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John Gordon Sinclair

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63 Years Old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in Gregory's Girl. He was born as Gordon John but took the stage name 'John Gordon Sinclair' because Equity already had a Gordon John registered. He joined Glasgow's Youth Theatre after he visited one night and met fellow fan of Canadian progressive rock group Rush, Robert Buchanan. As a result he starred in a number of films by director Bill Forsyth, perhaps the most famous of which was 1981's Gregory's Girl, shot when he was 19 years old. He reprised the role nearly two decades later in Gregory's Two Girls, and also appeared in Forsyth's Local Hero. He has continued to act on stage and screen. Other roles include parts in Goodbye Mr Steadman, Mad About Alice Gasping and Roman Road. He was also in the first series of LWT's Hot Metal and both the radio and television sitcom An Actor's Life For Me. He played Dan Weir in Espedair Street, the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the Iain Banks novel, as well as playing the lead part of Dr. Finlay in the Radio 4 series entitled Adventures of a Black Bag. He appeared in the 1982 Scottish squad's World Cup song "We Have a Dream", a number 5 hit in the UK, which was written and performed by BA Robertson. It featured John Gordon Sinclair speaking his recollection of a dream about Scottish football success. He later revived this Scottish footballing connection by narrating the 2006-07 BBC Scotland documentary series That Was The Team That Was. John Gordon Sinclair played Frank McClusky, a leading character, in the 1990 John Byrne TV serial "Your Cheatin' Heart". He also appeared in "Local Hero". Sinclair played one of the main characters in the Tesco TV adverts in the late 1990s and early 2000s alongside Prunella Scales and Jane Horrocks. He most recently appeared in the West End in The Producers playing the part of Leo Bloom alongside Fred Applegate. He voiced all the male characters (except for Finbar) in HIT Entertainment's Rubbadubbers. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1995 for Best Actor in a Musical for his 1994 performance in "She Loves Me". Sinclair also performed the part of "Master of Ceremonies" in Mike Oldfield's premiere performance of Tubular Bells II at Edinburgh Castle in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gordon Sinclair , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Glasgow, Scotland, UK on 4th February 1962

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Death in Paradise Image
Death in Paradise
Joe Blythe
Agatha Christie's Marple Image
Agatha Christie's Marple
Inspector Welch
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Bergerac
Fringe Actor
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McDonald & Dodds
Nevis McLintock
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Scot Squad
Harry Cope
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Wogan
Self
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World War Z
Navy SEAL Commander
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
John Joiner (voice)
Murder in Mind Image
Murder in Mind
D.S. Paul Bannister
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Traces
Drew Cubbin
Snakes and Ladders Image
Snakes and Ladders
Gavin Sinclair
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Fetch the Vet
Tom Fetch (voice)
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Loved by You
Michael Adams
Ill Behaviour Image
Ill Behaviour
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Nelson's Column
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Mad About Alice
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Frank Stubbs Promotes
Ken
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Rubbadubbers
Tubb, Terence, Reg
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Local Hero
Ricky
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Erik the Viking
Ivar the Boneless
Your Cheatin' Heart Image
Your Cheatin' Heart
Frank McClusky
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Britannia Hospital
Gregory
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Miss Marx
Friedrich Engels
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An Actor's Life For Me
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That Sinking Feeling
Andy
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Gregory's Girl
Gregory
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Nico, 1988
Richard
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My Summer With Des
Cameron
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Gregory's Two Girls
Gregory Underwood
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Diana and I
Gordon
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The Brylcreem Boys
Richard Lewis
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James Bond Down River
Self
Your Cheatin' Heart Image
Your Cheatin' Heart
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The Many Lives of Albert Walker
DC George Meyrick
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Roman Road
Matt Bancroft
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Walter and June
Graham
Living Apart Together Image
Living Apart Together
Zak's barman
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth Image
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
Self
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Self Catering
Henry
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Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II
Master of Ceremonies
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The Girl in the Picture
Alan
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Raspberry Ripple
Rick
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West Skerra Light
Bill
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Rubbadubbers: Splish! Splash! Splosh!
Various
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Long Night at Blackstone
Pat Tomorrow
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Rubbadubbers: Tubb's Pirate Treasure
Various
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Rubbadubbers: Bathtime Scramble!
Various