Gary McDonald

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gary McDonald (born in London in 1961) is an English actor of Jamaican descent. A student at Elliott school in Putney, McDonald played football for Wimbledon FC under Dario Gradi. He was a member of the Royal Court Theatre from 1979-80, appearing in various plays at the Court such as Hard time Pressure, Hero’s Welcome and Che Walker’s Been so Long. In the 1980’s he performed with the Talawa Theatre company in The Black Jacobins, The Importance of Being Earnest and A Raisin in the Sun with the Black Theatre. He appeared at the Royal National Theatre in Macbeth and Black Poppies, Rhapsody in Black & White and at The Cottlesloe in Blood Wedding. Other theatre credits include Scrape of the Black and Mike Leigh’s It’s a Great Big Shame at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. His first notable television role came in 1987 when he was cast as Darren Roberts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He left the role in 1988. He has also appeared in Numb3ers, The Bill, Between the Lines, South of the Border, as Captain John Black in Dream Team (1999-2006) and in Brothers and Sisters, among others. He has also appeared in various films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary McDonald (actor),licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Billy Pawnell

The Shepherd: Border Patrol

Neville

All or Nothing

Jack Carter

Voodoo Macbeth

Tyrone

Mob Rules

Abbot

Outpost: Black Sun

Policeman

Burning an Illusion

Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis

London's Burning: The Movie

Floating

Respect

Larenz

Until Death

Bartender Gary

A Miracle Before Christmas

The Knight

#Unknown

Davis

Young Soul Rebels

Gee

Bliss

Man (uncredited)

Top Kids

Johnson

Fields of Gold

Rizzle

Fedz

Boxer

Secrets & Lies

Gary

Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre

Calvin

Shooting Stars

Black Poppies

John Anthony

Elphida

Blackwood

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

The Knight

Private Number