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Gary Whelan | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
Gary Whelan (born 1953) is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television.
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Gary Whelan | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
Gary Whelan (born 1953) is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television.
Whelan was born in Ireland but he relocated to London when he was ten years old. He then attended Holloway School. [2]
He has portrayed several roles in the police force. He has twice featured in the BBC soap opera EastEnders , once as DS Terry Rich from 1985 to 1987, and later as DS Paul Kemmit in the spin-off EastEnders: Perfectly Frank in 2003. He played DS Terry Amson in Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren in 1991, D.I Kent in Brookside , D.I. Harry Haines in the ITV drama, The Bill in 1992–1995, and he also played a policeman in the 1991 film Bernard and the Genie , among others.
He also played Brendan Kearney, the village schoolmaster in Ballykissangel (1996–2001), and Danny Parsons, the unscrupulous (fictional) manager of pop group S Club 7 in their debut TV series Miami 7 (1999).
On stage Whelan has played Horatio in Hamlet and Salisbury in Richard II . He has also appeared in two of the Pink Panther movies and his other film credits include Cry Freedom , Paper Marriage, Moll Flanders and Michael Collins . Recent film roles were O'Connor in Villa of Roses and Declan Murphy in A Flight of Fancy.
Among Whelan's other television credits are Glenroe , Angels , Hideaway , Minder , The Royal and Kavanagh QC . Gary has also been seen in the roles of Sam Tilley in Uncle Silas and Charlie Pearch in In Deep. In 2005 he appeared in the BBC hospital drama Casualty@Holby City and in 2006 he starred in Channel 4's Goldplated .
Whelan lived in Brighton and owned its popular Lion & Lobster pub from 2001 [3] until 2014 when he sold it to a pub chain for £4.5 million and moved to Dublin. [1]
He currently owns the Walrus pub in Brighton and the Dalkey Duck pub in Dublin. [4] and The Wild Duck in Temple Bar, as well as The Flying Duck and SMASH IT burgers.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1980 | Babylon | CID Detective #2 | |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther | 4th Mafia Boss | |
| 1983 | Ascendancyy | Soldier | |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | 4th Mafia Boss | |
| 1987 | Zoeken naar Eileen | Marc Nolan | |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Police sergeant | |
| 1992 | Papierowe malzenstwo | Boss | |
| 1996 | Moll Flanders | Prison Guard | |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Hoey | |
| 2001 | One Up on Two | Postman | |
| 2002 | Villa des Roses | Mr. O'Connor | |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea | Jules Podell | |
| 2006 | The Contract | Stanfield | |
| 2008 | Telstar: The Joe Meek Story | Detective | |
| 2014 | Dracula Untold | Lucian's Monk #3 | |
| 2016 | Out of Innocence | Judge Griffin |
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