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Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an actor, director and singer from Northern Ireland, known for his television and theatre work. He co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards. Dunbar is also known for playing Superintendent Ted Hastings in the hit BBC crime drama Line of Duty (2012–21). He has also appeared as Alan Cox in The Jump, Martin Summers in Ashes to Ashes, Richard Plantagenet in The Hollow Crown and Father Flaherty in Broken. Since 2022, Dunbar has starred in the lead role of Alex Ridley in the ITV detective series Ridley. In 2024 he starred in Kiss Me Kate on stage. Notable film work includes My Left Foot (1989), The Crying Game (1992) and deleted scenes in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999). His TV guest appearances include Inspector Morse, Cracker, A Touch of Frost, Silk, Scott & Bailey, Silent Witness and Inside No. 9.

Infobox

Born
(1958-08-01) 1 August 1958 (age 67)Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Nationality
Irish
Alma mater
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupations
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Years active
1980–present
Notable work
Ashes to Ashes (2009) Line of Duty (2012–2021)
Spouse
mw- Anna Nygh (m. 1986)

Tables

· Awards and nominations › BAFTA Awards
Year
Year
BAFTA Awards
Year
BAFTA Awards
Nominated work
BAFTA Awards
Category
BAFTA Awards
Result
1993
1993
BAFTA Awards
1993
BAFTA Awards
Hear My Song
BAFTA Awards
Best Screenplay
BAFTA Awards
Nominated
2018
2018
BAFTA Awards
2018
BAFTA Awards
Line of Duty
BAFTA Awards
Best Supporting Actor
BAFTA Awards
Nominated
BAFTA Awards
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1993
Hear My Song
Best Screenplay
Nominated
2018
Line of Duty
Best Supporting Actor
Nominated
· Awards and nominations › Irish Film & Television Academy Awards
Year
Year
IFTA Awards
Year
IFTA Awards
Nominated work
IFTA Awards
Category
IFTA Awards
Result
2018
2018
IFTA Awards
2018
IFTA Awards
Line of Duty
IFTA Awards
Actor in a Lead Role in Drama
IFTA Awards
Nominated
2020
2020
IFTA Awards
2020
IFTA Awards
Nominated
2021
2021
IFTA Awards
2021
IFTA Awards
Nominated
IFTA Awards
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2018
Line of Duty
Actor in a Lead Role in Drama
Nominated
2020
Nominated
2021
Nominated
· Awards and nominations › National Television Awards
Year
Year
National Television Awards
Year
National Television Awards
Nominated work
National Television Awards
Category
National Television Awards
Result
2021
2021
National Television Awards
2021
National Television Awards
Line of Duty
National Television Awards
Drama Performance
National Television Awards
Nominated
National Television Awards
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2021
Line of Duty
Drama Performance
Nominated
· Awards and nominations › TV Choice Awards
Year
Year
TV Choice Awards
Year
TV Choice Awards
Nominated work
TV Choice Awards
Category
TV Choice Awards
Result
2019
2019
TV Choice Awards
2019
TV Choice Awards
Line of Duty
TV Choice Awards
Best Actor
TV Choice Awards
Won
2021
2021
TV Choice Awards
2021
TV Choice Awards
Nominated
TV Choice Awards
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2019
Line of Duty
Best Actor
Won
2021
Nominated
· Awards and nominations › GQ Men of the Year Awards
Year
Year
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Year
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Nominated work
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Category
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Result
2021
2021
GQ Men of the Year Awards
2021
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Line of Duty
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Television Actor
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Won
GQ Men of the Year Awards
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2021
Line of Duty
Television Actor
Won
· Filmography › Film
1986
Sky Bandits
Role(s)
Mechanic
1988
A World Apart
Role(s)
Le Roux
The Dawning
Role(s)
Capt. Rankin
1989
Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
Role(s)
Alan Simpson
Notes
Short film
My Left Foot
Role(s)
Peter
Dealers
Role(s)
Lennon Mayhew
1991
Hear My Song
Role(s)
Micky O'Neill
1992
The Playboys
Role(s)
Mick
The Crying Game
Role(s)
Maguire
1994
Widows' Peak
Role(s)
Godfrey Doyle-Counihan
1995
Innocent Lies
Role(s)
Alan Cross
The Near Room
Role(s)
Charlie Colquhoun
Richard III
Role(s)
James Tyrell
1998
The General
Role(s)
Noel Curley
1999
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Role(s)
Senator Bail Organa
Notes
Deleted scene
2000
Last Orders
Notes
Short film
Wild About Harry
Role(s)
J.J. McMahon
The Wedding Tackle
Role(s)
Mr Mac
2001
How Harry Became a Tree
Role(s)
George
2002
Triggermen
Role(s)
Andy Jarrett
Shooters
Role(s)
Max Bell
2003
The Measure of My Days
Role(s)
Priest
Notes
Short film
2004
Mickybo and Me
Role(s)
Mickybo's Da
2005
Against Nature
Role(s)
The Tramp
Notes
Short film
2006
Eye of the Dolphin
Role(s)
Hawk
2008
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Role(s)
Philip Conolly
2009
Act of God
Role(s)
Frank O'Connor
2011
Hideaways
Role(s)
Dr Russell
Mother's Milk
Role(s)
Seamus Dorke
2012
Good Vibrations
Role(s)
Andy
2016
The Secret Scripture
Role(s)
Dr Hart
2017
The Snowman
Role(s)
Frederick Aasen
2022
Emily
Role(s)
Patrick Brontë
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1986
Sky Bandits
Mechanic
1988
A World Apart
Le Roux
The Dawning
Capt. Rankin
1989
Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
Alan Simpson
Short film
My Left Foot
Peter
Dealers
Lennon Mayhew
1991
Hear My Song
Micky O'Neill
1992
The Playboys
Mick
The Crying Game
Maguire
1994
Widows' Peak
Godfrey Doyle-Counihan
1995
Innocent Lies
Alan Cross
The Near Room
Charlie Colquhoun
Richard III
James Tyrell
1998
The General
Noel Curley
1999
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Senator Bail Organa
Deleted scene
2000
Last Orders
Short film
Wild About Harry
McMahon
The Wedding Tackle
Mr Mac
2001
How Harry Became a Tree
George
2002
Triggermen
Andy Jarrett
Shooters
Max Bell
2003
The Measure of My Days
Priest
Short film
2004
Mickybo and Me
Mickybo's Da
2005
Against Nature
The Tramp
Short film
2006
Eye of the Dolphin
Hawk
2008
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Philip Conolly
2009
Act of God
Frank O'Connor
2011
Hideaways
Dr Russell
Mother's Milk
Seamus Dorke
2012
Good Vibrations
Andy
2016
The Secret Scripture
Dr Hart
2017
The Snowman
Frederick Aasen
2022
Emily
Patrick Brontë
· Filmography › Television
1980
The Long March
Role(s)
Colm
Notes
TV movie
1984
Play for Today
Role(s)
Peter Douglas
Notes
Episode: "The Cry"
After You've Gone
Role(s)
Chris
Notes
TV movie
The Hidden Curriculum
Role(s)
Boyd
1985
The Price
Role(s)
Willy
Notes
4 episodes
1988
The Fear
Role(s)
Con
The Four Minute Mile
Role(s)
Norris McWhirter
Notes
TV movie
Screen Two
Role(s)
Robbie MacIntyre
Notes
Episode: "Reasonable Force"
1990
John
Role(s)
Episode: "Drowning in the Shallow End"
Theatre Night
Role(s)
Lenny
Notes
Episode: "Pentecost"
Debut on Two
Role(s)
John/Lucien
Notes
Episodes: "The Wake" and "A Box of Swan"
Centrepoint
Role(s)
Brown
Notes
2 episodes
ScreenPlay
Role(s)
Andy
Notes
Episode: "The Englishman's Wife"
1991
Children of the North
Role(s)
Martin Deeley
Notes
3 episodes
1992
ScreenPlay
Role(s)
DS Billy McCourbrey
Notes
Episode: "Force of Duty"
Inspector Morse
Role(s)
John Marriat
Notes
Episode: "Dead on Time"
1993
A Statement of Affairs
Role(s)
Adrian
Notes
3 episodes
Cracker
Role(s)
Kelly
Notes
Episodes: "The Mad Woman in the Attic", Parts 1 & 2
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
Role(s)
Michael
Notes
3 episodes
1994
The Blue Boy
Role(s)
Joe Bonnar
Notes
TV movie
Pleasure
Role(s)
Gustave Coudray
1995
Cruel Train
Role(s)
Jack Dando
1997
Melissa
Role(s)
Graeme Hepburn
Notes
5 episodes
1998
The Jump
Role(s)
Alan Cox
Notes
4 episodes
The Officer from France
Role(s)
Wolfe Tone
Notes
TV movie
1999
Relative Strangers
Role(s)
Michael Docherty
Notes
2 episodes
2000
Tough Love
Role(s)
DCI Mike Love
2003
Murphy's Law
Role(s)
Mickey Munday
Notes
Episode: "Manic Munday"
Murder in Mind
Role(s)
Tom Robbins
Notes
Episode: "Justice"
Suspicion
Role(s)
Mark Finnegan
Notes
2 episodes
2005
Kidnapped
Role(s)
Alexander Balfour/Ebenezer Balfour
Notes
TV movie
The Quatermass Experiment
Role(s)
Detective Lomax
Child of Mine
Role(s)
Alfie Palmer
2007
The Whistleblowers
Role(s)
Chris Clayton
Notes
Episode: "Starters"
2008
Whistleblower
Role(s)
Florence Wycherley
Notes
2 episodes
2009
Ashes to Ashes
Role(s)
Martin Summers
Notes
8 episodes
2010
A Touch of Frost
Role(s)
Gerry Berland
Notes
Episodes: "If Dogs Run Free", Parts 1 & 2
Mo
Role(s)
David Trimble
Notes
TV movie
2011
Silk
Role(s)
Joe Gillespie QC
Notes
Episode: "Three Sheets to the Wind"
Death in Paradise
Role(s)
Aidan Miles
Notes
Episodes: "Music of Murder" and "Amongst Us"
2011–13
Role(s)
World's Most Dangerous Roads
Notes
Narrator
2012
Scott & Bailey
Role(s)
Det. Supt. Rick Wallis
Notes
Episode: "Pipe Dreams"
Silent Witness
Role(s)
Sean Delaney
Notes
Episodes: "Fear", Parts 1 & 2
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
Role(s)
Ralph Nickleby
Notes
5 episodes
2012–21
Role(s)
Line of Duty
Notes
Supt. Ted Hastings
2013
Jo
Role(s)
Olivier Cattan
Notes
Episode: "Place Vendôme"
2014
Walter
Role(s)
DI Walter Gambon
Notes
TV movie
A Touch of Cloth
Role(s)
Damien Vull
Notes
Episodes: "Too Cloth for Comfort", Parts 1 & 2
2016
The Hollow Crown
Role(s)
Plantagenet
Notes
Episodes: "Henry VI", Parts 1 & 2
2017
Broken
Role(s)
Father Peter Flaherty
Notes
6 episodes
2018-2020
Role(s)
Blood
Notes
Jim Hogan
2019
Red Nose Bodyguard
Role(s)
Policeman/Supt. Ted Hastings
Notes
Red Nose Day 2019 special
2021
The Attendant
Role(s)
The Attendant
Notes
Short film
Adrian Dunbar's Coastal Ireland
Role(s)
Himself/presenter
Notes
Two-part series
Inside No. 9
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
Series 6, episode 4: "Hurry Up and Wait"
2022–present
Role(s)
Ridley
Notes
Alex Ridley
Adrian Dunbar: My Ireland
Role(s)
Himself/presenter
Notes
Two-part series
2023
DNA Journey
Role(s)
Himself
Notes
With Neil Morrisey
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1980
The Long March
Colm
TV movie
1984
Play for Today
Peter Douglas
Episode: "The Cry"
After You've Gone
Chris
TV movie
The Hidden Curriculum
Boyd
1985
The Price
Willy
4 episodes
1988
The Fear
Con
The Four Minute Mile
Norris McWhirter
TV movie
Screen Two
Robbie MacIntyre
Episode: "Reasonable Force"
1990
John
Episode: "Drowning in the Shallow End"
Theatre Night
Lenny
Episode: "Pentecost"
Debut on Two
John/Lucien
Episodes: "The Wake" and "A Box of Swan"
Centrepoint
Brown
2 episodes
ScreenPlay
Andy
Episode: "The Englishman's Wife"
1991
Children of the North
Martin Deeley
3 episodes
1992
ScreenPlay
DS Billy McCourbrey
Episode: "Force of Duty"
Inspector Morse
John Marriat
Episode: "Dead on Time"
1993
A Statement of Affairs
Adrian
3 episodes
Cracker
Kelly
Episodes: "The Mad Woman in the Attic", Parts 1 & 2
A Woman's Guide to Adultery
Michael
3 episodes
1994
The Blue Boy
Joe Bonnar
TV movie
Pleasure
Gustave Coudray
1995
Cruel Train
Jack Dando
1997
Melissa
Graeme Hepburn
5 episodes
1998
The Jump
Alan Cox
4 episodes
The Officer from France
Wolfe Tone
TV movie
1999
Relative Strangers
Michael Docherty
2 episodes
2000
Tough Love
DCI Mike Love
2003
Murphy's Law
Mickey Munday
Episode: "Manic Munday"
Murder in Mind
Tom Robbins
Episode: "Justice"
Suspicion
Mark Finnegan
2 episodes
2005
Kidnapped
Alexander Balfour/Ebenezer Balfour
TV movie
The Quatermass Experiment
Detective Lomax
Child of Mine
Alfie Palmer
2007
The Whistleblowers
Chris Clayton
Episode: "Starters"
2008
Whistleblower
Florence Wycherley
2 episodes
2009
Ashes to Ashes
Martin Summers
8 episodes
2010
A Touch of Frost
Gerry Berland
Episodes: "If Dogs Run Free", Parts 1 & 2
Mo
David Trimble
TV movie
2011
Silk
Joe Gillespie QC
Episode: "Three Sheets to the Wind"
Death in Paradise
Aidan Miles
Episodes: "Music of Murder" and "Amongst Us"
2011–13
World's Most Dangerous Roads
Narrator
9 episodes
2012
Scott & Bailey
Det. Supt. Rick Wallis
Episode: "Pipe Dreams"
Silent Witness
Sean Delaney
Episodes: "Fear", Parts 1 & 2
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
Ralph Nickleby
5 episodes
2012–21
Line of Duty
Supt. Ted Hastings
Six series; 36 episodes
2013
Jo
Olivier Cattan
Episode: "Place Vendôme"
2014
Walter
DI Walter Gambon
TV movie
A Touch of Cloth
Damien Vull
Episodes: "Too Cloth for Comfort", Parts 1 & 2
2016
The Hollow Crown
Plantagenet
Episodes: "Henry VI", Parts 1 & 2

References

  1. The New York Times
    https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE2D71E39F93AA25752C0A964958260
  2. michaeldsellers.com
    https://michaeldsellers.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/eod-star-biographies-adrian-dunbar/
  3. The Irish Times
    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/stage/2024/05/18/adrian-dunbar-on-beckett-i-seemed-to-be-getting-knocked-around-emotionally-but-didnt-know-how-he-was-doing-it/
  4. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32319040
  5. Harper's Bazaar
    http://sophiehunter.net/post/123316988800/going-to-the-opera-by-sasha-slater-harpers-bazaar
  6. Sophie Hunter Central
    http://sophiehunter.net/post/123849640525/sophie-hunter-the-opera-director-who-has-to-dodge
  7. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/apr/15/happy-days-festival-samuel-beckett-enniskillen-northern-ireland
  8. "Programmes"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04d8y38
  9. Adrian Dunbar as Bail Antilles- Deleted Scene- STAR WARS: EP I: PHANTOM MENACE- Alderaan in Senate.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u83irHK2JA
  10. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/aug/14/news2
  11. Adie Dunbar and the Jonahs Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
    http://www.daracu.ie
  12. "The Curragh of Kildare"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20180923030829/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/nzmj98
  13. Artemis Fowl
  14. "Honorary Degree for Leading Ulster Actor Dunbar"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200244/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2009/4485.html
  15. Irish Mirror
    https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/irish-showbiz/adrian-dunbar-lineofduty-sinnfein-election-21499254
  16. Belfast Telegraph
    https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/adrian-dunbar-and-top-orangeman-mervyn-gibson-split-over-ireland-in-2121/40406683.html
  17. ITV
    https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/adrian-dunbar-detective-series-ridley-starts-filming-lancashire
  18. itv.com
    https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/dna-journey
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