Steven Mackintosh
Steven Mackintosh (born 30 April 1967) is an English actor and narrator. He is perhaps best known for his role as Andreas Tanis in the action horror films Underworld: Evolution (2006) and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009).
Steven Mackintosh | |
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| Born | 30 April 1967 |
| Occupation | Actor and narrator |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 |
Mackintosh received a British Academy Television Award nomination for his leading role in the BBC One television film Care (2000). His other notable roles were in the films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and The Land Girls (1998), as well as the first season of Luther (2010).
Early life
Mackintosh was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, the son of Dorothy Parris and Malcolm Mackintosh.[1] He attended Icknield Primary School in Sawston,[2] Sawston Village College and Dramawise Theatre School. He made his stage debut aged 12 at the Bush Theatre, London and then landed the lead role in the National Theatre production of Brighton Beach Memoirs.[3]
Career
Film
Mackintosh's first film appearance was in Prick Up Your Ears. He went on to star in Memphis Belle, Twelfth Night, and David Leland's Land Girls with Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel and co-starred with Rupert Graves in Different For Girls as a transgender woman. He played Winston in Guy Ritchie's film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. His other notable films include Roger Michell's The Mother, The Jacket, Good with Viggo Mortensen, Underworld: Evolution and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. He played Tony in Rupert Wyatt's feature The Escapist and Kertzer in Film 4's The Scouting Book For Boys. Mackintosh played Ivan Lewis in the big screen version of The Sweeney. He played Jack in Set Fire to the Stars with Elijah Wood and worked with Michael Caton Jones for the second time on his film Urban Hymn.
Radio
He played Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's fictional police detective Martin Beck in the BBC Radio drama series The Martin Beck Killings.
Television
Mackintosh played DS Winter in the 10 part series Lucky Man, created by Stan Lee for Carnival films and Sky TV. He played Robbo in From There to Here by BAFTA winning writer Peter Bowker for the BBC and played John Coniston in the acclaimed Inside Men for BBC 1. His other numerous credits include: Luther, Lost Christmas, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Buddha of Suburbia, Prime Suspect and Our Mutual Friend. Mackintosh won Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards and a Best Actor Nomination at the BAFTAs for his role in Care for the BBC. In recent years he has become a popular choice to narrate documentaries. He replaced Jamie Theakston to narrate the BBC police documentary, Traffic Cops. He also narrates on the documentary Aircrash Confidential from Discovery Communications and Saving Lives At Sea on BBC 2.
Personal life
He has a sister, Lynda. He is married to the actress Lisa Jacobs. They have two daughters, Martha Mackintosh (born 1992) and Blythe Mackintosh (born 1996). He is a fan of Manchester United.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Nanny | Tony | TV series (1 episode: "The Home Front") |
| 1984 | See How They Run | Willie Biggs | TV film |
| 1985 | The Browning Version | John Taplow | TV film |
| Doctor Who | Gazak | TV series (1 episode: "Timelash: Part 1") | |
| Summer Season | TV series (1 episode: "Broken Homes") | ||
| The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 133⁄4 | Nigel Partridge | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 1987 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Peter Van Daan | TV series (3 episodes) |
| The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole | Nigel Partridge | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| Prick Up Your Ears | Simon Ward | ||
| 1988 | Tickets for the Titanic | Josh | TV series (1 episode: "Everyone's A Winner") |
| The Storyteller | Lucky | TV series (1 episode: "The Luck Child") | |
| 1989 | The Woman in Black | Rolfe | TV film |
| 1990 | Treasure Island | Dick | TV film |
| Surgical Spirit | Martin | TV series (1 episode: "Something in the Air") | |
| Screen One | TV series (1 episode: "News Hounds") | ||
| Memphis Belle | Stan the Rookie | ||
| The Bill | Tony Martin | TV series (1 episode: "Market Forces") | |
| 1991 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Newsboy | TV series (1 episode: "The Plymouth Express") |
| Van Der Valk | Koos | TV series (1 episode: "The Little Rascals") | |
| Perfect Scoundrels | Young Kirby | TV series (1 episode: "Ssh, You Know Who") | |
| London Kills Me | Muffdiver | ||
| 1992 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | The Brother | TV film |
| Inspector Morse | DS Cheetham | TV series (1 episode: "Absolute Conviction") | |
| Between the Lines | P.C. Fulford | TV series (1 episode: "Nothing Personal") | |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Nicholas Virson | TV series (1 episode: "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part 1") | |
| The Muppet Christmas Carol | Fred, Scrooge's Nephew | ||
| 1993 | Maigret | Jacques Patillon | TV series (1 episode: "Maigret and the Maid") |
| Screenplay | Greg | TV series (1 episode: "Safe") | |
| The Buddha of Suburbia | Charlie Kay | TV mini-series | |
| 1994 | Murder in Mind | Simon | TV film |
| A Dark-Adapted Eye | Francis | TV film | |
| A Touch of Frost | Dean Hoskins | TV series (1 episode: "Widows and Orphans") | |
| The Chief | Dean Mills | TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.4.9") | |
| Cadfael | Liliwin | TV series (1 episode: "The Sanctuary Sparrow") | |
| Princess Caraboo | Harold | ||
| The Return of the Native | Diggory Venn | TV film | |
| Midnight Movie | Bertie | TV film | |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | Sidney Giblet | |
| Blue Juice | Josh Tambini | ||
| 1996 | Karaoke | Waiter (Film) | TV mini-series (3 episodes) |
| Twelfth Night | Sebastian | ||
| Prime Suspect | The Street | TV film | |
| Different for Girls | Kim Foyle | Brussels International Film Festival - Best Actor | |
| 1997 | It's Good to Talk | Short | |
| House of America | Sid | ||
| 1998 | The Land Girls | Joe Lawrence | |
| The Ebb-Tide | Swanson | TV film | |
| Our Mutual Friend | John Rokesmith/John Harmon | TV mini-series (4 episodes) | |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Winston | ||
| Undercover Heart | Tom Howarth | TV mini-series | |
| 1999 | Bad Blood | Stephen Irving | TV film |
| The Criminal | Jasper Rawlins | ||
| 2000 | Lady Audley's Secret | Robert Audley | TV film |
| Care | Davy Younger | BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor RTS Television Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor | |
| 2001 | Far from China | Noah | |
| Sweet Revenge | Sebastian Harper | TV film | |
| Swallow | Stuart Collins | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| 2002 | The Many Trials of One Jane Doe | Sean Dewart | TV film |
| Eddie Loves Mary | Short | ||
| 2003 | Strangers | Morgan | Short |
| The Other Boleyn Girl | George Boleyn | TV film | |
| The Mother | Bobby | ||
| The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story | Gunther Zeloty | ||
| The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp | Gunther Zeloty | ||
| 2004 | The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea | Gunther Zeloty | |
| England Expects | Ray Knight | TV film | |
| The Aryan Couple | Eichmann | ||
| 2005 | The Jacket | Dr. Hopkins | |
| The Secret Life of Words | Doctor Sulitzer | ||
| 2006 | Underworld: Evolution | Tanis | |
| Rang de Basanti | Mr. McKinley | Bollywood film | |
| Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart | Jeremy | TV film | |
| Small Engine Repair | Bill | ||
| The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Ian Pritchard | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2007 | The Beckoning Silence | Narrator | TV film |
| First Born | Steven | ||
| A Very British Sex Scandal | Narrator | TV film | |
| Sugarhouse | Tom | ||
| 2008 | The Escapist | Tony | |
| Good | Freddie | ||
| The Daisy Chain | Tomas Conroy | ||
| 2009 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Tanis | |
| The Scouting Book for Boys | Det. Insp. Kertzer | ||
| Criminal Justice | D.I. Chris Sexton | TV series (5 episodes) | |
| The Queen | Narrator | TV series (5 episodes) | |
| 2010 | Mo | Peter Mandelson | TV film |
| Luther | D.C.I. Ian Reed | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2011 | The Great Ghost Rescue | Brad | post-production |
| Camelot | Ewan | TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.1.5") | |
| Aircrash Confidential | Narrator | TV series (12 episodes) | |
| Elfie Hopkins | Michael | post-production | |
| The Jury | Paul Brierley | TV series (5 episodes) | |
| 2012 | Inside Men | John | TV series (4 episodes) |
| Horizon - How Big Is the Universe? | Narrator | Horizon - TV Series. Episode 4. | |
| The Sweeney | D.C.I. Ivan Lewis | Film | |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 | Tommy's Dad | Film |
| What Remains | Kieron Moss | TV Series | |
| The Thirteenth Tale | Dr Clifton | Film | |
| 2014 | Autopsy: The Last Hours of | Narrator | TV series (3 episodes) |
| Gold | Gerry | ||
| The Jesus Mysteries | Narrator | Documentary | |
| Operation Cloud Lab | TV mini-series | ||
| From There to Here | Robbo | TV Series | |
| Set Fire to the Stars | Jack | Feature Film | |
| 2015 | Robot Overlords | Danny | |
| The Game | Tom Mallory | TV series (1 episode: "Episode Two") | |
| Bone in the Throat | McDougal | ||
| A Song for Jenny | Greg | ||
| Urban Hymn | David Hinton | ||
| 2016 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Detective Superintendent Winter | TV series (19 episodes) |
| 2017 | The Halcyon | Richard Garland | TV series (8 episodes) |
| Modern Life Is Rubbish | Lenny | ||
| 2018 | Kiri | Jim Warner | TV mini-series |
| Wanderlust | TV series | ||
| 2019 | Rocketman | Stanley |
References
- "Steven Mackintosh Biography (1967-)". filmreference.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- "Actor Steven Mackintosh helps Icknield Primary School in Sawston to celebrate it's [sic] 40th anniversary". Haverhill Echo. 16 June 2012. Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2017.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- Ross, Deborah (7 December 1998). "Interview: The sexiest bloke on the box". the Independent. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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