Michael Begley | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996- |
Michael Begley is a British television and theatre actor and writer. [1]
Begley has written two stage plays: Martha Loves Michael, which was co-written with Sally Abbott, and The Guys. He wrote the television series Cowboys and Indians with Abbott and Jon Sen, and has written several episodes of EastEnders . He won Best Newcomer at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards in 1996 for his roles in The Tempest , Wildest Dreams and Life of Galileo , and was nominated in the TMA Awards for Best Supporting Actor in 2002. His television and film acting roles include Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise , Bob & Rose , City Central , William and Mary , Being Human , and most recently, an episode of EastEnders, which he also wrote. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Title | Year | Role | Note |
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London's Burning | 1996 | Teflon | 1 episode |
The Bill | 1996, 2004, 2008 | Lee Gallagher, Jonas Finch, Sammo Taylor | 4 episodes |
This Life | 1997 | Terry Cole | 1 episode |
McLibel! | 1997 | John Bruton | 1 episode |
The Grand | 1998 | Jim Craig | 9 episodes |
Grafters | 1998 | Terry | 1 episode |
City Central | 1998–2000 | PC Richard Law | 31 episodes |
Heartbeat | 2001 | Chris Draycott | 1 episode |
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise | 2001 | Pete | TV film |
Bob & Rose | 2001 | Carl Smith | |
In Deep | 2002 | Grendel | 2 episodes |
The Stretford Wives | 2002 | Murray | TV film |
The Royal | 2003 | Patrick Barrie | 1 episode |
EastEnders: Slaters in Detention | 2003 | PC Jim Sellers | |
Dalziel and Pascoe | 2005 | Carl Watmough | 2 episodes: "Heads You Lose" |
Wire in the Blood | 2005 | Michael Stocks | 1 episode |
William and Mary | 2003–05 | Rick Stroud | 18 episodes |
Eleventh Hour | 2006 | Ned | 1 episode |
Agatha Christie's Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs | 2006 | Ethan Maxwell | TV film |
Doctors | 2006, 2009–10 | Kieran Hartley, Henry Salisbury | 11 episodes |
The Last Detective | 2007 | Daniel Boden | 1 episode |
Holby City | 2007, 2012 | Hal Bonner, Gavin Flett | 2 episodes |
The Children | 2008 | DS Bliss | 2 episodes |
Silent Witness | 2008 | Danny Edwards | 2 episodes |
Minder | 2009 | Orson | 1 episode |
Being Human | 2009–10 | Chaplain | 2 episodes |
Casualty | 2010 | Ian Dennis | 2 episodes |
Doctor Who | 2011, 2020 | Mulligan, All Ears Allan | 2 episodes: "The Curse of the Black Spot", "Fugitive of the Judoon" |
Switch | 2012 | David | 1 episode |
EastEnders [4] | 2013 | Mr Garner | 1 episode |
Vera | 2019 | Jason Hay | 1 episode "Dirty" |
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