Michael Nardone (born 20 January 1967) is a Scottish actor. He was raised in
Ballingry,
Fife
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and trained in Drama at
Queen Margaret University in
Edinburgh.
He starred as Mascius in the
BBC/
HBO
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/
RAI TV series
Rome and appeared as
DCI Richard Whiteside in
BBC Scotland
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It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...
drama
River City.
His many stage credits include
Macbeth
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and
King Lear for the
Royal National Theatre
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and Stitchers by
Esther Freud at the Jermyn Street Theatre alongside
Sinéad Cusack.
Selected filmography
* ''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1992) – Stevie
* ''
Being Human'' (1994) – Raider
* ''
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'' (1996, TV Series) – PC Joe Duggan
* ''
The Bill'' (1998-2008, TV Series) – Gordon McCardle / Everett / Jeremy Dyson
* ''
The Match'' (1999) – Dingus
* ''
The Miracle Maker'' (2000) – (voice)
* ''
Silent Witness
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'' (2002, TV Series) – PC Shaun Nicholson
* ''
Dot the I'' (2003) – Detective 2
* ''
Steel River Blues
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'' (2004, TV Series) – Dave Tanner
* ''
Rome'' (2005–2007, TV Series) – Mascius
* ''
Skins'' (2008, TV Series) – Sandy Jenkins
* ''
Merlin
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'' (2009, TV Series) – Kendrick
* ''
Jinx'' (2009, TV Series) – Mike / Mr Peckgrind
* ''
Durham County'' (2010, TV Series) – Ivan Sujic
* ''
Ben Hur'' (2010, TV Mini-Series) – Hortator
* ''Combat Kids'' (2010, TV Series) – Steve
* ''
Mercenaries
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'' (2011) – Radovic
* ''
Intruders'' (2011) – Frank
* ''The Somnambulists'' (2011) – Man 3
* ''
The Field of Blood'' (2013, TV Series) – DI Michael Gallagher
* ''Wayland's Song'' (2013) – Wayland
*
Line of Duty
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(2014, TV Series) – O'Neill
* ''
Shetland
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The islands lie about to the no ...
'' (2014, TV series) – Donnie Tulloch
* ''National Theatre Live: King Lear'' (2014) – The Duke of Cornwall
* ''
Child 44
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'' (2015) – Semyon Okun
* ''
The Night Manager
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Plot summary
Jonathan Pin ...
'' (2016, TV Mini-Series) – Frisky
* ''
Whisky Galore!'' (2016) – Brown
* ''
Rogue One'' (2016) – Shield Gate Officer
* ''
Clique'' (2018, TV Series) – Alec McStay
* ''
Traces'' (2019, TV Series) – DI Neil McKinven
References
External links
*
1966 births
Living people
People from Ballingry
Scottish male television actors
Scottish male film actors
Alumni of Queen Margaret University
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