Michael Carter (actor)

Michael Carter (born 29 June 1947)[1] is a Scottish actor of film, stage and television, well known for portraying Gerald Bringsley in An American Werewolf in London, Von Thurnburg in The Illusionist and Bib Fortuna in the third instalment of the original Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi.

Michael Carter
Born	(1947-06-29) 29 June 1947 Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor, writer
Years active	1971–present
Known for	Return of the Jedi An American Werewolf in London

Early years

He was born and brought up in Dumfries, Scotland. Carter was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London.

Career

Carter's earliest role was in Doctor Who (in the 1971 serial The Mind of Evil), which he played as a UNIT Soldier and a Prisoner. He made his film debut in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as London Underground passenger Gerald Bringsley, although he is probably best known for his portrayal of Bib Fortuna in Return of the Jedi (1983). Carter also played Radu Molasar in Michael Mann's cult horror movie The Keep (1983). He has been in several other films including The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), A Christmas Carol (1984) as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Young Adam (2003), The Illusionist (2006) and Centurion (2010).

Onstage Carter has appeared at the National Theatre, the West End and on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman. He co-wrote the film One Man's War which starred Anthony Hopkins.

He has made many appearances on television including both series of Rebus with both John Hannah and Ken Stott, and Taggart. He also starred as the husband of Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon in the 1992 TV mini-series Seekers and as Tulloch the head of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service in Thames TV's seven part series Call Red. Carter created the role of Douglas Raeburn in twenty two episodes of BBC Scotland's Two Thousand Acres of Sky.

He has done voice work in video games, as Biorr of the Twin Fangs and Blacksmiths Ed and Boldwin in Demon's Souls, and as Hawkeye Gough in the Artorias of the Abyss add-on content for Dark Souls.

In October 2012, he appeared briefly in Hunted, as Vincent Cage, a genius mathematician before being killed by Jack Turner (Patrick Malahide).[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	An American Werewolf in London	Gerald Bringsley
1982	The Draughtsman's Contract	Mr Clarke	Credited as Mike Carter
1983	Return of the Jedi	Bib Fortuna
	The Keep	Radu Molasar
1985	Out of the Darkness	Julian Reid
2003	Young Adam	Prosecutor
2006	The Illusionist	Von Thurnburg
	Attack Force	Admiral Morgan
2010	Centurion	General Antoninus

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil	Prisoner/UNIT Soldier	Episodes 3,4 and 5, uncredited
1982	Nobody's Hero	Dodge	5 episodes
	Saturday Night Thriller	Ringer	Episode: Grass
1983	Heather Ann	Geoffrey	TV movie
	Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime	Rodriguez	Episode: The Ambassador's Boots
1984	A Christmas Carol	Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come	TV Movie
1986-2005	Taggart	Jack Stobo/Sandy Russell	2 episodes
1991	One Man's War		TV movie Writer only
1992	Civvies	Arnie	4 episodes
1994	How High the Moon		TV mini-series
1995	The Tales of Para Handy	Rankin	Episode: Para Handy's Piper
1996	Call Red	Philip Tulloch
1999	C15: The New Professionals	Superintendent	Episode: Hostage
2000-07	Rebus	Rev John Carson/Joe Toal	2 episodes
2001-03	Two Thousand Acres of Sky	Douglas Raeburn	13 episodes
2003	Seven Wonders of the Industrial World	John Scott Russell	Episode: The Great Ship
2004	Red Cap	Maj. Gen. Guy Walpole	Episode: Betrayed
	Rosemary & Thyme	Professor Reeves	Episode: Swords into Ploughshares
2005	Casualty	Michael de Fraine	4 episodes
2006	Spooks	Sir Maurice Clark	Series 5 episode 10, Also known as MI-5
2012	Hunted	Vincent Cage	Episode: Kismet
2017	The Halcyon	Wilfred Reynolds

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2009	Demon's Souls	Biorr of the Twin Fangs Blacksmith Boldwin Blacksmith Ed
2011	Dark Souls	Hawkeye Gough

References

1. "Michael Carter - Behind The Voice Actors". Retrieved 19 November 2017.
2. "Hunted Cast List". Radio Times.

External links

• Michael Carter on IMDb
• Michael Carter BFI