Tam Dean Burn | |
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Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | Queen Margaret University |
Occupation | Actor |
Political party | Communist Party of Great Britain |
Tam Dean Burn (born 1958 in Leith, Scotland) is a Scottish actor who has played a wide range of roles on stage and screen. On television this includes multiple roles on long-running detective series Taggart , youth sci-fi thriller Life Force , [1] and on BBC Scotland's soap opera River City , where he played gangster Thomas McCabe. [2] Burn currently performs as a featured lead singer alongside Scars.
He trained in Acting at the School of Drama at Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University. He is the brother of drummer Russell Burn, of Edinburgh band The Fire Engines. Both played together in the band The Dirty Reds.
In the 1992 General Election, he contested the Glasgow Central seat, standing for the Communist Party of Great Britain (PCC). He received 106 votes, 0.4% of all votes cast, and finished last. [3] [4]
His theatrical roles include being the narrator of the 2009 play Year of the Horse, about artist Harry Horse. [5] He starred on stage in Irvine Welsh's Headspace, in 1997. [6] In 2016 he played Captain Edgar in August Strindberg's Dance of Death at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.[ citation needed ] In 2018 he narrated Tommy Smith's jazz version of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofieff with text specially adapted by Liz Lochhead. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra recorded the piece live on 24 February 2018 at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland. Since 2006, Burn has been the authentic 'Leither' voice narrating the audiobook versions of 18 of Irvine Welsh’s books.
He is also involved in work for young people. In 2014, he toured Scotland by bicycle, reading all 195 of Julia Donaldson's stories to children. [7] [8] He has campaigned to protect the Children's Wood in Kelvinside, Glasgow from property developers. [9]
In March 2019, Burn was stabbed during an assault after appearing at an event at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
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1990 | Hardie and Baird: The Last Days | John Baird | Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh | Ian Brown | play by James Kelman [11] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1983 | Local Hero | Roddy | |
1995 | 3 | The Elder | |
1996 | The Leading Man | Henry | |
1998 | The Acid House | Alec | (segment "A Soft Touch") |
1999 | Miss Julie | Servant | |
1999 | Mauvaise Passe | Naked Husband | |
2002 | Doctor Sleep | Gas Man | |
2003 | Skagerrak | Dr. Meisling | |
2003 | Young Adam | Black Street Barman | |
2011 | Perfect Sense | Husband at Grave | |
2011 | War Horse | Medic in Trench | |
2012 | Shell | Trucker | |
2012 | Riot on Redchurch Street | Jerry Graff | |
2013 | City of Tales | The Officer | |
2016 | Moon Dogs | Davey | |
2018 | Outlaw King | John Macdougall of Argyll | |
2018 | Only You | Mike | |
2019 | The Victim | TV series |
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