Robert Alexander Cavanah (born December 1965) is a Scottish stage and film actor, writer, director and
producer.
Biography
Robert Cavanah was born in
Edinburgh
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. He attended
James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh followed by the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1986. However, he left after just one term but went on to graduate from a three-year acting course at
Drama Centre London in 1994, part of the
University of the Arts London.
He now lives in Kent.
Career
Filmmaking
Cavanah wrote, produced and directed the short films ''Soldier's Leap'' (1999), ''
Fish'' (2001), and ''Trumps'' (2001).
He made his directorial
feature film
A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film (Film, motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole present ...
debut in ''
Pimp'' (2010), which he wrote and in which he also starred.
[
He established a film production company called R&R Films (later R&R Film) along with Royd Tolkien in 2010,]
Acting
Film and television
He played Adam Carnegie in the ITV drama series '' The Royal'' for three series and played Tommy Grant in the BBC1 soap opera ''EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...
''. He starred in the 1998 ITV version of '' Wuthering Heights'' as Heathcliff. He played Ian in '' Emmerdale'' and guest starred on the second series of Outlander shot in 2015.Rebus
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'', '' Silent Witness'', '' Highlander: The Raven'', '' Casualty'', '' DCI Banks'', '' Waterloo Road'', ''The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...
'', '' The Governor'', '' The Borgias'', '' Shetland'', '' Hatfields & McCoys'' and as Robert Stevenson in the BBC television drama-documentary series '' Seven Wonders of the Industrial World'' which chronicled the design and construction of the Bell Rock Lighthouse.
Theatre
He appeared at the Royal National Theatre
The National Theatre (NT), officially the Royal National Theatre and sometimes referred to in international contexts as the National Theatre of Great Britain, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England, ...
in 2010/11 in the Ena Lamont Stewart play '' Men Should Weep'' in the role of John Morrison alongside Sharon Small. He played the title role in ''MacBeth'' at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, directed by David Thacker (February 2012).
In 2015–16, Cavanah played John Churchill in the RSC's production of Helen Edmundson's '' Queen Anne'' and Scandal in the RSC production of '' Love for Love''.RSC official website
, rsc.org.uk; accessed 8 February 2016.
In 2019 he appeared at the Park Theatre in the
Meghan Kenedy play ''
Napoli, Brooklyn'' in the role of Nic Muscolino.
Filmography
Film
Television
Footnotes
References
External links
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1965 births
Living people
20th-century Scottish actors
21st-century Scottish actors
British male soap opera actors
People educated at James Gillespie's High School
Male actors from Edinburgh