Tristan John Gemmill (born 6 June 1967) is an English actor, most notable for his roles as Dr Adam Trueman on ''

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'', and Robert Preston in ''

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''. He was educated at

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, Kent, up to the age of 13. He then won an Academic Scholarship to

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Career

He is best known for his TV work, appearing in former Channel 5

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'', '' Where the Heart Is'',

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's ''

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'' and

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's drama series '' Strictly Confidential''. He also played DC Mitch Cowen in ''

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'' in 2005. Another minor role was as an actor in a crime reconstruction in

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's ''

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''. In January 2000, Gemmill appeared in ''

'' as a therapist for Leanne Tilsley and in 2001, he appeared in six episodes of ''

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'' as corrupt Detective Sergeant Peter Cork, in a storyline following a serial rapist. These episodes saw his character sexually assault DC Kate Spears, romance PC Cass Rickman, and be exposed as colluding with another corrupt officer in sheltering the rapist (played by

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), only to be killed after being stabbed by the same rapist. He also starred in the final series of '' London's Burning'' as firefighter Frank Mooney in 2002. In 2005, on ITV, Gemmill starred in '' Distant Shores'', as Duncan, alongside

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and

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, and also appeared as Major Despard in "

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" part of the 10th season of ''

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''. In 2007, Gemmill appeared as Dr David York in the

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drama ''

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''. Gemmill played consultant

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in the long-running

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'' from September 2007 to August 2011. In a "celebrity" edition of ''

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'', aired on BBC 1 on 1 January 2010, Gemmill defeated comedians

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and Ed Byrne and TV presenter

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to win the trophy. His specialist subject was the Apollo Moon Landings. In May and June 2012, he filmed a fantasy adventure movie then titled ''Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box''throughout the South West of England, playing the role of Isambard Black. The film was released in 2014 as '' The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box'', and garnered mostly negative reviews. On 14 June 2013, it was announced that Gemmill was to take over the lead role as Frank Farmer in the West End

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'' The Bodyguard'', replacing

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from 9 September 2013 – March 2014. From 2015 to 2019, he portrayed

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's former husband Robert Preston in ''

'', taking over from the original actor,

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. The character was killed off on Christmas Day 2019.

Personal life

Gemmill grew up in Cowden,

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and he is married to actress

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; the couple have a son Wilfred (born 2008) and two daughters Mabel (born 2010) and Violet (born 2012). He announced on Twitter that his wife gave birth to their daughter in September 2010 and a second daughter in 2012. He moved to

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with his family at the age of 15, where he studied acting. In 1991, he made his acting debut playing a male nurse in episode 15 of the Australian soap opera, ''

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''. He appeared again in episode 30 as a flower delivery man. The following year, he returned to Britain to launch his acting career there.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gemmill, Tristan 1967 births Living people People from Kensington People from Royal Tunbridge Wells English male film actors English male musical theatre actors English male soap opera actors People educated at Holmewood House School People educated at Tonbridge School Male actors from London Male actors from Kent 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors