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Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is a Northern Irish actor, director and singer, known for his television and his theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film ''
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'', nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards. He is also known for playing 'Ted Hastings' in the
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show '' Line Of Duty''. Since 2012, he has played Superintendent Ted Hastings in all six series of BBC Television's '' Line of Duty''. He has appeared as Alan Cox in '' The Jump'', Martin Summers in '' Ashes to Ashes'', Richard Plantagenet in ''
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'', and as Father Flaherty in '' Broken''. Dunbar also stars in the lead role of DI Ridley in the 2022 police procedural crime series ''Ridley'', of which he was also associate producer.


Early life

Dunbar was born and brought up in
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,
County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 ...
, in
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, the eldest of seven siblings. He was educated at
St Joseph's College, Enniskillen St. Joseph's College is a boys' secondary school located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It lies within the Western Education Authority area. The college is a member of the Fermanagh Learning Community with links to the South ...
before attending the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...
in
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.


Career

Dunbar has appeared in such notable films as ''
My Left Foot ''My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown'', also known simply as ''My Left Foot'', is a 1989 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jim Sheridan adapted by Sheridan and Shane Connaughton from the 1954 memoir of the same name by Christy ...
'', ''
The Crying Game ''The Crying Game'' is a 1992 thriller film written and directed by Neil Jordan, produced by Stephen Woolley, and starring Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Adrian Dunbar, Ralph Brown, and Forest Whitaker. The film explores the ...
'' and '' The General''. He has also had leading roles in the films ''Triggermen'', ''Shooters'', ''How Harry Became A Tree'' (with Colm Meaney), '' Richard III'' and ''
Widows' Peak ''Widows' Peak'' is a 1994 British-Irish mystery film directed by John Irvin and starring Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar and Jim Broadbent. The film is based on an original screenplay by Hugh Leonard and Tim Hayes ...
''. On television he starred in the first episode of '' Cracker'', giving a performance as an innocent murder suspect with amnesia, and also the last episode of ''
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''. He has been in many British productions, including ''Tough Love'', ''
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'', ''Kidnapped'', ''Murphy's Law'', ''Murder in Mind'', ''Ashes to Ashes'' and the 2005 re-staging of ''
The Quatermass Experiment ''The Quatermass Experiment'' is a British science fiction serial broadcast by BBC Television during the summer of 1953 and re-staged by BBC Four in 2005. Set in the near future against the background of a British space programme, it tells th ...
''. Dunbar's theatre credits include ''The Shaughraun'' and '' Exiles'' at Dublin's
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; ''Real Dreams'' and ''The Danton Affair'' at the Royal Shakespeare Company; ''
King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'', ''Pope's Wedding'', ''Saved and Up to the Sun And Down to the Centre'' at
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and ''
Conversations on a Homecoming ''Conversations on a Homecoming'' is a 1985 play by Irish playwright Tom Murphy. Premiered by the Druid Theatre Company, Galway, Ireland in a production directed by Garry Hynes. As one of the great Irish plays set in a pub, its influence can be ...
'' at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast; ''A Trinity of Two'' (as Oscar Wilde) at Dublin's Liberty Hall Theatre; and ''Boeing Boeing'' (London, 2007). He has directed a critically acclaimed production of ''
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''. In 2008 he starred in and co-directed ''Brendan at the Chelsea'' by Janet Behan, playing
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. The play was the first to be staged in the Naughton Studio in the new Lyric Theatre in Belfast after it reopened in 2011, and was revived for a tour to Theatre Row in New York in September 2013. Dunbar played the role of Tullus Aufidius in the
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production of ''
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''. He also made a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi, and appeared on stage as
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in an adaptation of '' Girl with a pearl earring''. In 2008 Dunbar played the role of Philip Conolly in the critically acclaimed ''
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce ''The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce'' is a 2008 Australian-Irish film directed by Michael James Rowland starring Irish actors Adrian Dunbar as Philip Conolly and Ciarán McMenamin as bushranger Alexander Pearce and an ensemble Australian c ...
''. He starred alongside fellow
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actor Ciarán McMenamin in the remote rain-forests of north west
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. He joined the cast of the police procedural
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'' Line of Duty'' in 2012, portraying the role of Superintendent Ted Hastings; he continued in this role for all subsequent series. Dunbar is also a theatre director who staged productions for the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival. He played the mysterious character Martin Summers in the second series of '' Ashes to Ashes''. In 2014 he played the title character in a BBC comedy drama ''Walter''. Dunbar also starred as Jim Hogan on the Virgin Media Television original drama ''Blood''.


Other media

*He was cast as
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for '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and appeared in costume in publicity stills, but his scene was cut; the character was re-cast with
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for later films. Dunbar's likeness was
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into the appearance of the character
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. *He fronts his own band, which has played in such American locations as
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and
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. *He sings "The Curragh of Kildare" with Brian Kennedy on Kennedy's ''On Song'', and fronts this song with his own band. *He narrates the popular TV series '' The Estate'' as well as an
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production of
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's novel ''
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''. *He played a minor role in ''
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'' (1988), alongside
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and
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, which led to further early roles in his acting career.


Awards and nominations


BAFTA Awards


Irish Film & Television Academy Awards


National Television Awards


TV Choice Awards


GQ Men of the Year Awards


Personal life

Dunbar has a daughter and stepson from his 1986 marriage to Australian actress Anna Nygh. He lives in
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, North London. He received an
honorary degree An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...
of
Doctor of Letters Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: ' or ') is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Docto ...
from the
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in June 2009 in recognition of his services to acting.


Filmography


Film


Television


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunbar, Adrian 1958 births Living people People from Enniskillen Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 20th-century Irish male actors 21st-century Irish male actors Male stage actors from Northern Ireland Male television actors from Northern Ireland Male film actors from Northern Ireland