Brian McCardie
# Brian McCardie

Brian McCardie is a Scottish actor and writer.

## Early life

Brian McCardie attended St. Brendan's, then St. Athanasius Primary Schools. He went on to Our Lady's High School in Motherwell. His parents moved from Motherwell to Carluke while he was at school and he developed an interest in theatre, starring in a production of the musical "Godspell" with a local drama group consisting of youngsters from local schools.

## Career

McCardie's best known role may be that of mafia boss John Thomas "Tommy" Hunter in Line of Duty. He recently appeared in the BBC One three-part drama Time, as Jackson Jones, written by Jimmy McGovern, directed by Lewis Arnold and starring Stephen Graham and Sean Bean. He also appeared in Sky Atlantic's Domina, set in Ancient Rome, playing Cicero. He performed his self-penned one-man play Connolly at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast but the cancellation of 2020's Edinburgh Festival meant he lost the opportunity to present it in a six-week run in Edinburgh's Cowgate, where James Connolly was born and raised.

He has performed readings of his own poems at various venues around Ireland and is currently filming them for distribution online.

## Selected filmography

* Forget About Me (1990, TV Movie) – Bunny
* Waterfront Beat (1990–1991, TV Series) – PC Ronnie Barker
* Tonight at 8.30 (1991, TV Series) – Bill – 1st Soldier
* Murder Most Horrid (1991, TV Series) – Supermarket Assistant
* Doctor Finlay (1993, TV Series) – Archie Henderson
* Taggart (1994–2010, TV Series) – Thomas Keenan / Fisher / Martin McLean / Alex Currie
* Dirty Old Town (1995, TV Movie) – Vic Leigh
* Rob Roy (1995) – Alasdair McGregor
* Kidnapped (1995, TV Movie) – David Balfour
* The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) – Angus Starling
* Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) – Merced
* 200 Cigarettes (1999) – Eric
* Kavanagh QC (1999, TV Series) – Philip Boxer
* Rituals and Resolutions (1999, Short) – Will
* Snatch (2000) – Uncle Dean
* Beyond the City Limits (2001) – Sergei Akotia
* Mr. Barrington (2003) – Mr Barrington
* Solid Air (2003) – Robert Houston Junior
* The Bill (2004, TV Series) – Taffy Saunders
* Ellie Parker (2005) – Acting Student
* Murphy's Law (2006, TV Series) – Billy Johnstone
* Low Winter Sun (2006, TV Movie) – Det Con Joe Geddes
* Lilies (2007, TV Mini-Series) – Dadda Moss
* The Whistleblowers (2007, TV Series) – Tim Robey
* Rebus (2007, TV Series) – Brian Robertson
* Shameless (2008, TV Series) – Paddy McGrath
* Kiss of Death (2008, TV Movie) – Michael Bovery
* Heroes and Villains (2008, TV Series documentary) – Hernán Cortés
* The Damned United (2009) – Dave Mackay
* Wasted (2009) – Party Host
* Seaside Stories (2009) – Dr. Forbes
* Soulboy (2010) – Fish-shop Bobby
* Anywhere But Here (2010, TV Movie) – Peter McBride
* Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010, TV Mini-Series) – Frank Calvert
* Accused (2010, TV Series) – DI Warren
* The Witcher 2 (2011, Video Game) – (English version, voice)
* The Ripper (2011, Computer Game) – The Reverend (voice)
* Case Histories (2011, TV Series) – Terence Smith
* Titanic (2012, TV Mini-Series) – First Officer Murdoch
* Vexed (2012, TV Series) – Robert Randell
* Doors Open (2012, TV Movie) – Charlie Calloway
* Line of Duty (2012–2014, TV Series) – Tommy / John Thomas Hunter
* The Crash (2013, TV Series) – Charlie Harris
* MI High (2013, TV Series) – Mr. McNab
* For Those in Peril (2013) – Dr. Forbes
* The Groundsman (2013, Short) – Steve
* Filth (2013) – Dougie Gillman
* Ghosts (2014) – Jacob Engstrand
* Peterman (2014) – Bill
* Wasted Time (2014) – Danny
* The Musketeers (2015, TV Series) – Sebastian Lemaitre
* Dropping Off Michael (2015, Short) – Duncan
* Holby City (2015, TV Series) – Archie Pugh
* Outlander (2015, TV Series) – Sir Marcus MacRannoch
* Scarlet (2016, Short) – Fisherman
* Rebellion (2016, TV Mini-Series) – James Connolly
* The Job (2016) – Geoff
* Fortitude 2 (2017, TV Series) – Lazlo Hindemith
* Come Out of the Woods (2017, Short) – PC Brian Cassidy
* Walk Like a Panther (2018) – Ziggy Barrow
* Ordeal by Innocence (2018, TV Mini-Series) – Bellamy Gould (Transmission BBC 1 Easter 2018)
* Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018, DPS Productions, TV Movie) – Sir Hugh Persimmion
* Moscow Noir (2018, 8 Part TV Series) – Lord Pendergast
* Giri/Haji (2019, 8 Part Series) – Jack Sister Pictures
* Last of The Czars (2019, Netflix/Nutopia, 6 Part Series, TV Series documentary) – Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin
* Our Ladies (2019, Sigma/In a Big Country Films)
* Charles lst (2019, DPS Productions) – Sir John Pym
* Domina – Cicero (2020, SkyAtlantic/FiftyFathoms)
* Time (TV) – Jackson Jones (2021, BBC)
* Mia and The Dragon Princess (Film) Skipper Matthews (2022) Dead Pixel Productions
* The Long Shadow (TV) (2022–2023) Steve ITV
* Six Four (TV) Bill Martin (2022–2023) ITV
