Mark Bonnar

Mark Bonnar Biography

Mark Bonnar (born 19 November 1968) is a British BAFTA Scotland winning actor widely known for his roles as Duncan Hunter in Shetland, Bruno Jenkins in Casualty, Detective Finney in Psychoville, DCC Mike Dryden in Line of Duty, John Halliday in Undercover and Townsend in Battlefield 1.

Career

On television, Bonnar has appeared as Peter Mayhew in BBC1's New Blood and Chris in the highly successful Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe, a role which he reprises in series 2. He also plays the Rev. Adam Collingbourne in ITV's Home Fires, John Halliday in Undercover, as well as regular Duncan Hunter in Shetland for BBC1. Other television credits include Vera, Grantchester, Case Histories, The Paradise, Doctor Who, Psychoville, Taggart, Phoneshop and Paradox. In 2005, he played regular Bruno Jenkins in the BBC1 series Casualty.

His theatre performances include Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic, 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 Much Ado About Nothing at the Salisbury Playhouse in September 2004, Cyrano de Bergerac at the National Theatre in 2004 and Parade at the Donmar Warehouse in September 2007.

Bonnar provides the voice and motion capture 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 Battlefield 1.

Bonnar also voices Twigs and Box in the CBeebies series Tree Fu Tom.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Rebus	DI Jim Margolies
2002	Wire in the Blood	Stevie McTeer
2003	Loving You	DC Colin Morris
2003	Taggart	Dr. Phillip Gardner
2005	Afterlife	Ben Varcoe
2005	Casualty@Holby City	Bruno Jenkins
2005-2006	Casualty	Bruno Jenkins
2007	The Trial of Tony Blair	Tommy
	Nuclear Secrets	Penkovsky
	The Bill	Ray Moore
	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	DC Ed Harvey
	Britz	Richard
2009	Paradox	D.S. Ben Holt
2010	PhoneShop	Don
2011	Doctor Who	Jimmy
2011	Psychoville	Detective Finney
2012	Playhouse Presents	Gerry McCluskey
	Twenty Twelve	Ben Farrell
	The Paradise	Peter Adler
2013-present	Shetland	Duncan Hunter
2013	Silent Witness	Piers Christie
	Case Histories	Andy Marshall
	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch	Video game Voice and motion capture
2014	Line of Duty	DCC Dryden
	Law & Order: UK	Mark Glendon
	Grantchester	Dr. Robinson
	Camera Trap	Iain
2015	Midsomer Murders	William Carnavon
	All the Ordinary Angels	Mr. Taylor
	Vera	Danny Pryor
	Home Fires	Reverend Adam Collingborne
	Jekyll & Hyde	Lord Protheroe
2015-present	Catastrophe	Chris
2016	Billionaire Ransom	Lawrence Close	Film
2016-present	Undercover	John Halliday
2016-present	New Blood	Peter Mayhew
2016	Porridge (2016)	Officer Meekie	Pilot of revival
2017	Unforgotten	Barrister Colin Osborne	Series 2
2017	Apple Tree Yard	Gary Carmichael

Personal life

Bonnar was born in Edinburgh. 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.

Radio work

Title	Role	Director	Station
A Tiny Light in the Darkness	Daniel	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
Cut to the Heart	Pete	Kirsty Williams	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
Piper Alpha		Toby Swift	BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3

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