de la comunidad.
Juego de lágrimas
Maguire
La organización terrorista IRA secuestra a un soldado británico. Durante su confinamiento, el prisionero entabla amistad con Fergus, uno de los terroristas, y le pide que, si lo matan, vaya a ver a su novia. Más tarde, Fergus, huyendo de sus compañeros, acude al pub donde trabaja Dil, la novia del soldado británico.
The Playboys
Mick
Una mujer joven, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) escandaliza a su pueblo irlandés en la década de 1950 al tener un bebé fuera de matrimonio y negarse a nombrar al padre. Ella tiene una rara belleza y todos los hombres de la ciudad la desean, especialmente el sargento Hegarty (Albert Finney). La llegada de una compañía dramática agita aún más las cosas, especialmente cuando se enamora de uno de los "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).
Hear My Song
Screenplay
Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.
Hear My Song
Micky O'Neill
Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.
Children of the North
Martin Deeley
The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
Drowning in the Shallow End
John
A Screen Two production, season 6, episode 3. A writer struggles to stay afloat as his romantic and professional prospects crumble.
The Englishman's Wife
Andy
A woman and her daughter are stranded in a rambling old house deep in the countryside of County Tyrone. Their economic circumstances are hopeless, but it is friends and former business associates who pose the greatest threat to their happiness.
Dealers
Lennon Mayhew
The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; after the loss of $100 million, one of their leading traders, Tony Eisner commits suicide by putting a slug through his head while seated at his place in the board room. Despite the high stakes, many of the firm's staff are eager to step into Tony's now-vacated shoes and get credit for saving the company. Daniel Pascoe, the leading trader at the firm, is convinced that he's first in line for the assignment, but the firm imports a new trader from America, Anna Schuman. Daniel is enraged and makes a point of trying to dig up as much dirt on Anna as he can, but things are going to take another turn.
Mi pie izquierdo
Peter
Christy Brown es un enfermo de parálisis cerebral, nacido en el seno de una numerosa y mísera familia irlandesa. Su madre es la única que lo ve como un chico con talento y sensibilidad. Con el tiempo, Christy se revela como un irascible pero talentoso escritor y pintor, que utiliza su pie izquierdo -la única parte de su cuerpo que tiene motricidad- como instrumento.
The Four Minute Mile
Norris McWhirter
A dramatization of the race to the four-minute mile.
The Dawning
Capt. Rankin
An IRA gunman on the run from the government meets an idealistic young woman and attempts to win her support for his cause.
Reasonable Force
Robbie MacIntyre
In times of civil unrest, crack police units like Inspector Maclntyre 's get the job of keeping order on the streets. But when a demonstrator dies after a riot, who will the public - and the Police Force itself - hold accountable?
Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
Gunbus
Mechanic
Barney y Luke, dos pistoleros del viejo oeste acaban luchando en la primera guerra mundial como bombarderos.
The Price
Willy
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.
The Cry
Peter Douglas
Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He catches sight of a youth being beaten up and dragged away. When he investigates, witnesses seem to melt away, and life-long friends reveal a sinister indifference. Or is it fear?
The Long March
Colm
A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protest.
A Statement of Affairs
Adrian
A group of six friends, who have known each other since childhood, find their friendship tested when one of their number is found dead, leading to the question - were they murdered or did they commit suicide?