Gary McDonald
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Gary McDonald (born in London in 1961) is an English actor of Jamaican descent. A student at Elliott school in Putney, McDonald played football for Wimbledon FC under Dario Gradi.
He was a member of the Royal Court Theatre from 1979-80, appearing in various plays at the Court such as Hard time Pressure, Hero’s Welcome and Che Walker’s Been so Long. In the 1980’s he performed with the Talawa Theatre company in The Black Jacobins, The Importance of Being Earnest and A Raisin in the Sun with the Black Theatre. He appeared at the Royal National Theatre in Macbeth and Black Poppies, Rhapsody in Black & White and at The Cottlesloe in Blood Wedding. Other theatre credits include Scrape of the Black and Mike Leigh’s It’s a Great Big Shame at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
His first notable television role came in 1987 when he was cast as Darren Roberts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He left the role in 1988. He has also appeared in Numb3ers, The Bill, Between the Lines, South of the Border, as Captain John Black in Dream Team (1999-2006) and in Brothers and Sisters, among others. He has also appeared in various films.
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Acting
Movie
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
as Blackwood
2010
Movie
Secrets & Lies
as Boxer
1996
TV
Numb3rs
as LAPD #1
2005
TV
Death in Paradise
as Temmy Verga
2011
Movie
Until Death
as Larenz
2007
Movie
The Shepherd: Border Patrol
as Billy Pawnell
2008
TV
EastEnders
as Darren
1985
Movie
All or Nothing
as Neville
2002
TV
Steal
as Deuchart
2026
Movie
Outpost: Black Sun
as Abbot
2012
TV
The Tower
as Harry Bowman
2021
TV
Wire in the Blood
as Lenny Mestone
2002
TV
Holby City
as Thomas Abara
1999
Movie
Private Number
as The Knight
2015
Movie
Young Soul Rebels
as Davis
1991
TV
Alistair MacLean's Air Force One Is Down
as Pilot Walsh
2014
TV
Murder in Mind
as DC Jed Culshaw
2001
Movie
#Unknown
as The Knight
2022
Movie
Mob Rules
as Tyrone
2011
Movie
Burning an Illusion
as Policeman
1981
Movie
A Miracle Before Christmas
as Bartender Gary
2022
TV
Screen Two
as Gee
1985
TV
Dream Team
as John Black
1997
Movie
London's Burning: The Movie
as Andreas 'Ethnic' Lewis
1986