Gary McDonald (born 1961, London) is an English actor of Jamaican descent. A student at Elliott School in Putney, McDonald played football for Wimbledon FC under Dario Gradi.
Acting career McDonald was a member of the Royal Court Theatre from 1979 to 1980, appearing in various plays at the Court such as Hard Time Pressure, Hero's Welcome, and Che Walker's Been So Long. In the 1980s, he performed with Talawa Theatre Company in The Black Jacobins, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Raisin in the Sun with the Black Theatre Co-operative. He appeared at the Royal National Theatre in Macbeth, Black Poppies, and Rhapsody in Black & White and at the Cottesloe Theatre in Blood Wedding. Other theatre credits include Scrape of the Black and Mike Leigh's It's a Great Big Shame at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
McDonald's first notable television role came in 1987 when he was cast as Darren Roberts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He left the role in 1988. He has also appeared in Numb3ers, The Bill, Between the Lines, South of the Border, as Captain John Black in Dream Team (1999–2006) and in Brothers and Sisters, among others. He has appeared in various films.
Filmography Death in Paradise as Temmy Verga, episode 5.4 (2016) Titanfall (2014) Video game The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008) Numb3rs (2005) The Basil Brush Show (2003) Wondrous Oblivion (2003) – Gary Sobers Casualty (2003, 2007) Murder in Mind – Favours (2003) – DC Jed Culshaw Babyfather (2002) – Kevin Doctors – "Testing Testing" (2002) – PC Aidan Brown Fields of Gold (2002) (TV) – Johnson All or Nothing (2002) – Neville The Bill (2002) – Ronnie Jackson; (1999) – Steve Bryant Out (2001) – John Brothers and Sisters (1998) – Wycliffe Leonard The Spanish Prisoner (1997) – Ticket Agent Secrets & Lies (1996) – Boxer Thief Takers (1996) – DC Alan Oxford Bliss (1995) TV – Gee Mrs. Hartley and the Growth Centre (1995) TV – Gary What You Lookin' At? (1993) TV series – Linford Love Hurts – "Band of Gold" (1993) TV Episode – Dennis Between the Lines – "Breaking Point" (1992) TV episode – PC Cameron Young Soul Rebels (1991) – Davis Struck by Lightning (1990) Shooting Stars (1990) – Calvin EastEnders (1985) TV series – Darren Roberts (1987–1988) Top Kids (1987) (TV) The Passion of Remembrance (1986) – Michael London's Burning: The Movie (1986) TV – Ethnic Outbreak of Hostilities (1982) TV
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