Justin McDonald is a British actor of film, television and theatre.

Biography

McDonald was born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. He was awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. However he left early to film on the television drama Distant Shores for ITV Granada playing the regular character of Ben McCallister. Following this he has appeared in many television productions such as Holby City

Holby City

Holby 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...

, The Bill

The Bill

The 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...

, Torchwood

Torchwood

Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...

, Afterlife

Afterlife (TV series)

Afterlife is a British television drama series, produced by independent production company Clerkenwell Films for the ITV network...

, Casualty

Casualty (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 the crime detective series Inspector George Gently.

McDonald's first major movie saw him appearing alongside Renée Zellwegger and Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...

 in Miss Potter as young William Heelis, who encouraged the young Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter

Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist best known for her imaginative children’s books featuring animals such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit which celebrated the British landscape and country life.Born into a privileged Unitarian...

 to write and illustrate her stories.

He then went on to appear in another British biopic playing Steve in And When Did You Last See Your Father?

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a 2007 British drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by David Nicholls is based on the 1993 memoir of the same title by Blake Morrison.-Plot:...

with Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

James "Jim" Broadbent is an English theatre, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, Hot Fuzz, and Bridget Jones' Diary...

 and Colin Firth

Colin Firth

SirColin Andrew Firth, CBE is a British film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...

 based on the memoirs of Blake Morrison

Blake Morrison

Philip Blake Morrison is a British poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. He has also written a...

.

McDonald's stage debut came in 2010 playing the part of Klaus Voormann

Klaus Voormann

Klaus Voormann is a German Grammy Award-winning artist, noted musician, and record producer. He designed artwork for many bands including The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet and Turbonegro. His most notable work as a producer was his work with the band Trio, including their worldwide hit "Da Da...

 in the stage version of Backbeat

Backbeat (film)

Backbeat is a 1994 British-German drama film directed by Iain Softley. It chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon , and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr...

. The story of The Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

 during the Hamburg days.

List of credits

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Distant Shores	Ben McCallister	Series 1, episodes 1–6 (main cast)
2005	Holby City Holby City Holby 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...	Matthew Samuels	Series 7, episode 16 "Live and Let Die"
2005		Eddie Clark	Series 21, episode 64 "337"
2006	Afterlife Afterlife (TV series) Afterlife is a British television drama series, produced by independent production company Clerkenwell Films for the ITV network...	Cameron	Series 2, episode 5 "Mirrorball"
2006	Torchwood Torchwood Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...	Matt	Series 1, episode 2 "Day One"
2008	Casualty Casualty (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...	Lewis Cork	Series 22, episode 21 "Adrenaline Rush"
2008	Doctors	Robin Hartnall	Series 9, episode 207 "Hopelessly Devoted"
2009	Inspector George Gently	Jed Jimpson	Series 2, episode 4 "Gently Through the Mill"

Film

Year	Title	Role
2006	Miss Potter	Young William Heelis
2007	Vampire Diary Vampire Diary Vampire Diary is a 2007 horror film starring Anna Walton first released in the United Kingdom by Peccadillo Pictures. The film was directed by Mark James and Phil O'Shea and produced by Michael Riley and Margaret Matheson...	Brad
2007	And When Did You Last See Your Father? And When Did You Last See Your Father? And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a 2007 British drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by David Nicholls is based on the 1993 memoir of the same title by Blake Morrison.-Plot:...	Steve
2011	A Liar's Autobiography A Liar's Autobiography A Liar's Autobiography humorous, fictionalised account of his life written by Graham Chapman of Monty Python fame. First published in Britain in 1980, it was republished in 1991 and again in 1999... - The True Story Of The Monty Python's Graham Chapman	David Sherlock (voice)

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Notes
2010	Backbeat	Klaus Voormann Klaus Voormann Klaus Voormann is a German Grammy Award-winning artist, noted musician, and record producer. He designed artwork for many bands including The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet and Turbonegro. His most notable work as a producer was his work with the band Trio, including their worldwide hit "Da Da...	Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...	Based on the 1994 film of the same name Backbeat (film) Backbeat is a 1994 British-German drama film directed by Iain Softley. It chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe and John Lennon , and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr...

Voice

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Cursed Mountain Cursed Mountain Cursed Mountain is a survival horror-adventure video game for the Wii developed by Sproing Interactive, in collaboration with, and published by Deep Silver Vienna. It was released on August 25, 2009 in North America. The game focuses on a mountaineer searching for his lost brother in the Himalayas....	Frank Simmons	Video game

External links

• http://www.talentedbritishactors.co.uk/
• Beatrix Potter Site