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Shaun Dingwall

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Shaun Dingwall
Born (1970-02-21) 21 February 1970 (age 54)
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActor

Shaun Dingwall (born 21 February 1970) is a British actor. He is known for his various roles on stage and screen.

Dingwall has played leading roles in many television series such as the BBC series Noughts and Crosses, the BAFTA and EMMY award-winning film Responsible Child and the Netflix series Top Boy. Most recently he appeared as Ian Rogers in the AppleTV+ series Constellation and as Ron Weller, the motorcycle racer-turned-manager in ITV's Grantchester.

His credits include the BBC One serial Charles II: The Power and the Passion (as Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby), directed by Joe Wright. He also appeared in another period drama, the BBC adaptation of Crime and Punishment, as Rhazhumikin. He played the recurring character Pete Tyler in the revival of Doctor Who. One of Dingwall's earlier roles was as Lance Corporal Steve Evans in Soldier Soldier. He later played Major Godber in the Channel 4 film Mark of Cain, and was a burglar in The Phoenix and the Carpet (1997).

Early life

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He was born in London and attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.[citation needed]

Television

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Dingwall was a regular in ITV's series of police thriller serials, Touching Evil, from 1997 to 1999. In 2000, he appeared as James Freeman in the BBC epic serial In a Land of Plenty. He was cast in the BBC One miniseries Charles II: The Power and the Passion in 2003. In 2004, he appeared in a guest role as Lenny, a hippy criminologist in BBC Two's adaptation of The Long Firm written by Joe Penhall, and as Scipio Africanus in the BBC docu-drama Hannibal (2006).

Dingwall would go on to play Pete Tyler, Rose Tyler's father, in the Doctor Who episode "Father's Day" (2005),[1] a role which he would reprise in "Rise of the Cybermen"/"The Age of Steel"[2] and "Doomsday"[3] (2006). In 2007, Dingwall appeared in the BBC television film Learners also directed by Francesca Joseph. The following year, he played David Grant, Abby's husband, in the re-imagined BBC series Survivors.

In January 2009, he appeared in the TV drama Above Suspicion as DI Mike Lewis. He subsequently played main role in three episodes of Rock & Chips (2010-11), a prequel to the long-running series Only Fools and Horses, where he played the role of Reg Trotter, Del Boy's father.

In August 2011, Dingwall appeared as Detective Superintendent Stuart Barlow in New Tricks on BBC One and in 2014, he appeared in The Driver. From 2016 onward, he has played Inspector Janvier in Maigret, starring Rowan Atkinson. In 2019, Dingwall reprised his role of Pete Tyler in Big Finish's audio drama "Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon" alongside Billie Piper and Camille Coduri.

He received acclaim for his performance in the 2019 BBC drama Responsible Child, with The Guardian writing that he "perfectly captures the bitter toxicity of a certain kind of man".[4] Dingwall appeared in the 2020 BBC series Noughts + Crosses as the Nought militia leader, Jack Dorn.

Film

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Dingwall's film career began with a small role in Second Best playing the same character as William Hurt. Dingwall portrayed a younger version of the character Graham in several flashback scenes. The film was directed by Academy Award winner Chris Menges and also stars John Hurt. This was followed by Villa Des Roses where Dingwall played Richard Grunewald, the German artist who wins the heart of Louise Creteur, played by Julie Delpy. The film is an adaptation of the well-known Belgian novel, and went on to win the Best Feature award at the 2002 Hollywood Film Festival.

Dingwall also played Kevin in the BBC film Tomorrow La Scala!. The film was a huge hit at the Cannes Film Festival but did not receive a theatrical release. (The film was directed by Francesca Joseph, with whom Dingwall later worked on Learners.)

Other appearances in films include On a Clear Day, Colour Me Kubrick, Someone Else and Hush. He is also known for his work in The Young Victoria (2009) and Moses Jones (2009).

In Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) Dingwall played Alfred Brockwell, the soon-to-be husband of nanny Olive "Nou" Rand, played by Kelly Macdonald.

He most recently appeared in Inland as John alongside Mark Rylance. Dingwall was also an executive producer.

Theatre

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Shaun Dingwall has appeared in London's West End several times.

Most recently[when?] he made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Frank/Tommy in Cowbois. The play opened in Stratford-upon-Avon and transferred to the Royal Court Theatre. He appeared in The Man Who Had All the Luck at the Donmar Warehouse as Gus, the enigmatic Austrian mechanic in search of the American dream. This was Dingwall's second time at the Donmar. He appeared there in Beautiful Thing in 1995 playing Ste. Other appearances have included Joey in Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness at the Royal Court and Achilles in Troilus and Cressida at the Old Vic. In 2004, Dingwall fulfilled a lifelong ambition by playing Hotspur in Henry IV, Part 1 at the Bristol Old Vic.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
1993 Genghis Cohn Sergeant Hubsch [5]
1994 Second Best Graham Holt, age 20
1999 Underground Jake Television film [6]
2001 Lloyd & Hill Patrick Murray Television film [7]
2002 Villa des Roses Richard Grünewald [8]
Tomorrow La Scala! Kevin [9]
2003 Carla Paul Television film [10]
2004 The Boy with Blue Eyes The Father Short film
2005 On a Clear Day Observer [11]
Colour Me Kubrick Maître D' [12]
2006 Hannibal Scipio Africanus Television film [13]
Someone Else Michael [14]
2007 The Mark of Cain Major Godber [15]
Sex, the City and Me Tony Television film [16]
Outlanders DI Cartwright [17]
Learners Ian Television film [18]
2008 Hush PC Mitchall [19]
2009 The Young Victoria Footman [20]
2013 Summer in February Harold Knight [21]
Scar Tissue Snowdon [22]
2014 The Forgotten Mark [23]
2017 Goodbye Christopher Robin Alfred Brockwell [24]
2019 Responsible Child Scott Television film [25]
2022 Inland John [26]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
1993 Between the Lines P.C. Curles Episode: "Jumping the Lights"
The Bill Shaun Gibbs Episode: "Shock to the System"
1994 Minder Wayne Episode: "A Fridge Too Far"
The Chief PC Byrne Recurring role; 2 episodes
Class Act DS Lynch Episode: "Series 1, Episode 2"
The Bill Colin Drake Episode: "On the Latch"
Stages Man A Episode: "Low Level Panic"
Screen One Lance-Corporal Episode: "A Breed of Heroes"
1995 Screen Two Schuster Episode: "Black Easter"
1995-96 Soldier Soldier Lance Corporal Steve Evans Series regular; 22 episodes
1997 The Phoenix and the Carpet Burglar Miniseries; 6 episodes
1997-99 Touching Evil DC Mark Rivers Series regular; 16 episodes
2001 In a Land of Plenty James Freeman Series regular; 9 episodes
2002 Crime and Punishment Razumikhin Miniseries; 2 episodes
2003 Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine Daniel Jameson Miniseries; 2 episodes
Charles II: The Power and the Passion The Earl of Danby Miniseries; 2 episodes
2004 Family Business Andy Sullivan Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3"
The Long Firm Lenny Episode: "Lenny's Story"
2005-06 Doctor Who Pete Tyler Recurring role; 4 episodes
2006 Spooks Steven Paynton Episode: "Agenda"
2008 Survivors David Grant Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1"
2009 Moses Jones Roger Dankorth Miniseries; 2 episodes
2009-12 Above Suspicion DI/DCI Mike Lewis Series regular; 11 episodes
2010-11 Rock & Chips Reg Trotter Miniseries; 3 episodes
2011 Midsomer Murders Carter Smith Episode: "Fit for Murder"
Camelot Ernald Episode: "Justice"
New Tricks Detective Superintendent Stuart Barlow Episode: "Only the Brave"
2013 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Inspector George Lock Episode: "The Murder in Angel Lane"
Vera Justin Bishop Episode: "Castles in the Air"
Agatha Christie's Poirot Doctor Franklin Episode: "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case"
Breathless Charlie Enderbury Miniseries: 6 episodes
2014 The Driver Detective Ryder Miniseries; 2 episodes
2015 Silent Witness Adam Lansley Episode: "Squaring the Circle"
Death in Paradise Paul Harmer Episode: "Unlike Father, Unlike Son"
Legends Liam Crawford Recurring role; 3 episodes
2016 DCI Banks Chief Superintendent Colin Anderson Recurring role; 5 episodes
2016-17 Maigret Inspector Janvier Miniseries; 4 episodes
2019-23 Top Boy Jeffrey Daughton Recurring role; 8 episodes
2020 Noughts + Crosses Jack Dorn Series regular; 6 episodes
2023 Grantchester Ron Weller Episode: "Series 8, Episode 1"
2024 Constellation Ian Rogers Recurring role; 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "Doctor Who: Father's Day". SFX. 14 May 2005. Archived from the original on May 27, 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  2. ^ Setchfield, Nick (22 May 2006). "Doctor Who 2.5 and 2.6 Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel". SFX. Archived from the original on 27 August 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ Bradley, Dave (21 July 2006). "Doctor Who 2.12 and 2.13 Army of Ghosts/Doomsday". SFX. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ Mangan, Lucy (16 December 2019). "Responsible Child review – too young to buy a hamster, but tried for murder". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ^ Gray, Tim (31 October 1994). "Genghis Cohn". Variety. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Watch this: terrestrial". The Guardian. 16 August 1999. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Lloyd and Hill". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (11 October 2002). "Villa des Roses". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  9. ^ Minns, Adam (6 May 2002). "Tomorrow La Scala! for UK's Portman Film". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Carla (2003)". MUBI. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  11. ^ "On a Clear Day". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Color Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Hannibal (2006)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  14. ^ "BBC Two - Someone Else". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  15. ^ "The Mark of Cain - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  16. ^ Mangan, Lucy (18 June 2007). "The weekend's TV: Sex, the City and Me". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  17. ^ French, Philip (26 October 2008). "Outlanders". The Guardian. The Observer. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  18. ^ Holmwood, Leigh (3 April 2007). "Tennant to star in L-plate drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Hush (2008)". MUBI. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  20. ^ "The Young Victoria - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Summer in February". The Lady. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  22. ^ "Movie News: Exclusive! Watch the First Trailer for SCAR TISSUE!". Starburst. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  23. ^ Newman, Kim (25 August 2014). "The Forgotten". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  24. ^ "Goodbye Christopher Robin - Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  25. ^ Pengelly, Ella (16 December 2019). "BBC drama Responsible Child based on true story of 12-year-old boy tried for murder". Cambridge News. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  26. ^ Baughan, Nikki (14 October 2022). "'Inland': London Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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