John Gordon Sinclair

John Gordon Sinclair

62 · Born: Feb 4, 1962

Personal Details

Born Feb 4, 1962 Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

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.

Career

2020
Miss Marx
Miss Marx as Friedrich Engels
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2019
Traces
Traces as Drew Cubbin
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2018
Long Night at Blackstone
Long Night at Blackstone as Pat Tomorrow
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2017
Nico, 1988
Nico, 1988 as Richard
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Diana and I
Diana and I as Gordon
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Ill Behaviour
Ill Behaviour
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2016
West Skerra Light
West Skerra Light as Bill
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2004
Roman Road
Roman Road as Matt Bancroft
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2003
Rubbadubbers
Rubbadubbers as Tubb, Terence, Reg
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2002
Aka Albert Walker
Aka Albert Walker as DC George Meyrick
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1999
Gregory's Two Girls
Gregory's Two Girls as Gregory Underwood
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1998
My Summer with Des
My Summer with Des as Cameron
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1996
The Brylcreem Boys
The Brylcreem Boys as Richard Lewis
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1994
Self Catering
Self Catering as Henry
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1990
Your Cheatin' Heart
Your Cheatin' Heart as Frank McClusky
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1986
The Girl in the Picture
The Girl in the Picture as Alan
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1983
Walter & June
Walter & June as Graham
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1982
Living Apart Together
Living Apart Together as Zak's barman
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1981
Gregory's Girl
Gregory's Girl as Gregory
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1980
That Sinking Feeling
That Sinking Feeling as Andy
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1985
Wogan
Wogan
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