Adrian Dunbar
Date of birth: 1958-08-01
Place of birth: Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adrian Dunbar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Dawning
1988-06-08
An IRA gunman on the run from the government meets an idealistic young woman and attempts to win her
The Crying Game
1992-09-02
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier
The Wedding Tackle
2000-08-11
The sexual rivalries between a group of friends cause comic chaos during a stag night celebration.
Richard III
1995-12-29
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is
Widows' Peak
1994-04-15
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely b
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
2009-01-29
Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he reco
The Quatermass Experiment
2005-04-02
Bernard Quatermass heads the futuristic Experimental Rocket Group whose greatest voyage is coming to
The General
1998-05-01
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robber
Eye of the Dolphin
2007-08-24
Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her gra
Force of Duty
1991-07-08
RUC detective Simon Gabby is consumed by guilt after he fails to act decisively in a moment of terro
Two Angry Men
2016-01-01
Short film telling the story of James Ellis and Sam Thompson as they battle against the establishmen
Dealers
1989-11-03
The London branch of Whitney Paine, a major American investment bank, is in the midst of a crisis; a
How Harry Became a Tree
2002-03-01
Set in rural Ireland. Believing that "a man is measured by his enemies", Harry Maloney sets out to r
Shooters
2002-01-25
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his lif
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990-01-28
Nothing seems to go right for Colin, no matter how he tries. No one is offering him writing work, an
Reasonable Force
1988-03-27
In times of civil unrest, crack police units like Inspector Maclntyre 's get the job of keeping orde
The Playboys
1992-04-22
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by
Lost Lives
2019-10-10
This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northe
The Englishman's Wife
1990-01-08
A woman and her daughter are stranded in a rambling old house deep in the countryside of County Tyro
A Sudden Case of Christmas
2024-11-07
An American couple bring their 10 year old daughter, Claire, to her grandfather Lawrence's hotel in
Wild About Harry
2000-12-31
A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the c
Hear My Song
1991-12-27
Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chi
Innocent Lies
1995-06-30
In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate t
Act of God
2009-01-01
When a heart surgeon chooses to save one female patient's life over another, her boyfriend looks for
Cruel Train
1995-12-22
In wartime England, railway official Ruben Roberts discovers that his wife was sexually abused as a
Child of Mine
2005-11-13
A child psychologist adopted two girls whose mother was murdered, but when one begins acting strange
The Near Room
1997-04-11
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the to
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989-04-07
No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish fa
Mo
2010-01-31
A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
The Wake
1990-09-18
Alone after her mother's funeral, Frances relives the tangle of emotions between her husband, her mo
A Box of Swan
1990-10-09
A moving and unusual film about a young man who returns to his Liverpool roots for his father's fune
The Four Minute Mile
1988-11-09
For two brilliant young athletes - Roger Bannister of England and John Landy of Australia - the 1952
Mickybo and Me
2005-03-25
The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The bo
Tough Love
2000-10-01
DC Lenny Milton (Winstone) is not as ambitious as his best friend and popular boss DCI Michael Love
Sky Bandits
1986-10-31
A pair of old west cowboys become fighter pilots in World War I.
The Price
1985-01-10
Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married t
The Long March
1980-01-01
A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protes
Car Crash: The Delorean Story
2004-03-07
Former General Motors high-flyer John DeLorean had a plan to build a stylish European sports car, at
The Snowman
2017-08-24
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped aro
Good Vibrations
2012-05-31
The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded th
The Blue Boy
1994-07-02
Marie is an insecure housewife whose husband, Joe, is having an affair. The two of them take a holid
Pleasure
1994-10-25
Alan Bleasdale's modern re-telling of Madame Bovary. A tale of passion, greed, revenge, and of cours
Walter
2014-08-08
DI Walter Gambon is a self-styled “Yoda of the force”, whose workload suddenly increases when he’s h
Hideaways
2011-11-23
The elder one of each generation in the Furlong family is equipped with an extraordinary capacity. J
The Attendant
2012-12-14
Frankie is a car park attendant at the spectacular Giant’s Causeway in Co. Antrim. His friend Cathy
A Statement of Affairs
1993-03-08
A group of six friends, who have known each other since childhood, find their friendship tested when
Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett
2019-12-22
Samuel Beckett has fascinated Adrian Dunbar since he was a young student. Now, 30 years after Becket
Children of the North
1991-10-30
The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
Mother's Milk
2011-11-12
An English family is forced to come to terms with the imminent loss of their beloved holiday house i
Tailwind
2009-01-01
During World War 2, Northern Ireland served a crucial part in airforce operations against the Axis,
The Cry
1984-07-31
Ulster 1959. A young journalist visiting his quiet hometown is awakened by a scream in the night. He
Unusual Ground Floor Conversion
1988-01-01
Emily
2022-10-14
The imagined life of one of the world’s most famous authors, Emily Brontë, as she finds her voice an
Kidnapped
2005-02-27
15-year-old Davie Balfour is poised to receive a vast inheritance when he's lured onto a cargo ship,
Triggermen
2002-07-26
Two British conmen in Chicago are mistaken for hired hitmen by mobsters wanting to rub out a rival g
Kiss Me, Kate
2024-11-17
Recorded from the West End, Kiss Me Kate follows a pair of divorced actors brought together to parti
Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy
2014-12-01
Actor Adrian Dunbar has played Brendan Behan on the stage many times, and now sets out on a journey