Gary McDonald (born 1961,
London
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) is an English actor of Jamaican descent. A student at
Elliott school in
Putney
Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
History
Putney is an ancient paris ...
, McDonald played football for
Wimbledon FC
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under
Dario Gradi
Dario Gradi, MBE (born 8 July 1941) is an Italian-English former amateur football player, coach and manager. He was associated for more than 36 years with Crewe Alexandra, where he was variously manager, director of football and director of t ...
.
He was a member of the
Royal Court Theatre
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from 1979 to 1980, appearing in various plays at the Court such as ''Hard time Pressure'', ''Hero's Welcome'', and
Che Walker's ''Been so Long''. In the 1980s he performed with the Talawa Theatre company in ''The Black Jacobins'', ''
The Importance of Being Earnest
''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...
'', and ''A Raisin in the Sun'' with the
Black Theatre Black theatre or black theater may refer to:
* Black light theatre, a staging concept using black backgrounds and black light
* Black Theatre (Sydney), an Australian Aboriginal theatre company 1972–1977
* African-American musical theater
...
. He appeared at the
Royal National Theatre in ''
Macbeth'', ''Black Poppies'', and ''Rhapsody in Black & White'' and at The Cottlesloe in ''Blood Wedding''. Other theatre credits include ''Scrape of the Black'' and
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design ...
's ''It's a Great Big Shame'' at the
Theatre Royal Stratford East
The Theatre Royal Stratford East is a 460 seat Victorian producing theatre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham. Since 1953, it has been the home of the Theatre Workshop company, famously associated with director Joan Littlewood, whose ...
.
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''. He left the role in 1988. He has also appeared in ''Numb3ers'', ''
'' (1999–2006) and in ''Brothers and Sisters'', among others.
He has appeared in various films.