Brian McCardie


Brian McCardie is a Scottish actor and writer

Early life

Brian McCardie attended St. Brendan’s, then St. Athanasius Primary Schools. He went on to Our Lady's High School in Motherwell. His parents moved from Motherwell to Carluke while he was at school and he developed an interest in theatre, starring in a production of the musical 'Godspell' with a local drama group consisting of youngsters from local schools.

Career

Before the Pandemic hit, he had just finished filming his role in Sky Atlantic’s Domina playing Cicero. He performed his self-penned One Man Play “CONNOLLY” at The Lyric Theatre, Belfast but the cancellation of 2020’s Edinburgh Festival meant he lost the opportunity to present his passion project in a 6 week run in Cowgate, where James Connolly was born and raised. He has performed readings of his own Poems at various venues around Ireland and is currently filming them for distribution online. Before all that he was filming the role of Sir Hugh Persimmon in the Film “Agatha and The Truth of Murder”, Directed by Terry Loane, another Feature based on the Alan Warner Novel “The Sopranos”. The Film “Our Ladies” Directed by Michael Caton-Jones has had its release delayed due to the Pandemic, and “GIRI/HAGI”, an 8 Part Series set in London and Tokyo, Directed by Julian Farino. This followed on from the Swedish TV Series The Conductor as Lord Jeremy Pendergast Directed by Mikael Häfstrom, Just after completing playing Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin in the Netflix series The Last of the Czars.
He appeared in the TV series of Guy Ritchie's Snatch as the Irish Traveller Uncle Dean, the leader of a gypsy camp. He appeared in Jon Baird's Filth, based on the Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, playing Dougie Gillman, and played Jacob Engstrand in Richard Eyre's production of Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre. Also Ziggy Barrow in the Film "Walk Like a Panther", Chief Constable Bellamy Gould in a BBC production of Agatha Christie's "Ordeal by Innocence" and will be the voice of Commander Drew McCallister in Gerry Anderson's Firestorm.

Selected filmography