Robert Cavanah

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Robert Cavanah
Born
Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation(s)Actor, director, writer, producer
Years active1993–present
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Website rcavanah-fansite.com/index.html

Robert Alexander Cavanah (born December 1965) is a Scottish stage and film actor, writer, director and producer.

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Biography

Robert Cavanah was born in Edinburgh. He attended James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh followed by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1986. However, he left after just one term but went on to graduate from a three-year acting course at Drama Centre London in 1994, part of the University of the Arts London.[ citation needed ]

He now lives in Kent.

Career

Filmmaking

Cavanah wrote, produced and directed the short films Soldier's Leap (1999), Fish (2001), and Trumps (2001).[ citation needed ]

He made his directorial feature film debut in Pimp (2010), which he wrote and in which he also starred. [1]

He established a film production company called R&R Films (later R&R Film) along with Royd Tolkien in 2010, [1] which was operational until c.2016. [a]

He produced and directed the documentaries There's A Hole In My Bucket and The Big Hope.[ when? ][ citation needed ]

Acting

Film and television

He played Adam Carnegie in the ITV drama series The Royal for three series and played Tommy Grant in the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders . He starred in the 1998 ITV version of Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff. He played Ian in Emmerdale and guest starred on the second series of Outlander shot in 2015. [3]

He is currently the face and voice of an advert for Staysure Insurance.

His film acting credits include Soccer Mom , Birthday , The Fall of the Essex Boys , AB Negative, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life , and Sahara . [3]

Starring roles include Cracker , Blue Dove , Cadfael , Hamish MacBeth , Kavanagh QC , Rose and Maloney , Rebus , Silent Witness , Highlander: The Raven , Casualty , DCI Banks , Waterloo Road , The Bill , The Governor , The Borgias , Shetland , Hatfields & McCoys and as Robert Stevenson in the BBC television drama-documentary series Seven Wonders of the Industrial World which chronicled the design and construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. [3]

Theatre

He appeared at the Royal National Theatre in 2010/11 in the Ena Lamont Stewart play Men Should Weep in the role of John Morrison alongside Sharon Small. He played the title role in MacBeth at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, directed by David Thacker (February 2012).[ citation needed ]

In 2015–16, Cavanah played John Churchill in the RSC's production of Helen Edmundson's Queen Anne and Scandal in the RSC production of Love for Love . [4]

In 2019 he appeared at the Park Theatre[ where? ] in the Meghan Kenedy play Napoli, Brooklyn in the role of Nic Muscolino.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Being Human Raider
1996 The Cold Light of Day Policeman Caves
1997 The Informant Lt. Lauter
Saving GraceDerekShort film
1998 Hanuman Tom
1999Billy and ZorbaBlackShort film
2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life MI6 Agent Stevens
2005 Sahara Captain Tombs
8mm 2 RichardDirect-to-video
2007HopeDoctorShort film
2008Tomorrow's ForecastTV ProducerShort film
Soccer Mom Harry Davies
2009BlueBig Fight Referee
Colour BlindJohnShort film
2010TontineMarcus SpenceShort film
Village on the RoofTamShort film
Pimp Woody
2011BirthdayVictor
2013 The Fall of the Essex Boys Mickey Steele
The CollectorNarrator (voice)
2014The London FirmMr. Hyde
JamesDr. JennerShort film
2015 Assassin Tony Boyd
2016 Take Down Tom Maxwell
2019Queen Marie of RomaniaJoe Boyle
2020Blue: The American DreamBig Fight Referee
TBAA Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and TomorrowPhillip MaxwellFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989–2010 Taggart Don McGreevy/Lennie Moffat/Tony3 episodes
1994Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laura KelloggRossTelevision film
1995 Doctor Finlay Max HendersonEpisode: "The Greatness and the Power"
Highlander Franklin WatermanEpisode: "Reasonable Doubt"
The Governor Frank Kelly4 episodes
Cracker Temple7 episodes
Cadfael Oliver de BretagneEpisode: "The Virgin in the Ice"
1995–2006 The Bill DCI Richard Caddick/Andrew Hallam/Neil Ramsey4 episodes
1995–2017 Casualty Various5 episodes
1996 Kavanagh QC Duncan PembridgeEpisode: "Job Satisfaction"
Hamish Macbeth Gary RossEpisode: "Isobel Pulls It Off"
No Bananas George FosterEpisode: "Blitz"
1997 Insiders Gerry Cosmo6 episodes
PlatinumSimon TuckerTelevision film
The Longest MemorySanders Jr.Television film
1998 Wuthering Heights Heathcliff Television film
1999 Highlander: The Raven Father Liam Riley5 episodes
2003 Murder in Mind DC Jon ParryEpisode: "Landlord"
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World Robert Stevenson Episode: "The Bell Rock Lighthouse"
Charles II: The Power & the Passion John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester 2 episodes
Blue DoveIan AndrewsTelevision series
2003–2014 Silent Witness Colin Burwood/DI Simon Laing4 episodes
2004 Rose and Maloney Bruce Arneson2 episodes
Eastenders Tommy14 episodes
2005 Judge John Deed Terry RogersEpisode: "Lost and Found"
2006 Rebus DI DalcastleEpisode: "The Black Book"
2006–2009 The Royal Adam Carnegie35 episodes
2006–2015 Doctors Dr. Peter Kendrick/Michael Bennett16 episodes
2012 Hustle Gerald McCraryEpisode: "Picasso Finger Painting"
Hatfields & McCoys Kentucky OfficerEpisode: "Episode #1.3"
The Borgias Hernando De Caballos2 episodes
2013 Father Brown Leonard QuintonEpisode: "The Wrong Shape"
2014 DCI Banks Supt. Mike Trethowan2 episodes
Emmerdale Ian4 episodes
Transporter: The Series Rob TylerEpisode: "We Go Back"
Waterloo Road Jackson WhittakerEpisode: "A Tangled Web"
2016–2017 Outlander Jared Fraser2 episodes
2017 Ransom Rafael BlauchEpisode: "Girl on a Train"
2019 Shetland Graeme Benson3 episodes
The Mallorca Files Tony RoganEpisode: "Honour Amongst Thieves"
2020 The Crown PsychiatristEpisode: "Avalanche"
2021 Professor T James SamsonEpisode: "The Dutiful Child"
Red Election Temple LairdEpisode: "Episode #1.5"
2022 The Undeclared War Campbell ScottEpisode: "Episode 1.1"
Midsomer Murders Guy BurrowsEpisode: "The Blacktrees Prophecy"
TBA8200Morgan FranklinFilming

Footnotes

  1. Known as R & R Film in 2016, but after 2017 no website. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cavanah, Robert (19 May 2010). "Interview: Robert Cavanah, actor". The Scotsman (Interview). Retrieved 21 April 2022. Cavanah says he and his fellow producer Royd Tolkien – the great grandson of JRR Tolkien – have now established R&R Films and already have another movie ready to shoot.
  2. "People". R & R Film. 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Robert Cavanah at IMDb
  4. RSC official website Archived 2 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine , rsc.org.uk; accessed 8 February 2016.