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John Gordon Sinclair

John Gordon Sinclair

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in Gregory's Girl. He was born as Gordon John but took the stage name 'John Gordon Sinclair' because Equity already had a Gordon John registered. He joined Glasgow's Youth Theatre after he visited one night and met fellow fan of Canadian progressive rock group Rush, Robert Buchanan. As a result he starred in a number of films by director Bill Forsyth, perhaps the most famous of which was 1981's Gregory's Girl, shot when he was 19 years old. He reprised the role nearly two decades later in Gregory's Two Girls, and also appeared in Forsyth's Local Hero. He has continued to act on stage and screen. Other roles include parts in Goodbye Mr Steadman, Mad About Alice Gasping and Roman Road. He was also in the first series of LWT's Hot Metal and both the radio and television sitcom An Actor's Life For Me. He played Dan Weir in Espedair Street, the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the Iain Banks novel, as well as playing the lead part of Dr. Finlay in the Radio 4 series entitled Adventures of a Black Bag. He appeared in the 1982 Scottish squad's World Cup song "We Have a Dream", a number 5 hit in the UK, which was written and performed by BA Robertson. It featured John Gordon Sinclair speaking his recollection of a dream about Scottish football success. He later revived this Scottish footballing connection by narrating the 2006-07 BBC Scotland documentary series That Was The Team That Was. John Gordon Sinclair played Frank McClusky, a leading character, in the 1990 John Byrne TV serial "Your Cheatin' Heart". He also appeared in "Local Hero". Sinclair played one of the main characters in the Tesco TV adverts in the late 1990s and early 2000s alongside Prunella Scales and Jane Horrocks. He most recently appeared in the West End in The Producers playing the part of Leo Bloom alongside Fred Applegate. He voiced all the male characters (except for Finbar) in HIT Entertainment's Rubbadubbers. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1995 for Best Actor in a Musical for his 1994 performance in "She Loves Me". Sinclair also performed the part of "Master of Ceremonies" in Mike Oldfield's premiere performance of Tubular Bells II at Edinburgh Castle in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gordon Sinclair , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1962-02-04

Birth Place

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Movies and TV shows :

"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth

"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth

1986

6.0

Movie
poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

7.6

TV
poster

An Actor's Life For Me

1991

6.0

TV
poster

Bergerac

1981

6.4

TV
Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

1982

6.3

Movie
poster

Death in Paradise

2011

7.5

TV
Diana and I

Diana and I

2017

7.5

Movie
Erik the Viking

Erik the Viking

1989

5.9

Movie
poster

Fetch the Vet

2000

0.0

TV
poster

Frank Stubbs Promotes

1993

6.0

TV
Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl

1981

6.7

Movie
Gregory's Two Girls

Gregory's Two Girls

1999

4.8

Movie
poster

Ill Behaviour

2017

7.2

TV
James Bond Down River

James Bond Down River

2000

5.0

Movie
Living Apart Together

Living Apart Together

1982

0.0

Movie
Local Hero

Local Hero

1983

6.7

Movie
Long Night at Blackstone

Long Night at Blackstone

2018

0.0

Movie
poster

Loved by You

1997

0.0

TV
poster

Mad About Alice

2004

10.0

TV
poster

McDonald & Dodds

2020

7.6

TV
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II

Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II

1992

8.7

Movie
Miss Marx

Miss Marx

2020

6.0

Movie
poster

Murder in Mind

2001

8.4

TV
My Summer With Des

My Summer With Des

1998

5.4

Movie
poster

Nelson's Column

1994

0.0

TV
Nico, 1988

Nico, 1988

2017

6.8

Movie
Raspberry Ripple

Raspberry Ripple

1986

0.0

Movie
Roman Road

Roman Road

2004

0.0

Movie
poster

Rubbadubbers

2003

7.7

TV
Rubbadubbers: Bathtime Scramble!

Rubbadubbers: Bathtime Scramble!

2004

0.0

Movie
Rubbadubbers: Splish! Splash! Splosh!

Rubbadubbers: Splish! Splash! Splosh!

2005

0.0

Movie
Rubbadubbers: Tubb's Pirate Treasure

Rubbadubbers: Tubb's Pirate Treasure

2004

0.0

Movie
poster

Scot Squad

2014

7.0

TV
Self Catering

Self Catering

1994

0.0

Movie
poster

Snakes and Ladders

1989

5.5

TV
That Sinking Feeling

That Sinking Feeling

1980

6.2

Movie
The Brylcreem Boys

The Brylcreem Boys

1996

3.9

Movie
The Girl in the Picture

The Girl in the Picture

1986

4.7

Movie
The Many Lives of Albert Walker

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

2002

0.0

Movie
poster

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

6.1

TV
poster

Traces

2019

6.4

TV
Walter and June

Walter and June

1983

7.0

Movie
West Skerra Light

West Skerra Light

2016

4.0

Movie
poster

Wogan

1982

4.5

TV
World War Z

World War Z

2013

6.8

Movie
Your Cheatin' Heart

Your Cheatin' Heart

1990

6.0

Movie
poster

Your Cheatin' Heart

1990

6.0

TV