Colin Salmon | |
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![]() Salmon in 2008 | |
Born | Colin Roy Salmon 6 December 1961 Bethnal Green, London, England |
Education | Ashcroft High School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1992–present |
Spouse | Fiona Hawthorne (m. 1988) |
Children | 4 |
Colin Roy Salmon (born 6 December 1961) is an English actor. He is known for playing Charles Robinson in three James Bond films and James "One" Shade in the Resident Evil film series. He has had roles on many television series such as Doctor Who , Merlin , Arrow , and The Musketeers . He also played General Zod on the Syfy series Krypton and provided his voice and likeness as Agent Carson in the PlayStation VR video game Blood & Truth . In 2023, he joined the BBC soap opera EastEnders as George Knight.
Colin Roy Salmon was born on 6 December 1961 in Bethnal Green, London, England, the son of Sylvia Ivy Brudenell Salmon, a nurse. [1] [2] [3] He is of Jamaican descent. [4] He grew up in Luton and attended Ashcroft High School. [5]
On leaving school, Salmon became the drummer in the punk rock band the Friction, which he formed along with three friends from high school. [6] The band released a 7-inch EP, a live cassette, a cassette-EP and performed regularly around Luton in 1979 and 1980. [6] Salmon briefly worked with another band, the Tee Vees, [6] and was also a singer and trumpeter in Luton-based band Catch in the mid-1980s. [7] He plays trumpet and has his own jazz quartet, playing at venues such as the Dorchester Grill Room and at events such as the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. [8]
Speaking about his quartet to Pete Lewis of the magazine Blues & Soul , in an interview prior to their performance at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival in May 2008, Salmon stated:
In terms of recording, we've done none. We've mostly just done very occasional performances – usually at very special events. You know, keeping a consistent band going is a bit like getting the Aston Martin out the garage – you have to run it every now and then! And what's made that particularly difficult in the last year, for example, is that I've literally just spent an entire 12 months travelling the world acting – from China through to Montreal to Botswana. But, having said that, with the children being older I do have more time when I am at home these days. So we have been able to do some rehearsing together. And, while we've always mostly performed standards, I have actually for the first time written some new stuff in time for this upcoming Cheltenham gig. [8]
Salmon is known for his role as Charles Robinson, a character in the James Bond films Tomorrow Never Dies , The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day . [9] He made his feature debut in 1992 as Sgt. Robert Oswald in the British mini-series Prime Suspect 2 . [9] Salmon also played Note Makoti in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency [9] and David Tyrel in the Sky One UK television series Hex . He appears as himself in the sixth episode of the BBC Three comedy, Little Miss Jocelyn .
In 2006 he appeared in the eighth series of the ITV drama Bad Girls as Senior Medical Officer Dr. Rowan Dunlop. He played Dr. Moon in two episodes ("Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead") of the fourth series of the long running science fiction television series Doctor Who . [10] (Subsequently, there were rumours that he would take on the coveted lead role of The Doctor in 2008 after David Tennant, but the role went to Matt Smith.) [11] In 2020, writer Steven Moffat stated he envisioned Salmon's character as a future incarnation of the Doctor. [12]
Salmon has also recorded the role of Kerr Avon in the audio series of Blake's 7 . [13] Salmon played James "One" Shade in the film Resident Evil (2002) [9] and reprised the role as a clone version in the 2012 sequel Resident Evil: Retribution . [9] Salmon also played Oonu, squad leader of the Skybax in the 2002 mini-series Dinotopia . His other film credits include Captives (1994), Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask [14] (a documentary directed by Isaac Julien in which Salmon plays the French psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon) (1996), The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998), Fanny and Elvis (1999) and My Kingdom (2001).
In 2007, Salmon appeared in the season finale of the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl , playing a client of the protagonist, a call girl named Hannah Baxter. In the 2008 film Clubbed , a film about nightclub bouncers in Coventry in the 1980s, Salmon plays one of the main characters, Louis. In 2009, Salmon appeared in the UK version of the popular American drama Law & Order , as barrister Doug Greer in the episodes "Buried" and "Community Service". In 2012, Salmon appeared in Death in Paradise , as killer/businessman Leon Hamilton/Vincent Carter. He starred in the thriller film Exam , directed by Stuart Hazeldine. [15]
Salmon was one of the celebrity contestants on the tenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing , partnered with professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff. [9] He was eliminated as a result of the "dance-off" in Week 5, in which he competed against Richard Arnold. In 2015, he played a fictional version of himself in the Netflix series Master of None , alongside Aziz Ansari's main character. On 9 May 2015, Salmon gave a reading at VE Day 70: A Party to Remember in Horse Guards Parade, London. In 2018, he portrayed the role of Chudleigh Pomeroy in Mortal Engines.
In 2023, Salmon joined the cast of the BBC soap opera EastEnders as George Knight, a newly introduced co-owner of the Queen Vic. [16]
Salmon is a patron of the African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and the Richard House Children's Hospice and an ambassador for The Prince's Trust. [17] He is also the chairman of governors at St Anne's Nursery. [18] He is involved in the Notting Hill Carnival and is the dance captain of the Fox Carnival Band. [19]
Salmon married visual artist Fiona Hawthorne [20] in 1988 and the couple have four children. [21] [22]
In September 2010, Salmon was invited by his friend Samuel L. Jackson to Switzerland for Shooting Stars Benefits 2010 Golf Tournaments. [23] The golf competition raised money for the Samuel L. Jackson Foundation and the Swiss Red Cross to go towards a new hospital in Takéo Province, one of Cambodia's poorest provinces. In 2009 he became a co-founder of Cage Cricket with Trevor McArdle. [24]
In an August 2021 interview, Salmon spoke about how becoming ill with COVID-19 had affected him and his family, praising doctors for having saved his life. [25] [26]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Captives | Towler | |
1995 | All Men Are Mortal | Chas | |
1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | MI6 Deputy Chief of Staff Charles Robinson | |
1998 | Immortality | Martin | |
1999 | The World Is Not Enough | MI6 Deputy Chief of Staff Charles Robinson | |
Fanny and Elvis | Alan | ||
2001 | My Kingdom | "The Chair" | |
2002 | Resident Evil | James "One" Shade | |
Die Another Day | MI6 Deputy Chief of Staff Charles Robinson | ||
2003 | The Statement | Father Patrice | |
2004 | Freeze Frame | Detective Mountjoy | |
Alien vs. Predator | Maxwell Stafford | ||
2005 | Match Point | Ian | |
2008 | The Bank Job | Hakim Jamal | |
Credo | Dr. Reynolds | ||
Clubbed | Louis | ||
Punisher: War Zone | FBI Agent Paul Budiansky | ||
Blood: The Last Vampire | Powell | ||
2009 | Exam | The Invigilator | |
K | Vaughn | ||
2010 | Freestyle | Carter | |
Shank | "Boogie" | ||
Just for the Record | Maynard Stark | ||
Devil's Playground | Peter White | ||
Stalker | Leo Fox | ||
2011 | Moving Target | Ralph | |
High Chicago | Sam | ||
How to Stop Being a Loser | Dennis | ||
2012 | Resident Evil: Retribution | James "One" Shade Clone | |
2015 | The Rapture | Jean-Paul | |
Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie | Sergeant Gabriel / Archangel Gabriel | ||
2016 | London Has Fallen | Commissioner Sir Kevin Hazard | |
Criminal | The Warden | ||
2018 | Mortal Engines | Chudleigh Pomeroy | |
2020 | The Bet | Cal | |
2021 | Nobody | "The Barber" | |
Zone 414 | Hawthorne | ||
2022 | Prey for the Devil | Father Quinn | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | Prime Suspect 2 | Sergeant Bob Oswald | |
1993 | Lovejoy | Rathbone | Episode: "The Kakiemon Tiger" |
Between the Lines | Eric Hutchinson | Episode: "The Fifth Estate" | |
1994 | Murder Most Horrid | Lambert | Episode: "Overkill" |
Soldier Soldier | Colour Sergeant Dennis Ryan | 2 episodes | |
1995 | All Men Are Mortal | Chas | |
Shine on Harvey Moon | Noah Hawksley | ||
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask | Frantz Fanon | Documentary | |
1996 | Silent Witness | Sebastian Bird | 2 episodes |
Tales from the Crypt | Jimmy Picket | Episode: "Cold War" | |
1997 | No Child of Mine | Paul | Television film |
Band of Gold | Raymond | 2 episodes | |
2001 | Mind Games | DCI Ricky Grover | Television film |
Judge John Deed | Willy Radcliff | 2 episodes | |
2002 | Dinotopia | Captain Oonu | TV miniseries |
The Red Phone: Manhunt | Cooper | Television film | |
Murder in Mind | Alex Treeve | Episode 3.7: "Justice" | |
2003 | Red Phone 2 | Cooper | Television film |
Keen Eddie | Superintendent Nathanial Johnson | Main role | |
2004 | Trial & Retribution | Colin Thorpe | 2 episodes |
Hex | David Tyrel | Main role | |
2005 | Sea of Souls | Peter Locke | 2 episodes |
2006 | Bad Girls | Dr. Rowan Dunlop | Series 8 |
Little Miss Jocelyn | Unknown | Episode 1.6 | |
The Outsiders | The Trainer | Television film | |
2007 | Party Animals | Stephen Templeton | |
Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Mitchell | Episode 1.8 | |
2008 | Doctor Who | Dr. Moon | Episodes: "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead" |
2008–2009 | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Note Makoti | 2 episodes |
2009–2014 | Law & Order: UK | Doug Greer | 4 episodes |
2009 | The Omid Djalili Show | 007 | 3 episodes |
Merlin | Aglain | Episode: "The Nightmare Begins" | |
Annihilation Earth | Raja Rahim Bashir | Television film | |
2010 | Strike Back | James Middleton | 4 episodes |
Rev. | Leon | Episode 1.5 | |
Spooks | Alton Beecher | 2 episodes | |
2010–2016 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Hudson | 6 episodes |
2011 | Death in Paradise | Vincent Carter | Episode 1.5 |
2011–2012 | Single Ladies | Jerry Waters | 7 episodes |
2012–2014 | Arrow | Walter Steele | 14 episodes |
Some Girls | Rob Bennett | Recurring role | |
2013 | Rita | Colin Paige | Television film |
NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Graham | Episode: "U-KO'ed" | |
2014 | 24: Live Another Day | General Coburn | 7 episodes |
2015 | No Offence | Superintendent Darren MacLaren | Main role |
The Musketeers | Tariq Alaman | Episode: "The Good Traitor" | |
A.D. The Bible Continues | Gabra | 2 episodes | |
Master of None | Colin Salmon | Episode: "The Other Man" | |
2015–2016 | Limitless | Jarrod Sands | Recurring role |
2017 | Henry lX | Major | Recurring role |
Tracey Ullman's Show | Various | ||
2017–2018 | Sofia the First | Orion | Recurring role; series 4 |
2018–2019 | Krypton | General Dru-Zod | Main role; 18 episodes |
2019 | Silent Witness | Headteacher Mr. Noah Taylor | 2 episodes |
2021–2023 | Midsomer Murders | Gerard King | 2 episodes |
2023–present | EastEnders | George Knight | Regular role |
Changing Ends | Ron | Main role; 6 episodes | |
2023 | The Lazarus Project | Robin Lerner | Recurring role; 7 episodes, series 2 |
Pointless Celebrities | Contestant | Series 16, Episode 8 [27] |
Year | Title | Role |
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2017 | Alien: River of Pain | Captain Demian Brackett |
2021 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes |
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