Reece Dinsdale
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Reece Dinsdale is an English
actor
of stage
, screen
and television
.
from 1977 until 1980. After initially working in Theatre in Exeter, Nottingham, Birmingham and at The Edinburgh Festival, Reece got his first TV role in the Granada thriller Knife Edge in 1981. He followed this up by appearing in Out On The Floor a single drama for the BBC in 1982. This led to him being cast as Albert in Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
series for ITV also in 1982. More theatre followed with Beethoven's Tenth with Peter Ustinov at The Vaudeville Theatre London and the highly acclaimed Red Saturday at The Royal Court. Then in 1984 he played Jimmy Kemp in the powerful nuclear war BAFTA award-winning BBC docudrama Threads
, a-soon-to-be-father and husband caught up in a nuclear attack on Sheffield. Interestingly, that same year Dinsdale would also star in the Cold War drama Winter Flight, in which he played a shy, introverted Royal Air Force
man who falls in love with a feisty barmaid. 1984 also saw Dinsdale appearing in one of his first feature films, Alan Bennett's A Private Function
.
Glamour Night, another single drama for the BBC followed in 1984 before Dinsdale was cast as Matthew Willows in the British sitcom Home to Roost
written by Eric Chappell
and co-starring John Thaw
. Dinsdale played Thaw's unruly teenaged son Matthew who comes to live with his estranged father after his mother throws him out. The core of the show's comedy came from constant clashing between Henry Willows (Thaw's character), who resents his son for imposing on his bachelor solitude, and Matthew's adolescent antics, which clash with his father's conservatism. The show ran for four series between 1985 and 1990. Interspersed with this were many appearances on stage, including the award-winning play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
at The Hampstead Theatre London in 1986, Woundings and Don Carlos
at The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester and Old Years Eve at The Royal Shakespeare Company. Whilst on television Dinsdale had leading roles in the three-part series Take Me Home, in The Attractions
by Tony Marchant and the single drama Coppers opposite Tim Roth (all BBC).
Dinsdale played the leading role of Jack Rover in Wild Oats in the inaugural production at the newly built West Yorkshire Playhouse in 1990. He then appeared opposite Julia Ormond and Vanessa Redgrave in the American mini-series Young Catherine
in which he played The Grand Duke Peter. Following this he appeared at The National Theatre in David Hare's Racing Demon
. From 1990-1992 he co-starred in Haggard
, a comedy set in the late 18th century written once again by Eric Chappell. In 1994 Dinsdale played the leading role in ID
, a British feature film charting the demise of a police officer who goes under-cover to root out a firm of football hooligans. Based on a true story, Dinsdale won the International Critics Award for best actor at the Geneva Film Festival for his portrayal.
Since then, Reece has continued to play leading roles on both stage and screen. Highlights include: two series of Thief Takers
in which he played the central role of Charlie Scott, Kenneth Branagh
's film of Hamlet
in which he played Guildenstern opposite Timothy Spall
's Rosencrantz, and guesting in Spooks
, Life on Mars
, Murder in Mind, Silent Witness
and many others. He starred opposite Julie Walters in the ITV drama Ahead of the Class
and played the enigmatic Robert in Red Production's award-winning series Conviction
for the BBC. He starred in two series of The Chase
(also for the BBC) and in two thrillers for ITV; Love Lies Bleeding and Midnight Man
.
In the summer of 2008, Reece joined the cast of Coronation Street
to play the ill-fated Joe McIntyre
, leaving of his own volition in February 2010. Since then he has filmed leading guest roles in Waterloo Road
and Taggart
, both yet to be screened.
which was subsequently filmed and stars Maxine Peake and Zara Turner. The film was premiered on May 8, 2010 at The 360/365 Film Festival in New York.
, BBC
2010 Taggart
, STV and ITV
2009 Acid Burn, Short film - Red Productions
2008-2010
Coronation Street
, ITV
2008 Silent Witness
, BBC
2007 Midnight Man
, ITV
2007 The Chase
, BBC
2006 Life on Mars
, BBC
2006 Dalziel and Pascoe
, BBC
2006 The Chase
, BBC
2005 Love Lies Bleeding, ITV
2004 Ahead of the Class
, ITV
2004 The Trouble with George, BBC
2004 Conviction
, BBC
2004 Rabbit on the Moon, Feature Film - Headgear Films
2003 Spooks
, BBC
2002 Born and Bred
, BBC
2001 The Investigation
, Canadian TV/BBC
2000 Murder in Mind BBC
2000 In Deep, BBC
2000 Visiting Mr. Green
, Theatre - West Yorkshire Playhouse
1999 Family Fortunes
, Theatre - Kings Head
1998 Love You, Too, Theatre - The Bush
1997 Romance and Rejection, Feature Film
1996 Thief Takers (second series), ITV
1996 Hamlet
, Feature Film - Fishmonger Films
1996 China
, Short film - Channel 4
1995 Bliss, ITV
1995 Thief Takers
, ITV
1994 Morning and Evening, Theatre - Hampstead Theatre
1994 Mirandolina
, Theatre - Lyric Hammersmith
1994 ID
, Feature Film - Parallax Pictures
1993 A Going Concern, Theatre - Hampstead Theatre
1992 Full Stretch, ITV
1992 Revengers Tragedy
, Theatre - West Yorkshire Playhouse
1991 Racing Demon
, Theatre - The National Theatre
1991 Playboy of the Western World, Theatre - West Yorkshire Playhouse
1991 Young Catherine
, Mini-Series - America/Canada TV
1990 Haggard
, ITV
1990 Wild Oats, Theatre - West Yorkshire Playhouse
1989 Haggard
, ITV
1989 Boys Mean Business, Theatre - The Bush
1989 Home to Roost IV, ITV
1989 The Attractions
, BBC
1988 Rhinoceros
, Theatre - Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
1988 Take Me Home, BBC
1987 Old Years Eve, Theatre - The Royal Shakespeare Company
1987 Don Carlos
, Theatre - The Royal Exchange, Manchester
1987 Coppers, BBC
1987 Home To Roost III, ITV
1986 Woundings, Theatre - The Royal Exchange, Manchester
1986 The Storyteller
, Channel 4
1986 Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
, Theatre - Hampstead Theatre
1986 Home To Roost II, ITV
1985 Bergerac
, BBC
1985 Robin of Sherwood
, ITV
1985 Home To Roost
, ITV
1984 Glamour Night, BBC
1984 Minder
, ITV
1984 A Private Function
, Feature Film - Handmade Films
1984 Winter Flight, Channel 4
1984 Threads
, BBC
1983/4 Red Saturday, Theatre - The Royal Court
1983 Beethoven’s Tenth, Theatre - The Vaudeville Theatre, London
1982 The Secret Adversary
, ITV
1982 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
, ITV
1982 Out on the Floor, BBC
1981 Knife Edge
, ITV
1980/81 Various Theatre (Northcott Theatre, Exeter - Nottingham Playhouse - Birmingham Rep)
, in Yorkshire England. The couple have two children, a daughter Elwy, and a son Luca. Dinsdale is also a great supporter of Huddersfield Town Football Club. He presented the video Beyond the Touchline that went behind the scenes at Huddersfield's former Leeds Road ground.
Starting in 2009 his Coronation Street character's van displayed a Huddersfield Town Badge stuck on the windscreen.
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...
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...
of stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, screen
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
.
Acting career
He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and DramaGuildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...
from 1977 until 1980. After initially working in Theatre in Exeter, Nottingham, Birmingham and at The Edinburgh Festival, Reece got his first TV role in the Granada thriller Knife Edge in 1981. He followed this up by appearing in Out On The Floor a single drama for the BBC in 1982. This led to him being cast as Albert in Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime is a 1983 British television series based on the short stories of the same name by Agatha Christie. It was directed by John A. Davis and Tony Wharmby, and starred James Warwick and Francesca Annis in the leading roles of husband and wife sleuths Tommy and...
series for ITV also in 1982. More theatre followed with Beethoven's Tenth with Peter Ustinov at The Vaudeville Theatre London and the highly acclaimed Red Saturday at The Royal Court. Then in 1984 he played Jimmy Kemp in the powerful nuclear war BAFTA award-winning BBC docudrama Threads
Threads
Threads is a British television drama produced by the BBC in 1984. Written by Barry Hines and directed by Mick Jackson, it is a documentary-style account of a nuclear war and its effects on the city of Sheffield in northern England....
, a-soon-to-be-father and husband caught up in a nuclear attack on Sheffield. Interestingly, that same year Dinsdale would also star in the Cold War drama Winter Flight, in which he played a shy, introverted Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
man who falls in love with a feisty barmaid. 1984 also saw Dinsdale appearing in one of his first feature films, Alan Bennett's A Private Function
A Private Function
A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley and Ben Rhydding, West Yorkshire. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival....
.
Glamour Night, another single drama for the BBC followed in 1984 before Dinsdale was cast as Matthew Willows in the British sitcom Home to Roost
Home to Roost
Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew....
written by Eric Chappell
Eric Chappell
Eric Chappell is an English comedy writer who wrote and co-wrote a number of the UK's biggest sitcom hits during the 1970s, '80s, and '90s...
and co-starring John Thaw
John Thaw
John Edward Thaw, CBE was an English actor, who appeared in a range of television, stage and cinema roles, his most popular being police and legal dramas such as Redcap, The Sweeney, Inspector Morse and Kavanagh QC.-Early life:Thaw came from a working class background, having been born in Gorton,...
. Dinsdale played Thaw's unruly teenaged son Matthew who comes to live with his estranged father after his mother throws him out. The core of the show's comedy came from constant clashing between Henry Willows (Thaw's character), who resents his son for imposing on his bachelor solitude, and Matthew's adolescent antics, which clash with his father's conservatism. The show ran for four series between 1985 and 1990. Interspersed with this were many appearances on stage, including the award-winning play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is a 1985 play by Frank McGuinness.-Plot synopsis:The play centres on the experiences of eight Unionist Irishmen who volunteer to serve in the 36th Division at the beginning of the First World War...
at The Hampstead Theatre London in 1986, Woundings and Don Carlos
Don Carlos
Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French language libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller...
at The Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester and Old Years Eve at The Royal Shakespeare Company. Whilst on television Dinsdale had leading roles in the three-part series Take Me Home, in The Attractions
The Attractions
The Attractions were best known as the backing band for Elvis Costello between 1978 and 1986, and again from 1994 through 1996. They also released one album as an independent entity in 1980.-History:...
by Tony Marchant and the single drama Coppers opposite Tim Roth (all BBC).
Dinsdale played the leading role of Jack Rover in Wild Oats in the inaugural production at the newly built West Yorkshire Playhouse in 1990. He then appeared opposite Julia Ormond and Vanessa Redgrave in the American mini-series Young Catherine
Young Catherine
Young Catherine is a 1991 American TV miniseries based on the early life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Julia Ormond as Catherine and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth....
in which he played The Grand Duke Peter. Following this he appeared at The National Theatre in David Hare's Racing Demon
Racing Demon (play)
Racing Demon is a 1990 play by English playwright David Hare. Part of a trio of plays about British institutions, it focuses on the Church of England, and tackles issues such as gay ordination, and the role of evangelism in inner-city communities...
. From 1990-1992 he co-starred in Haggard
Haggard (TV series)
Haggard a 1990—1992 British comedy television series. "Haggard" is about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's 21-year-old son Roderick, and their servant Grunge...
, a comedy set in the late 18th century written once again by Eric Chappell. In 1994 Dinsdale played the leading role in ID
ID (film)
I.D. is a 1994 British film made by BBC Films about football hooliganism, directed by Philip Davis and starring Reece Dinsdale, Sean Pertwee and Warren Clarke. It is set in the 1980s, in England, mainly London, and also shot at Millmoor and Valley Parade football grounds in Rotherham and Bradford...
, a British feature film charting the demise of a police officer who goes under-cover to root out a firm of football hooligans. Based on a true story, Dinsdale won the International Critics Award for best actor at the Geneva Film Festival for his portrayal.
Since then, Reece has continued to play leading roles on both stage and screen. Highlights include: two series of Thief Takers
Thief Takers
Thief Takers was a police drama series made by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. The show depicted the work of a team in the Metropolitan Police Service's Flying Squad...
in which he played the central role of Charlie Scott, Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland. He is best known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays including Henry V , Much Ado About Nothing , Hamlet Kenneth Charles Branagh is an actor and film director from...
's film of Hamlet
Hamlet (1996 film)
Hamlet is a 1996 film version of William Shakespeare's classic play of the same name, adapted and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the title role as Prince Hamlet...
in which he played Guildenstern opposite Timothy Spall
Timothy Spall
Timothy Leonard Spall, OBE is an English character actor and occasional presenter.-Early life:Spall, the third of four sons, was born in Battersea, London. His mother, Sylvia R. , was a hairdresser, and his father, Joseph L. Spall, was a postal worker...
's Rosencrantz, and guesting in Spooks
Spooks
Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...
, Life on Mars
Life on Mars (TV series)
Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....
, Murder in Mind, Silent Witness
Silent Witness
Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was...
and many others. He starred opposite Julie Walters in the ITV drama Ahead of the Class
Ahead of the Class
Ahead of the Class is a 2003 book and 2005 dramatic television film based on real-life events.-Plot:Marie Stubbs is a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is close to the age of retirement. After being Head teacher at The Douay Martyrs School, Ickenham, she takes on one last challenge: to improve...
and played the enigmatic Robert in Red Production's award-winning series Conviction
Conviction (2004 TV series)
Conviction is a British television crime drama that premiered on BBC Three on 7 November 2004. The six part series was written by Bill Gallagher and stars William Ash, David Warner, Ian Puleston-Davies, Reece Dinsdale, Nicholas Gleaves, Laura Fraser and Jason Watkins...
for the BBC. He starred in two series of The Chase
The Chase (TV series)
The Chase is a BBC drama series that first aired on 16 July 2006. The Chase centered around a family run veterinary practice.It was co-written by Gaynor Faye , the daughter of the show's creator, Kay Mellor...
(also for the BBC) and in two thrillers for ITV; Love Lies Bleeding and Midnight Man
Midnight Man (TV serial)
Midnight Man is a 2008 British television serial produced by Carnival Films for the ITV network. The three-part serial stars James Nesbitt as Max Raban, a former investigative journalist who discovers an international conspiracy involving government policy groups and death squads...
.
In the summer of 2008, Reece joined the cast of Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
to play the ill-fated Joe McIntyre
Joe McIntyre (Coronation Street)
Joseph "Joe" McIntyre was a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. The character was portrayed by actor Reece Dinsdale. Joe was introduced as the father of Tina McIntyre, and made his first appearing onscreen during the episode that aired in the UK on May 26, 2008...
, leaving of his own volition in February 2010. Since then he has filmed leading guest roles in Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
and Taggart
Taggart
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...
, both yet to be screened.
Writing
In 2009 Reece wrote the short film Imaginary FriendImaginary Friend
Imaginary Friend may refer to:*Imaginary friend, an invented person, animal or characterIn music:* Imaginary Friend , a Finnish indie-pop group formed in 2004* Imaginary Friend...
which was subsequently filmed and stars Maxine Peake and Zara Turner. The film was premiered on May 8, 2010 at The 360/365 Film Festival in New York.
Credits (include)
2011 Waterloo RoadWaterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
, BBC
2010 Taggart
Taggart
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...
, STV and ITV
2009 Acid Burn, Short film - Red Productions
2008-2010
Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, ITV
2008 Silent Witness
Silent Witness
Silent Witness is a BBC crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in February 1996, the series is still airing to the present day, with a fifteenth series expected to air in January 2012. The series was...
, BBC
2007 Midnight Man
Midnight Man (TV serial)
Midnight Man is a 2008 British television serial produced by Carnival Films for the ITV network. The three-part serial stars James Nesbitt as Max Raban, a former investigative journalist who discovers an international conspiracy involving government policy groups and death squads...
, ITV
2007 The Chase
The Chase (TV series)
The Chase is a BBC drama series that first aired on 16 July 2006. The Chase centered around a family run veterinary practice.It was co-written by Gaynor Faye , the daughter of the show's creator, Kay Mellor...
, BBC
2006 Life on Mars
Life on Mars (TV series)
Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....
, BBC
2006 Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)
Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...
, BBC
2006 The Chase
The Chase (TV series)
The Chase is a BBC drama series that first aired on 16 July 2006. The Chase centered around a family run veterinary practice.It was co-written by Gaynor Faye , the daughter of the show's creator, Kay Mellor...
, BBC
2005 Love Lies Bleeding, ITV
2004 Ahead of the Class
Ahead of the Class
Ahead of the Class is a 2003 book and 2005 dramatic television film based on real-life events.-Plot:Marie Stubbs is a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is close to the age of retirement. After being Head teacher at The Douay Martyrs School, Ickenham, she takes on one last challenge: to improve...
, ITV
2004 The Trouble with George, BBC
2004 Conviction
Conviction (2004 TV series)
Conviction is a British television crime drama that premiered on BBC Three on 7 November 2004. The six part series was written by Bill Gallagher and stars William Ash, David Warner, Ian Puleston-Davies, Reece Dinsdale, Nicholas Gleaves, Laura Fraser and Jason Watkins...
, BBC
2004 Rabbit on the Moon, Feature Film - Headgear Films
2003 Spooks
Spooks
Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...
, BBC
2002 Born and Bred
Born and Bred
Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. Created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery, Born and Breds cast was led by James Bolam and Michael French, who play a father and son who run a cottage hospital in Ormston, a fictional Lancashire village...
, BBC
2001 The Investigation
The Investigation
The Investigation is a science fiction/mystery novel by the Polish writer Stanisław Lem, published in 1959....
, Canadian TV/BBC
2000 Murder in Mind BBC
2000 In Deep, BBC
2000 Visiting Mr. Green
Visiting Mr. Green
Visiting Mr. Green is a stage play by American author Jeff Baron that has been performed and lauded around the world.- Storyline :86 year old widower Mr. Green is almost hit by a car driven by young corporate executive Ross Gardiner. Found guilty of reckless driving, Ross is ordered to spend the...
, Theatre - West Yorkshire Playhouse
1999 Family Fortunes
Family Fortunes
Family Fortunes is a British game show, based on the American game show Family Feud. The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 6 December 2002 before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title of All Star Family Fortunes...
, Theatre - Kings Head
1998 Love You, Too, Theatre - The Bush
1997 Romance and Rejection, Feature Film
1996 Thief Takers (second series), ITV
1996 Hamlet
Hamlet (1996 film)
Hamlet is a 1996 film version of William Shakespeare's classic play of the same name, adapted and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the title role as Prince Hamlet...
, Feature Film - Fishmonger Films
1996 China
China (film)
China is a 1943 film directed by John Farrow. It stars Loretta Young and Alan Ladd.-Cast:*Loretta Young as Carolyn Grant*Alan Ladd as David Jones*William Bendix as Johnny Sparrow*Philip Ahn as Lin Cho, First Brother*Iris Wong as Kwan Su...
, Short film - Channel 4
1995 Bliss, ITV
1995 Thief Takers
Thief Takers
Thief Takers was a police drama series made by Central Independent Television for the ITV network. The show depicted the work of a team in the Metropolitan Police Service's Flying Squad...
, ITV
1994 Morning and Evening, Theatre - Hampstead Theatre
1994 Mirandolina
Mirandolina
Mirandolina is a comic opera in three acts by Bohuslav Martinů, with a libretto by the composer after Carlo Goldoni's comedy The Mistress of the Inn ....
, Theatre - Lyric Hammersmith
1994 ID
ID (film)
I.D. is a 1994 British film made by BBC Films about football hooliganism, directed by Philip Davis and starring Reece Dinsdale, Sean Pertwee and Warren Clarke. It is set in the 1980s, in England, mainly London, and also shot at Millmoor and Valley Parade football grounds in Rotherham and Bradford...
, Feature Film - Parallax Pictures
1993 A Going Concern, Theatre - Hampstead Theatre
1992 Full Stretch, ITV
1992 Revengers Tragedy
Revengers Tragedy
Revengers Tragedy is a film adaptation of the 1606 play The Revenger's Tragedy . It was directed by Alex Cox and adapted for the screen by Cox's fellow Liverpudlian, Frank Cottrell Boyce...
, Theatre - West Yorkshire Playhouse
1991 Racing Demon
Racing Demon (play)
Racing Demon is a 1990 play by English playwright David Hare. Part of a trio of plays about British institutions, it focuses on the Church of England, and tackles issues such as gay ordination, and the role of evangelism in inner-city communities...
, Theatre - The National Theatre
1991 Playboy of the Western World, Theatre - West Yorkshire Playhouse
1991 Young Catherine
Young Catherine
Young Catherine is a 1991 American TV miniseries based on the early life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Julia Ormond as Catherine and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth....
, Mini-Series - America/Canada TV
1990 Haggard
Haggard (TV series)
Haggard a 1990—1992 British comedy television series. "Haggard" is about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's 21-year-old son Roderick, and their servant Grunge...
, ITV
1990 Wild Oats, Theatre - West Yorkshire Playhouse
1989 Haggard
Haggard
Haggard means worn out and exhausted because of suffering.Haggard may also refer to:* Haggard * Haggard , a German symphonic metal group* Haggard , a British comedy television series...
, ITV
1989 Boys Mean Business, Theatre - The Bush
1989 Home to Roost IV, ITV
1989 The Attractions
The Attractions
The Attractions were best known as the backing band for Elvis Costello between 1978 and 1986, and again from 1994 through 1996. They also released one album as an independent entity in 1980.-History:...
, BBC
1988 Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros , also known as rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia....
, Theatre - Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
1988 Take Me Home, BBC
1987 Old Years Eve, Theatre - The Royal Shakespeare Company
1987 Don Carlos
Don Carlos
Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French language libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller...
, Theatre - The Royal Exchange, Manchester
1987 Coppers, BBC
1987 Home To Roost III, ITV
1986 Woundings, Theatre - The Royal Exchange, Manchester
1986 The Storyteller
The Storyteller
The StoryTeller is a live-action/puppet television series. It was an American/British co-production which originally aired in 1988 and was created and produced by Jim Henson....
, Channel 4
1986 Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme is a 1985 play by Frank McGuinness.-Plot synopsis:The play centres on the experiences of eight Unionist Irishmen who volunteer to serve in the 36th Division at the beginning of the First World War...
, Theatre - Hampstead Theatre
1986 Home To Roost II, ITV
1985 Bergerac
Bergerac (TV series)
Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show...
, BBC
1985 Robin of Sherwood
Robin of Sherwood
Robin of Sherwood , was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 1984 to 1986 on the ITV network. In America it was retitled Robin Hood and shown on the premium cable TV channel...
, ITV
1985 Home To Roost
Home to Roost
Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew....
, ITV
1984 Glamour Night, BBC
1984 Minder
Minder (TV series)
Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
, ITV
1984 A Private Function
A Private Function
A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley and Ben Rhydding, West Yorkshire. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival....
, Feature Film - Handmade Films
1984 Winter Flight, Channel 4
1984 Threads
Threads
Threads is a British television drama produced by the BBC in 1984. Written by Barry Hines and directed by Mick Jackson, it is a documentary-style account of a nuclear war and its effects on the city of Sheffield in northern England....
, BBC
1983/4 Red Saturday, Theatre - The Royal Court
1983 Beethoven’s Tenth, Theatre - The Vaudeville Theatre, London
1982 The Secret Adversary
The Secret Adversary
The Secret Adversary is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head in January 1922 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition...
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1982 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime is a 1983 British television series based on the short stories of the same name by Agatha Christie. It was directed by John A. Davis and Tony Wharmby, and starred James Warwick and Francesca Annis in the leading roles of husband and wife sleuths Tommy and...
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1982 Out on the Floor, BBC
1981 Knife Edge
Knife Edge
Knife Edge is a 2009 British thriller film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Nathalie Press, Hugh Bonneville and Tamsin Egerton.-Plot:...
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1980/81 Various Theatre (Northcott Theatre, Exeter - Nottingham Playhouse - Birmingham Rep)
Personal life
Privately Dinsdale lives with his wife, British actress Zara TurnerZara Turner
-Acting career:Turner appeared alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah in the 1998 romantic drama film Sliding Doors and as Dr Angela Moloney again with John Hannah in the television series McCallum from 1995–1998....
, in Yorkshire England. The couple have two children, a daughter Elwy, and a son Luca. Dinsdale is also a great supporter of Huddersfield Town Football Club. He presented the video Beyond the Touchline that went behind the scenes at Huddersfield's former Leeds Road ground.
Starting in 2009 his Coronation Street character's van displayed a Huddersfield Town Badge stuck on the windscreen.