Richard Mark Bonnar (born 19 November 1968) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Max in '' Guilt'', Duncan Hunter in ''

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'', Bruno Jenkins in '' Casualty'', Detective Finney in '' Psychoville'', DCC Mike Dryden in '' Line of Duty'', Colin Osborne in '' Unforgotten'', Townsend in ''

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and '' Field in ''

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''.

Career

On television, Bonnar has appeared as Peter Mayhew in

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's '' New Blood'' and Chris in the

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comedy '' Catastrophe'', a role which he reprised in the following series. He also portrays the Rev. Adam Collingbourne in ITV's '' Home Fires'', John Halliday in ''

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'', as well as regular Duncan Hunter in ''

'' for BBC One. Other television credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Case Histories'', '' The Paradise'', '' Doctor Who'', '' Psychoville'', ''

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'', '' Phoneshop'' and ''

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''. In 2005, he portrayed regular Bruno Jenkins in the BBC One series '' Casualty''. In 2018, he portrayed Dr Neil Sommer in the Channel 4 series ''

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''. His theatre performances include Bosola in ''

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'' at the

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, London in 2012, ''Philistines'' at the Lyttelton, National Theatre in May 2007, Phil in ''Mammals'' in a national tour in 2006, David in ''A Girl in a Car with a Man'' at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in December 2004, Benedick in ''

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'' at the

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in September 2004, ''

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'' at the National Theatre in 2004 and ''Parade'' at the

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in September 2007. Bonnar provides the voice and

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of Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch in the 2013 video game '' Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''. He also provides the voice and motion capture for Townsend in the 2016 game ''

''. He also features in the Doctor Who series '' Doom Coalition'' from

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, where he portrays the Eleven, a villainous Time Lord who retains the personalities of his past incarnations in his mind. Bonnar also voices Twigs and Box in the

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series ''

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''.

Personal life

Bonnar was born in

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to environmental artist Stan and his wife Rosi. Stan's job as town artist for the Scottish New Towns meant the family moved around and Mark spent his childhood in

Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire Stonehouse is a rural village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on Avon Water in an area of natural beauty and historical interest, near to the Clyde Valley. It is on the A71 trunk road between Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, near the towns o ...

, attending Stonehouse Primary School. By 1981 the family had moved to Edinburgh and Mark attended Leith Academy. He married actress Lucy Gaskell on 28 December 2007. Their first child, Martha, was born in July 2011, and their second, Samuel, in June 2015.

Filmography

Audio work

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnar, Mark 1968 births Living people 20th-century Scottish male actors 21st-century Scottish male actors Scottish male film actors Scottish male radio actors Scottish male television actors Scottish male voice actors Male actors from Edinburgh People educated at Leith Academy