Gary Whelan

Gary Whelan
Gary Whelan
Born	1953; Dublin,[1] Ireland

Gary Whelan (born 1953) is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television.

Early life

Whelan was born in Ireland but he relocated to London when he was ten years old. He then attended Holloway School.[2]

Acting

He has portrayed several roles in the police force. He starred in the BBC soap opera EastEnders twice, once as DS Terry Rich from 1985 to 1987, and later as DS Paul Kemmit in the spin-off EastEnders: Perfectly Frank in 2003. He played DS Terry Amson in Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren in 1991, D.I Kent in "Brookside" , D.I. Harry Haines in the ITV drama, The Bill in 1992–1995, and he also played a policeman in the 1991 film Bernard and the Genie, among others.

He also played Brendan Kearney, the village schoolmaster in Ballykissangel (1996–2001).

On stage Whelan has played Horatio in Hamlet and Salisbury in Richard II. He has also appeared in two of the Pink Panther movies and his other film credits include Cry Freedom, Paper Marriage, Moll Flanders and Michael Collins. Recent film roles were O’Connor in Villa of Roses and Declan Murphy in A Flight of Fancy.

Among Whelan's other television credits are Glenroe, Angels, Hideaway, Minder, The Royal and Kavanagh QC. Gary has also been seen in the roles of Sam Tilley in Uncle Silas and Charlie Pearch in In Deep. In 2005 he appeared in the BBC hospital drama Casualty@Holby City and in 2006 he starred in Channel 4's Goldplated.

Personal life

Whelan's wife is named Gabrielle and they have five children: Jamie-Jo, Harry, Ella, Finnbar and Molly.

Whelan lived in Brighton and owned its popular Lion & Lobster pub from 2001[3] until 2014 when he sold it to a pub chain for £4.5 million and moved to Dublin.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1980	Babylon	CID Detective #2
1982	Trail of the Pink Panther	4th Mafia Boss
1983	Ascendancyy	Soldier
1983	Curse of the Pink Panther	4th Mafia Boss
1987	Zoeken naar Eileen	Marc Nolan
1987	Cry Freedom	Police sergeant
1992	Papierowe malzenstwo	Boss
1996	Moll Flanders	Prison Guard
1996	Michael Collins	Hoey
2001	One Up on Two	Postman
2002	Villa des Roses	Mr. O'Connor
2004	Beyond the Sea	Jules Podell
2006	The Contract	Stanfield
2008	Telstar: The Joe Meek Story	Detective
2014	Dracula Untold	Lucian's Monk #3
2016	Out of Innocence	Judge Griffin

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References

Vowles, Neil (8 April 2014). "London pub chain buys Brighton's Lion and Lobster for record £4.5m". The Argus. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
The Old Camdenians Club. Retrieved 31 January 2015
"Bill star takes on roaring trade". The Argus. 4 July 2001. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

External links

Gary Whelan on IMDb

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[argus-1-1] Vowles, Neil (8 April 2014). "London pub chain buys Brighton's Lion and Lobster for record £4.5m". The Argus. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[camdenians-2] The Old Camdenians Club. Retrieved 31 January 2015

[3] "Bill star takes on roaring trade". The Argus. 4 July 2001. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2010.