Anthony Green (actor)

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Anthony Green
Born (1970-04-04) 4 April 1970 (age 53)
OccupationActor

Anthony Green (born 4 April 1970) is a British actor known for playing Station Officer Mick Callaghan in series 14 of London's Burning .

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Early life

Green was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He began acting at the age of 6, playing The Wizard in The Wizard of Oz at Daisyfield Primary School. At St. Mary's College, Blackburn, he played Oscar Lindquist in Sweet Charity .

He continued to act while studying law at the University of Nottingham, playing John Proctor in The Crucible , Jimmy Porter in Look Back in Anger and I in a stage adaptation of Withnail and I . At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival he played Sheriff Baldwin Rawel in Richard Davidson's Storybook which won a Fringe First and was nominated for the Independent Theatre Award. [1]

Career

In film, he played the leading role of Jonathan Berkoff, opposite Emily Lloyd, in the independent British feature The Honeytrap . [2] He played parts in The Bourne Identity and the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies .He took the central role of Michael, in Amit Gupta's short film Love Story about a man's journey to find true love. It was shown at a number of film festivals across the United States and Europe and won the Verizon Audience Award at the Indo-American Arts Festival in New York. [3]

He has played lead roles in two American TV movies: Grozny, in Sony Pictures' Anaconda 3: Offspring , which co-stars David Hasselhoff and Crystal Allen, and pirate Israel Hands in Hallmark's Blackbeard , which features Angus Macfadyen in the title role.[ citation needed ]

He played series regular lead roles in the PBS/Carlton co-production of Cadfael , playing Lord Hugh Beringar, opposite Derek Jacobi, and in the A&E/BBC co-production of The Scarlet Pimpernel , playing Sir Andrew Foulkes, opposite Richard E. Grant. He was Station Officer Mick Callaghan in the series finale of London's Burning , [4] and DCI Be199lmarsh in Beech is Back, a special series of The Bill .

Television guest leads include If...The Oil Runs Out, Where the Heart Is (Series I and VII), Big Bad World, Wycliffe, and Wing and a Prayer. In Bonekickers he portrayed a fictional Roman character Marcus Quintanus opposite Shauna Macdonald's non-fictional Boudica. Both actors played their parts in Latin.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Firing Officer – HMS Chester
2002 The Honeytrap Jonathan Berkoff
2002 The Bourne Identity Security Chief

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Wycliffe John LeighEpisode: "Strangers Home"
1997 Pie in the Sky Club BarmanEpisode: "In the Smoke"
1997 Wing and a Prayer P.C. ChandlerEpisode: "A Sense of Belonging"
1997 Beyond Fear Police ConstableTelevision film
1998 Cadfael Hugh Beringar3 episodes
1999 Big Bad World MilesEpisode: "What's Wrong with Bees?"
1999 The Scarlet Pimpernel Sir Andrew Ffoulkes3 episodes
1999, 2003 Where the Heart Is Ed Pickering / Charlie2 episodes
2000, 2014 Doctors Brian Fretwell / Insp. Bernie Lyle2 episodes
2001 Perfect Strangers DoctorMiniseries
2001Beech is BackDCI Andrew Belmarsh6 episodes
2001 Judge John Deed David CrutwellEpisode: "Appropriate Response"
2002 London's Burning Mick Callaghan8 episodes
2003SingleRichardEpisode #1.3
2006 If... NickEpisode: "If... The Oil Runs Out"
2006 Blackbeard Israel Hands 3 episodes
2008 Bonekickers Marcus QuintanusEpisode: "The Eternal Fire"
2008 Anaconda 3: Offspring Captain GroznyTelevision film
2010 The Bill James BarclayEpisode: "Crossing the Line"
2012 The Last Weekend John McCloudEpisode: "Sunday/Monday"
2012 Casualty Gray EldonEpisode: "I'll See You in My Dreams"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Armed and Dangerous Peasant Boy / Peasant Man 2
2006 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl The Stalker

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  3. "Love Story". MIAAC Film Festival. Indo-American Arts Council. 7–11 November 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. "Anthony Green | Booking Agent | Talent Roster". MN2S. Retrieved 19 August 2021.