Portrait of Jake D'Arcy

Acting

Jake D'Arcy

Career

Active from 1975 to 2000, with a break from 1989 to 1999, busiest in 1987 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Gregory's Girl
Gregory's Girl
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jake D'Arcy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Tension
    4.5, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Scottish Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 66
What We Did on Our Holiday
What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
GoodWatch score 66

as Smokey

2000s

5 titles · average score 47
The Robbers
The Robbers (2009)

as Mack

Still Game: Plum Number
Still Game: Plum Number (2007)

as Pete the Jakey

Still Game: Cold Turkey
Still Game: Cold Turkey (2005)

as Pete the Jakey

Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures (2000)
GoodWatch score 37

as Train Guard

The Little Vampire
The Little Vampire (2000)
GoodWatch score 57

as Farmer McClaughlin

1990s

9 titles · average score 60
Psychos
Psychos (1999)

TV show · as Tommy

The Bruce
The Bruce (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

as Chief MacKenzie

A Mug's Game
A Mug's Game (1996)

TV show

Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth (1995)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Scott / Sawney Weir

Takin' Over the Asylum
Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Electrician

Staggered
Staggered (1994)
GoodWatch score 49

as Pilot

Chasing the Deer
Chasing the Deer (1994)

as Tam

The Bogie Man
The Bogie Man (1992)

as Drunken Bum

Dreaming
Dreaming (1991)

as Danny

1980s

13 titles · average score 67
Playing For Real
Playing For Real (1988)

TV show · as Dougie Kemp

The Play on One
The Play on One (1988)

TV show · as Peter Taylor

Tutti Frutti
Tutti Frutti (1987)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Fud O'Donnell

Scab
Scab (1987)

as Reg Briggs

Lovejoy
Lovejoy (1986)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Murphy

City Lights
City Lights (1986)

TV show · as Bruno Moffat

Heavenly Pursuits
Heavenly Pursuits (1986)
GoodWatch score 55

as Wee Man at Bar

A Sense of Freedom
A Sense of Freedom (1985)
GoodWatch score 69

as Robbie

It Could Happen to Anybody
It Could Happen to Anybody (1984)

as DC Newman

Living Apart Together
Living Apart Together (1982)

as Barman

The Silly Season
The Silly Season (1982)

as Eddie

Gregory's Girl
Gregory's Girl (1980)
GoodWatch score 84

as Phil Menzies

1970s

4 titles · average score 75
Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as McTaggart

Jackie McCafferty's Romance
Jackie McCafferty's Romance (1978)

as Foreman

A Passage to England
A Passage to England (1975)

as Mack

Just Another Saturday
Just Another Saturday (1975)

as Jackie