1. Adrian Dunbar was born on 1 August 1958 and is an Irish actor, director, and singer from Northern Ireland, known for his television and theatre work.
19 Facts About Adrian Dunbar
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Adrian Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards.
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Adrian Dunbar has appeared as Alan Cox in The Jump, Martin Summers in Ashes to Ashes, Richard Plantagenet in The Hollow Crown, and Father Flaherty in Broken.
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Since 2022, Adrian Dunbar has starred in the lead role of Alex Ridley in the ITV detective series Ridley.
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Adrian Dunbar was born and brought up in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in Northern Ireland, the eldest of seven siblings.
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Adrian Dunbar has two brothers, John and Liam, who live in Enniskillen, and four sisters, Roisin, Cristina, Madeline and Moira.
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Adrian Dunbar has appeared in such notable films as My Left Foot, The Crying Game and The General.
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Adrian Dunbar has had leading roles in the films Triggermen, Shooters, How Harry Became A Tree, Richard III and Widows' Peak.
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Adrian Dunbar has been in many British productions, including Tough Love, Inspector Morse, Kidnapped, Murphy's Law, Murder in Mind, Ashes to Ashes and the 2005 re-staging of The Quatermass Experiment.
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Adrian Dunbar played the role of Tullus Aufidius in the BBC Radio production of Coriolanus.
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Adrian Dunbar made a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi, and appeared on stage as Vermeer in an adaptation of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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In 2008, Adrian Dunbar played the role of Philip Conolly in the critically acclaimed The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce.
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Adrian Dunbar starred alongside fellow Northern Irish actor Ciaran McMenamin in the remote rainforests of north-west Tasmania.
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Adrian Dunbar joined the cast of the police procedural television series Line of Duty in 2012, portraying the role of Superintendent Ted Hastings; he continued in this role for all subsequent series.
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Adrian Dunbar is a theatre director and has staged productions for the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival.
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Adrian Dunbar played the mysterious character Martin Summers in the second series of Ashes to Ashes.
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Adrian Dunbar starred as Jim Hogan in the Virgin Media Television original drama Blood.
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Adrian Dunbar has a daughter and stepson from his 1986 marriage to Australian actress Anna Nygh.
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Adrian Dunbar received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Ulster in June 2009 in recognition of his services to acting.