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Gary McDonald

Gary McDonald

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 01, 1961 (64)
Birthplace London, England, UK
Popularity 4 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 pl ... ays 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.

Known For

Filmography

A Miracle Before Christmas

A Miracle Before Christmas

2022

as Bartender Gary

#Unknown

#Unknown

2022

as The Knight

Voodoo Macbeth

Voodoo Macbeth

2021

as Jack Carter

Private Number

Private Number

2015

as The Knight

Fedz

Fedz

2013

as Rizzle

Outpost: Black Sun

Outpost: Black Sun

2012

as Abbot

Mob Rules

Mob Rules

2011

as Tyrone

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010

as Blackwood

The Shepherd: Border Patrol

The Shepherd: Border Patrol

2008

as Billy Pawnell

Until Death

Until Death

2007

as Larenz

Fields of Gold

Fields of Gold

2002

as Johnson

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

2002

as Neville

Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996

as Boxer

Young Soul Rebels

Young Soul Rebels

1991

as Davis

Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

1990

as Calvin

Elphida

Elphida

1987

as John Anthony

Top Kids

Top Kids

1987

as Man (uncredited)

London's Burning: The Movie

London's Burning: The Movie

1986

as Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis

Burning an Illusion

Burning an Illusion

1981

as Policeman

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Dream Team

as John Black

Episodes: 139

First Aired: Oct 07, 1997

Thief Takers

as DC Alan Oxford

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Jan 25, 1996

EastEnders

as Darren

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Feb 19, 1985

Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down

as Pilot Walsh

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 07, 2014

South Of The Border

as Harvatt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 25, 1988

Death in Paradise

as Temmy Verga

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

Holby City

as Thomas Abara

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1999

Numb3rs

as LAPD #1

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 2005

Murder in Mind

as DC Jed Culshaw

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 22, 2001

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