Darren Newton is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

.

Trained at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a conservatoire of music, drama, and dance in the centre of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Educational Association, it is the busiest performing arts venue in Scotland...

, Glasgow. He appeared as Gavin Hindle in Eldorado

Eldorado (TV series)

Eldorado was a British soap opera that ran for only one year, from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993. Set in Coín on the Costa Del Sol and based around the lives of British and European expats, the BBC hoped it would be as successful as EastEnders and replicate some of the sunshine and glamour of imported...

 and subsequently in several Catherine Cookson

Catherine Cookson

Dame Catherine Cookson DBE was a British author. She became the United Kingdom's most widely read novelist, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers...

 films before moving into theatre directing. Has an MA in Scriptwriting from Sussex University.

Writes and directs using the name D. James Newton. His latest project is the short film "The Americano".

Filmography

• The Glass Virgin (1995) - Willy Fairburn
• The Cinder Path
  The Cinder Path
  The Cinder Path is a 1972 novel by Catherine Cookson and a 1994 film directed by Simon Langton and based on the novel.-Plot introduction:In the English countryside of the early 20th Century the working-class main protagonist must deal with a cruel and tyrannical father and later with a romantic...
  
  (1994)
• Eldorado
  Eldorado (TV series)
  Eldorado was a British soap opera that ran for only one year, from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993. Set in Coín on the Costa Del Sol and based around the lives of British and European expats, the BBC hoped it would be as successful as EastEnders and replicate some of the sunshine and glamour of imported...
  
  (1992) - Gavin Hindle
• Women In Tropical Places (1989)
• Stormy Monday
  Stormy Monday
  Stormy Monday is the 1988 feature film debut of director Mike Figgis. Starring Sean Bean, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting and Melanie Griffith, it is an atmospheric, noirish thriller. The notable jazz soundtrack is also by Figgis. Being set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the film is something of an homage...
  
  

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