Colin McFarlane

TV Actor

Colin McFarlane was born in Upper Clapton, England, United Kingdom on September 15th, 1961 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 62, Colin McFarlane biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
September 15, 1961
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Upper Clapton, England, United Kingdom
Age
62 years old
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Television Actor
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Colin McFarlane Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 62 years old, Colin McFarlane has this physical status:

Height
180cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Not Available
Eye Color
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Build
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Measurements
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Colin McFarlane Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
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Education
Loughborough University
Colin McFarlane Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Kate McFarlane ​(m. 1993)​
Children
1
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
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Colin McFarlane Career

Mcfarlane's first professional television role was in 1985 with a three episode guest stint, as Detective Sergeant Watson, in ITV's hit police procedural Dempsey and Makepeace. From there, he would go on to feature in London Weekend Television's made-for-TV film Dutch Girls, alongside Colin Firth and fellow Outlander alumni Bill Paterson. The next year he featured in an episode of London Weekend Television's maternity mini-series To Have and To Hold, which focused on a surrogate mother carrying a child for her sister. In 1988, McFarlane guest starred in a season two episode of ITV's drama Bust, which followed a man in the wake of bankruptcy.

1992 saw McFarlane appear in CITV's children's series Tales From the Poop Deck, where he portrayed Lieutenant Parkinson of HMS Intrepid, and a guest appearance on several episodes of Channel 4's sitcom Sean's Show. Later that year he would feature in an episode of mystery series Virtual Murder, an episode of BBC's anthology series Screen One entitled Black and Blue, and the made-for-TV film Lenny Henry: In Dreams. In 1993 he would guest star in children's series Runaway Bay and ITV's comedy Jeeves and Wooster, which focused on Hugh Laurie's Wooster and Stephen Fry's Jeeves. Two years later he would have guest appearances on ITV's Class Act and BBC's police procedural Backup.

McFarlane would go on, in 1996, to feature in an episode of BBC's Rowan Atkinson led police comedy The Thin Blue Line, Channel 4's made-for-TV film The Final Passage, and the finale of ITV's four part thriller series Circles of Deceit.

His numerous TV credits include Judge John Deed, Jonathan Creek, Casualty, Death in Paradise, Father Brown and Holby City. He has also appeared in two of the UK's most-watched soap operas. He appeared in five episodes of Coronation Street from August to September 2010 as a consultant neurosurgeon, Mr Jordan, and played DCI Irving in an episode of EastEnders in April 2014 as part of the "Who Killed Lucy Beale?" storyline.

He has also made regular appearances in British TV comedy, in the shows The Fast Show, Randall & Hopkirk, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Harry and Paul and The Thin Blue Line. He played Inspector Norris in the Black Books episode The Blackout, Inspector Terrence Brown in the first episode of Dirk Gently and voiced the Judge in the 2016 revival of the sitcom Porridge.

He also featured in the CBBC shows M.I. High and Hounded as the evil Dr Muhahahaha.

McFarlane's first film was 1996's short film A Mulatto Song, which focused on the life of George Bridgetower, a virtuoso violinist from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The next year would see him feature in the direct-to-film film I'd Like A Word With You, a corporate training video on how to deal with discipline interviews. He portrayed Police Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb in the critically acclaimed films Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008). He has also made numerous appearances in the Doctor Who franchise, voicing the Heavenly Host in the Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned" and playing Moran in the "Under the Lake" and "Before the Flood" episodes of the ninth series from 2015. In addition, he also appeared in the third series of Torchwood, Children of Earth, as the American military representative Colonel Pierce.

He appears alongside Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer in the action horror film Patient Zero (2018). He then appeared as the governor in the 2019 thriller film Crawl, featuring Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper.

McFarlane's first voice role was in 1994 as Othello in S4C's Emmy Award winning animated series Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, which adapted and condensed classic Shakespearean plays for children. The next year would see him voice the main villain in BBC's animated series Oscar's Orchestra, which explored a future where music was banned. In 1996, McFarlane voiced two characters, God and Goliath, in the Emmy winning animated series Testament: The Bible in Animation. From there he would go on to voice the recurring role of Sergeant Slipper, from 1996 to 1998, in the animated Dennis the Menace cartoon Dennis and Gnasher.

His best-known voice roles include JJ and Skip in the original series of Bob the Builder, and as the narrator on the ITV gameshow The Cube. He has also voiced Jonah in the 1997 animated series Captain Pugwash, Bulgy the Double Decker Bus and Beresford the Crane in Thomas & Friends and its 2017 feature film Journey Beyond Sodor. In addition, he played the part of Elvis the horse in Iconicles, Sparky the dragon in Mike the Knight, voiced several characters in the episode "The Sweater" of The Amazing World of Gumball., and as well as Police Constable Malcolm Williams in the twelfth series of Fireman Sam and its 2020 1-hour special, Norman Price and the Mystery in the Sky.

He played US General Trent Stone in the 2014 original audio drama Osiris by Everybodyelse Productions.

McFarlane has lent his voice to numerous video games, the earliest being 1996's Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars. He would go on to voice characters in G-Police, Codename: Tenka, and The City of Lost Children in 1997. He also voiced Greg in the Buzz! quiz game series, the character Avalon Centrifuge in the 2011 game LittleBigPlanet 2, and provided additional dialogue for Batman: Arkham Knight. He played "The Forgotten One", the central villain of the two downloadable content packs for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Also lending his voice to Thunder, in the first Fable video game.

In 2013, McFarlane appeared with Lenny Henry in a critically acclaimed revival of August Wilson's Fences at the Duchess Theatre in London's West End.

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Colin McFarlane, a member of the Dark Knight, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 12, 2023
Colin McFarlane has confirmed that he has early stage prostate cancer. Following his medical examination in December, the actor, 61, who is best known for his role in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, spoke out about his illness.

Hundreds of people attended the funeral of a WWII soldier in one of the Caribbean's last 'Pilots of the Caribbean.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 25, 2023
Hundreds of mourners have descended on the church for the funeral (pictured left, top, and bottom right) of one of the last 'Pilots of the Caribbean' who served in the Second World War. Flight Sergeant Peter Brown (inset) who flew Lancaster Bombers during WW2, died alone in Maida Vale, west London, in December last year. The 'humble and cheery' RAF veteran died without a single family, prompting an appeal to locate his relatives. Flt Sgt Brown's send-off at St Clement Danes Church, the central church of the RAF, was packed with 600 mourners after the appeal went viral. In March, he was supposed to have a funeral at a smaller chapel in Mortlake, south-west London, but Westminster Council's appeal saw them flooded with people wanting to give him a "befitting to his dignity." Relative Brooke Alexander, one of the Jamaican capital Kingston, had travelled more than 4,000 miles to attend.

A greater Manchester police officer has been sentenced to prison for using cadet training as a 'grooming playground,' according to the officer

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 24, 2023
Pc Adnan Ali instead used the award-winning unit as a 'groom playground,' in the most graphic example of a police officer exploiting his misguided sexual urges, according to a judge. Since being found guilty of five counts of sexual assault against teenage cadets and 15 counts of misconduct in a public office because of his sexualized messages, the shamed 36-year-old was facing a lengthy prison term and the forfeiture of his police pension. Following Ali's arrest, Greater Manchester Police chiefs released a grovelling apology for what Ali's trial was told was "inadequate oversight" by senior officers, which helped him get away with his predatory behavior. Ali's offences are 'abhorrent,' according to Assistant Chief Constable Colin McFarlane, who admitted that 'not enough was done' to'supervise and monitor him.' Mr McFarlane told MailOnline that he was "very aware" that this was happening in the case of other cases involving police officers.'
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