1. Peter Mullan's credits include Riff-Raff, Shallow Grave, Braveheart, Trainspotting, My Name Is Joe, The Claim, Neds, War Horse, The Fixer, Top of the Lake, Mum, Ozark, Westworld, Cursed, The North Water, The Underground Railroad, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, After the Party, and Baghead.
Peter Mullan won a Golden Lion at 59th Venice International Film Festival for his direction of The Magdalene Sisters.
Peter Mullan was born in 1959 in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Patricia and Charles Mullan.
The seventh of eight children, Mullan was brought up in a working class Roman Catholic family.
An alcoholic, Peter Mullan's father became increasingly tyrannical and abusive; he died from lung cancer when Peter Mullan was 17.
Peter Mullan was homeless for short periods at the ages of 15 and 18.
Peter Mullan went on to the University of Glasgow to study economic history and drama, where he began acting on stage.
Peter Mullan had roles in films alongside actors such as Robert Carlyle in Riff-Raff, Shallow Grave, with Mel Gibson in Braveheart, and with Ewan McGregor in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting.
Peter Mullan won the World Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Breakout Performances at 2011 Sundance Film Festival for his work on Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur.
Peter Mullan has appeared as supporting or guest actor in numerous cult movies, including Session 9, Young Adam, Children of Men, the final two Harry Potter films, and War Horse.
Peter Mullan appeared in Gerard Lee's and Jane Campion's 2013 miniseries Top of the Lake as Matt Mitcham, head of the Mitcham family and father of Tui Mitcham, whose disappearance is the main topic of the series.
Peter Mullan was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his work in the series.
From 2016 to 2019, he starred in the BBC Two sitcom Mum, and from 2017 to 2018, Peter Mullan appeared in the first two seasons of the Netflix series Ozark.
Peter Mullan appeared in the 2021 miniseries The North Water, and The Underground Railroad.
Peter Mullan starred as Dwarf king Durin III in the Amazon Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which premiered in 2022.
Peter Mullan won a Golden Lion at 59th Venice International Film Festival for the film, listed by many critics among the best films of 2003 and nominated for BAFTA Award for Best British Film, and European Film Award for best film.
Peter Mullan won a Golden Shell at San Sebastian International Film Festival for Neds.
Peter Mullan won top prizes both for acting and for the best film at major European film festivals.
Peter Mullan married Ann Swan, an actress and scriptwriter, in 1989; they divorced in 2006.
Peter Mullan is in a relationship with New Zealand actress Robyn Malcolm, whom he met while filming Top of the Lake in 2013.
Ahead of the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, Peter Mullan pledged support for the new Scottish Socialist Party and their leader Tommy Sheridan.
Peter Mullan took part in a 2006 occupation of the Glasgow offices of the UK Immigration Service, protesting against the UKIS's "dawn raid" tactics when deporting failed asylum seekers.
In January 2009, Peter Mullan joined other actors in protesting against the BBC's refusal to screen a Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Gaza.
Peter Mullan was a supporter of the Yes Scotland campaign in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.