Jimmy Chisholm (born 16 September 1956 in

Inverness Inverness (; ; from the , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highland ...

) is a Scottish actor in film, theatre and television. He trained as an actor at Queen Margaret University’s School of Drama in

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. He currently plays the part of Sonny Caplan in the

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production, ''

River City ''River City'' is a Scottish television soap opera created by Stephen Greenhorn which has been broadcast on BBC One Scotland since September 2002. Since 2019, the show has aired episodes a day earlier on the new BBC Scotland channel. Set in ...

''. He played Jimmy Blair from 1980 to 1986 in

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's long-running soap opera ''

Take the High Road ''Take the High Road'' (renamed ''High Road'' from 1994 to 2003) was a Scottish soap opera produced by Scottish Television, which started in February 1980 as an ITV (TV network), ITV daytime programme, and was broadcast until 2003. It was set in ...

''. In film, his credits include ''

Braveheart ''Braveheart'' is a 1995 American epic film, epic historical drama, historical war drama film directed and produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays Scottish warrior William Wallace in the First War of Scottish Independence against Edward I of Engl ...

'' (1995), as Faudron, and '' Mrs Brown'' (1997), as Mr Grant. On the stage, Chisholm is mostly associated with the

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which he calls his "acting home". Chisholm was Assistant Director for the Fifth Estate Theatre Company's production of Allan Sharpe's play ''The Burgher's Tale'' at the Netherbow Theatre in 1994.''The Burgher's Tale'' theatre programme, Fifth Estate Theatre Company, 1994

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* 1956 births Living people People from Inverness Scottish male soap opera actors Scottish male television actors Take the High Road {{Scotland-actor-stub