Bryan Murray (actor)
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Bryan Murray is an Irish
actor.
As a stage actor he began his career in Dublin at The Abbey Theatre where, as a member of The Abbey Company, he appeared in over 50 productions. He has appeared many times at the Gate Theatre in Dublin most recently in Celebration by Harold Pinter for the 2010 Dublin Theatre Festival. In the 2010 Dublin Fringe Festival he appeared in the award winning production of Medea at The Samuel Becket theatre.
In London he has been a member of The Royal National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and has been in many productions in London and the West End.
His is widely known for his extensive television work which includes Fitz in Strumpet City, Flurry Knox in The Irish RM, Shifty in Bread (for which he won BBC TV Personality of the Year), Harry Cassidy in Perfect Scoundrels, Trevor Jordache in Brookside and Bob Charles in Fair City.
As a presenter he fronted the children’s religious affairs programmes Knock Knock and Umbrella for BBC1 Television for 3 years. For RTE Television he had his own prime time talk shows Encore and Caught in the Act and presented Saturday Night Live. His 9 part radio programme The Sound of Movies was aired on RTE Radio1 in 2008.
In the US he presented the Irish Spring commercial on network TV for 6 years, the award winning Pioneer Press commercials for 3 years and hosted the St Patrick’s Day Parade for PBS Television. Most recently he presented the highly acclaimed documentary for TV3 'The Tenements', a four part series charting the rise and fall of the tenements in Dublin from the 1800's to the mid seventies.
He co-created and co-devised the ITV series Perfect Scoundrels for three years.
He has co written two musicals performed at the Abbey Theatre Dublin and Irish Theatre Company Dublin; A Happy Go Likeable Man, after Moliere, and Thieves Carnival, after Anouilth.
He is most famous for the following roles:
Although Murray's fame increased in the eighties thanks to his role as Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M.
and Shifty Boswell in the popular sitcom Bread, his role in Brookside
is easily the best remembered, even though he was only in the show for eleven episodes in 1993. His character, the wife beater and child abuse
r Trevor Jordache, was famously stabbed and killed by his wife, Mandy (Sandra Maitland) and daughter Beth (Anna Friel
). They later buried his body under the patio, where it was discovered in 1995.
He currently plays Bob Charles, once owner of Mc Coys pub in the RTE
soap Fair City
but is now the new owner of The Hungry Pig restaurant.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
actor.
As a stage actor he began his career in Dublin at The Abbey Theatre where, as a member of The Abbey Company, he appeared in over 50 productions. He has appeared many times at the Gate Theatre in Dublin most recently in Celebration by Harold Pinter for the 2010 Dublin Theatre Festival. In the 2010 Dublin Fringe Festival he appeared in the award winning production of Medea at The Samuel Becket theatre.
In London he has been a member of The Royal National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and has been in many productions in London and the West End.
His is widely known for his extensive television work which includes Fitz in Strumpet City, Flurry Knox in The Irish RM, Shifty in Bread (for which he won BBC TV Personality of the Year), Harry Cassidy in Perfect Scoundrels, Trevor Jordache in Brookside and Bob Charles in Fair City.
As a presenter he fronted the children’s religious affairs programmes Knock Knock and Umbrella for BBC1 Television for 3 years. For RTE Television he had his own prime time talk shows Encore and Caught in the Act and presented Saturday Night Live. His 9 part radio programme The Sound of Movies was aired on RTE Radio1 in 2008.
In the US he presented the Irish Spring commercial on network TV for 6 years, the award winning Pioneer Press commercials for 3 years and hosted the St Patrick’s Day Parade for PBS Television. Most recently he presented the highly acclaimed documentary for TV3 'The Tenements', a four part series charting the rise and fall of the tenements in Dublin from the 1800's to the mid seventies.
He co-created and co-devised the ITV series Perfect Scoundrels for three years.
He has co written two musicals performed at the Abbey Theatre Dublin and Irish Theatre Company Dublin; A Happy Go Likeable Man, after Moliere, and Thieves Carnival, after Anouilth.
He is most famous for the following roles:
- Trevor JordacheTrevor JordacheTrevor Jordache is a character played by Bryan Murray in Brookside. The character only appeared in the soap briefly in 1993, but was a feature in the programme until his body was discovered in 1995.-Background:...
in BrooksideBrooksideBrookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003... - Mr James Roberts in CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
and Holby CityHolby CityHolby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999... - Harry Fullerton in The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
- Shifty Boswell in BreadBread (TV series)Bread was a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991....
- Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M.The Irish R.M.The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and the television comedy-drama series based on them...
- Harry Cassidy in Perfect Scoundrels (TV series)Perfect Scoundrels (TV series)Perfect Scoundrels is a 1990's drama following two con-mens' travels while ripping off the public. Running for three series between 1990 and 1992, it is a popular series but has failed to be granted, as of October 2011, a DVD release...
- Bob Fitzpatrick in Strumpet CityStrumpet CityStrumpet City is a historical novel by James Plunkett set in Dublin, Ireland, at the time of the Dublin Lock-out. In 1980, it was adapted into a successful TV drama by Radio Telefís Éireann, Ireland's national broadcaster...
- Officer Doyle in Mrs Santa Claus (movie)
- Bob Charles in Fair CityFair CityFair City is an award-winning Irish television soap opera on RTÉ One. Produced by Radio Telefís Éireann, it was first broadcast on Monday, September 18, 1989...
Although Murray's fame increased in the eighties thanks to his role as Flurry Knox in The Irish R.M.
The Irish R.M.
The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and the television comedy-drama series based on them...
and Shifty Boswell in the popular sitcom Bread, his role in Brookside
Brookside
Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
is easily the best remembered, even though he was only in the show for eleven episodes in 1993. His character, the wife beater and child abuse
Child abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment, or neglect of a child. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Children And Families define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or...
r Trevor Jordache, was famously stabbed and killed by his wife, Mandy (Sandra Maitland) and daughter Beth (Anna Friel
Anna Friel
Anna Louise Friel is an English actress. She rose to fame in the UK as Beth Jordache on the Channel 4 soap Brookside.-Early life:...
). They later buried his body under the patio, where it was discovered in 1995.
He currently plays Bob Charles, once owner of Mc Coys pub in the RTE
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
soap Fair City
Fair City
Fair City is an award-winning Irish television soap opera on RTÉ One. Produced by Radio Telefís Éireann, it was first broadcast on Monday, September 18, 1989...
but is now the new owner of The Hungry Pig restaurant.