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Acting

Adrian Dunbar

Career: Active from 1984 to 2024, busiest in 1990 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Line of Duty
88/100

Characters

4

The characters Adrian Dunbar played, best-known titles first.

Adrian Dunbar as Ted Hastings

Adrian Dunbar as Detective Inspector Alex Ridley

Adrian Dunbar as Peter Flaherty

Adrian Dunbar as Jim Hogan

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Adrian Dunbar Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Character-Driven Drama 4
Psychological Drama 4
Historical Drama 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Character Study 3
Gritty Realism 3
Social Commentary 3
Political Intrigue 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Character-Driven Narrative 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 56

Kiss Me, Kate

as Fred Graham / Petruchio

A Sudden Case of Christmas

38

as Otto

Ridley

53

TV show · as DI Alex Ridley

Emily

76

as Patrick Brontë

Adrian Dunbar: My Ireland

TV show · as Presenter

Adrian Dunbar's Coastal Ireland

TV show

2010s

19 titles · average score 73

Blood

86

TV show · as Jim Hogan

Broken

82

TV show · as Father Peter Flaherty

The Snowman

27

as Frederik Aasen

Inside No. 9

92

TV show · as Adrian

Walter

as DI Walter Gambon

Line of Duty

88

TV show · as SI Ted Hastings

The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby

TV show · as Ralph Nickleby

The Attendant

as Frankie

The Hollow Crown

84

TV show · as Plantagenet

Death in Paradise

59

TV show · as Aidan Miles

Silk

75

TV show · as Joe Gillespie QC

78

as David Trimble

2000s

21 titles · average score 62

The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce

61

as Philip Conolly

Eye of the Dolphin

43

as Dr. James Hawk

Mickybo and Me

75

as Mickybo's Da

Child of Mine

51

as Alfie Palmer

Kidnapped

69

TV show

The Quatermass Experiment

52

as Detective Lomax

Suspicion

TV show · as Mark Finnegan

Triggermen

48

as Andy Jarrett

How Harry Became a Tree

61

as George

Shooters

53

as Max Bell

The Wedding Tackle

as Mr. Mac

as DCI Mike Love

1990s

25 titles · average score 67

The General

74

as Noel Curley

TV show · as Alan Cox

Melissa

TV show · as Graeme Hepburn

The Near Room

49

as Charlie Colquhoun

Richard III

82

as James Tyrrell

Cruel Train

as Jack Dando

Innocent Lies

40

as Alan Cross

The Blue Boy

60

as Joe

Widows' Peak

78

as Godfrey Doyle-Counihan

Pleasure

as Gustave Coudray

The Crying Game

82

as Maguire

Hear My Song

79

as Micky O'Neill

1980s

14 titles · average score 66

Dealers

57

as Lennon Mayhew

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

89

as Peter

The Fear

TV show · as Con

The Four Minute Mile

as Norris McWhirter

The Dawning

54

as Capt. Rankin

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as John Marriat

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Andy / Det Sgt Billy McCourbrey

Sky Bandits

52

as Mechanic

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Joe / John

The Price

as Willy

The Price

TV show · as Willy

The Cry

as Peter Douglas

1970s

1 title · average score 70

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Fred Graham/Petruchio