Tony Curran
Tony Curran (born December 13, 1969 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish actor .
Live and act
Curran grew up in his native Scotland and received classical theater training at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama .
He then made a name for himself as a stage actor in the UK before entering the film business in the early 1990s . Curran has since played supporting roles in several television series and several blockbusters such as The 13th Warrior (1999), Gladiator (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001) or Blade II (2002). It wasn't until 2003 that he was cast in a leading role in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , but was hardly ever seen in the entire film: he played Rodney Skinner, the invisible.
In early 2006, Curran played - visibly - one of the central characters in a Hollywood film, the vampire prince Marcus in the action film Underworld: Evolution . In the same year he had another leading role in the British drama Red Road . Since the turn of the millennium, Curran was repeatedly seen on television in isolated episodes of various series, including 24 , Doctor Who or Marvel's Daredevil . He had another television appearance in 2010 in the German-Canadian TV series Die Säulen der Erde , in which he played the historical role of Stephan von Blois .
In addition to his work as an actor, Curran is also active in other areas of public life: For example, he had participated in various marathons in the past to raise money for charitable purposes. He is an avowed supporter of the Celtic Glasgow . He has been married to his wife Mai Nguyen since 2012.
Filmography
- 1993: Being Human
- 1994: Shallow Grave
- 1994: Captives
- 1995: Nervous Energy
- 1995: Go Now
- 1996: Nightlife
- 1996: Over Here
- 1997: Coming Down
- 1998: Touching Evil (TV series, episodes 2x01–2x02)
- 1999: Great expectations
- 1999: The 13th Warrior (The 13th Warrior)
- 1999: Split Second
- 1999: Clash of the Leprechauns - The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
- 2000: Gladiator
- 2001: On a Life's Edge
- 2001: Pearl Harbor
- 2001: The Mists of Avalon (The Mists of Avalon)
- 2002: Blade II
- 2002: Menace (TV movie)
- 2002–2003: Ultimate Force (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2003: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
- 2004: The Flight of the Phoenix (Flight of the Phoenix)
- 2005: Beowulf & Grendel
- 2006: Underworld: Evolution
- 2006: Miami Vice
- 2006: The Good German - In denüsten von Berlin (The Good German)
- 2006: Red Road
- 2008: The Lazarus Project (The Lazarus Project)
- 2008: Shuttle
- 2008: Numbers - The Logic of Crime ( NUMB3RS , TV series, episode 5x10 love-hate relationship )
- 2009: Medium - Nothing remains hidden ( Medium , TV series, Follow God's work and Allison's contribution )
- 2009: Primeval - Return of the primeval monsters ( Primeval , TV series, episode 3x07)
- 2010: 24 (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2010: Doctor Who (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2010: The Mentalist (TV series, episode 2x16)
- 2010: The Pillars of the Earth (The Pillars of the Earth)
- 2011: Cat Run
- 2011: Boardwalk Empire (TV series)
- 2011: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, episode 2x09)
- 2011: Covert Affairs (TV series, episode 2x15)
- 2012: The Lost Labyrinth ( Labyrinth , TV movie)
- 2013: Thor - The Dark Kingdom (Thor: The Dark World)
- 2013–2015: Defiance (TV series, 36 episodes)
- 2015: Das Haus am Wald (Awaiting)
- 2016: Time for Legends (Race)
- 2016: Marvel's Daredevil (TV series, episode 2x04)
- 2016: Elementary (TV series, episodes 4x23–4x24)
- 2017: Eat Locals
- 2018: Caliber - Weidmannsunheil (Caliber)
- Since 2018: Ray Donovan (TV series)
- 2018: Outlaw King
- 2019: Deadwood - The Movie (TV movie)
Awards
- Evening News National Award - for portraying the devil in the play "The Soldier's Tale"
- 2006 received a British Independent Film Awards the award for Best Actor .
Web links
- Tony Curran in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Curran, Tony |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Curran, Anthony |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Scotland |