Michael Begley is a British television and theatre actor and writer.
Begley has written two stage plays: Martha Loves Michael, which was co-written with Sally Abbott, and The Guys. He wrote the television series Cowboys and Indians with Abbott and Jon Sen, and has written several episodes of EastEnders. He won Best Newcomer at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards in 1996 for his roles in The Tempest, Wildest Dreams and Life of Galileo, and was nominated in the TMA Awards for Best Supporting Actor in 2002. His television and film acting roles include Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise, Bob & Rose, City Central, William and Mary, Being Human, and most recently, an episode of EastEnders, which he also wrote.
Filmography +List of television and film rolesTitleYearRoleNoteLondon's Burning1996Teflon1 episode1996, 2004, 2008Lee Gallagher, Jonas Finch, Sammo Taylor4 episodesThis Life1997Terry Cole1 episodeMcLibel!1997John Bruton1 episode1998Jim Craig9 episodesGrafters1998Terry1 episodeCity Central1998–2000PC Richard Law31 episodesHeartbeat2001Chris Draycott1 episodeVacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise2001PeteTV filmBob & Rose2001Carl SmithIn Deep2002Grendel2 episodes2002MurrayTV film2003Patrick Barrie1 episodeEastEnders: Slaters in Detention2003PC Jim SellersDalziel and Pascoe2005Carl Watmough2 episodes: "Heads You Lose"Wire in the Blood2005Michael Stocks1 episodeWilliam and Mary2003–05Rick Stroud18 episodesEleventh Hour2006Ned1 episodeAgatha Christie's Marple: By the Pricking of My Thumbs2006Ethan MaxwellTV filmDoctors2006, 2009–10Kieran Hartley, Henry Salisbury11 episodes2007Daniel Boden1 episodeHolby City2007, 2012Hal Bonner, Gavin Flett2 episodes2008DS Bliss2 episodesSilent Witness2008Danny Edwards2 episodesMinder2009Orson1 episodeBeing Human2009–10Chaplain2 episodesCasualty2010Ian Dennis2 episodesDoctor Who2011, 2020Mulligan, All Ears Allan2 episodes: "The Curse of the Black Spot", "Fugitive of the Judoon"Switch2012David1 episodeEastEnders2013Mr Garner1 episodeVera2019Jason Hay1 episode "Dirty"
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