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Greg McHugh

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Known For

45 Years Old

Greg McHugh is a Scottish actor and writer. He is the creator, writer and star of the BBC1 comedy series Gary: Tank Commander. He also played Howard in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat. Greg McHugh was born in Morningside, Edinburgh, on 5 January 1980. His father was a civil servant, and his mother a teacher. McHugh has two older brothers. McHugh attended St Peter's RC primary school and then St Thomas of Aquin's High School. He studied business at the University of Stirling and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Initially, McHugh had intended to study sports science but found it too difficult. McHugh's native accent is a softer variation of the Edinburgh accent. McHugh can be seen briefly on screen in the Still Game episode "Faimly" as a friend or relative visiting the patient in the bed beside Winston Ingram. In 2010, McHugh appeared in the episode "Don the Musical" of the English sitcom How Not to Live Your Life. He played Randy, a local actor of amateur dramatics who played the Tom Cruise character, Charlie Babbitt, in a musical version of Rain Man. He was in two 2010 episodes of Rab C. Nesbitt as Liam O'Hagan. The episodes were "Muse" and "Candy." McHugh was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA as writer of Gary: Tank Commander. Between 2011 & 2016, McHugh starred as Howard in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat. McHugh appeared in the 2013 Bad Education Christmas special as Bonehead, a homeless man. In 2014, McHugh appeared in the BBC film Marvellous playing the part of Malcolm, the long-time friend of Neil Baldwin. From 6 December 2014 to 11 January 2015, McHugh starred as the character of Smee in the pantomime production of Peter Pan at the King's Theatre, Glasgow. In 2016, 2017 & 2020, he appeared as Eddie Scott in the Cumbria-based BBC1 drama The A Word.

Born

on 5th January 1980

All Credits

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Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant
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A Discovery of Witches
Hamish Osborne
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A Discovery of Witches
Hamish
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Super Happy Magic Forest
Herbert (voice)
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Man Vs Bee
Coleman
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Teddy McLean
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Guilt
Teddy
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Dog Squad
Dan (voice)
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Dates
Callum
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How Not to Live Your Life
Randy
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Traitors
David Hennessey
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Fresh Meat
Howard McGregor
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Gary: Tank Commander
Gary McLintoch
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The A Word
Eddie Scott
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Only Child
Richard Pritchard
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Marvellous
Malcolm
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Two Doors Down
Tony
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Ooh the Banter!
Self (archive footage)
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Faithful
Michael
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Kicking Off
Cliff
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Phone Home
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