John Gordon Sinclair

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

47

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-02-04 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

John Gordon Sinclair

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in Gregory's Girl. He was born as Gordon John but took the stage name 'John Gordon Sinclair' because Equity already had a Gordon John registered. He joined Glasgow's Youth Theatre after he visited one night and met fellow fan of Canadian progressive rock group Rush, Robert Buchanan. As a result he starred in a number of films by director Bill Forsyth, perhaps the most famous of which was 1981's Gregory's Girl, shot when he was 19 years old. He reprised the role nearly two decades later in Gregory's Two Girls, and also appeared in Forsyth's Local Hero. He has continued to act on stage and screen. Other roles include parts in Goodbye Mr Steadman, Mad About Alice Gasping and Roman Road. He was also in the first series of LWT's Hot Metal and both the radio and television sitcom An Actor's Life For Me. He played Dan Weir in Espedair Street, the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the Iain Banks novel, as well as playing the lead part of Dr. Finlay in the Radio 4 series entitled Adventures of a Black Bag. He appeared in the 1982 Scottish squad's World Cup song "We Have a Dream", a number 5 hit in the UK, which was written and performed by BA Robertson. It featured John Gordon Sinclair speaking his recollection of a dream about Scottish football success. He later revived this Scottish footballing connection by narrating the 2006-07 BBC Scotland documentary series That Was The Team That Was. John Gordon Sinclair played Frank McClusky, a leading character, in the 1990 John Byrne TV serial "Your Cheatin' Heart". He also appeared in "Local Hero". Sinclair played one of the main characters in the Tesco TV adverts in the late 1990s and early 2000s alongside Prunella Scales and Jane Horrocks. He most recently appeared in the West End in The Producers playing the part of Leo Bloom alongside Fred Applegate. He voiced all the male characters (except for Finbar) in HIT Entertainment's Rubbadubbers. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1995 for Best Actor in a Musical for his 1994 performance in "She Loves Me". Sinclair also performed the part of "Master of Ceremonies" in Mike Oldfield's premiere performance of Tubular Bells II at Edinburgh Castle in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gordon Sinclair , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Death in Paradise

    Death in Paradise

  • Wogan

    Wogan

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Bergerac

    Bergerac

  • World War Z

    World War Z

  • Murder in Mind

    Murder in Mind

  • McDonald & Dodds

    McDonald & Dodds

  • Erik the Viking

    Erik the Viking

  • My Summer With Des

    My Summer With Des

  • West Skerra Light

    West Skerra Light

  • The Many Lives of Albert Walker

    The Many Lives of Albert Walker

  • Frank Stubbs Promotes

    Frank Stubbs Promotes

  • Long Night at Blackstone

    Long Night at Blackstone

  • Local Hero

    Local Hero

  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

    The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

  • Scot Squad

    Scot Squad

  • Traces

    Traces

  • Rubbadubbers

    Rubbadubbers

  • Raspberry Ripple

    Raspberry Ripple

  • Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II

    Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II

  • Walter and June

    Walter and June

  • Miss Marx

    Miss Marx

  • The Brylcreem Boys

    The Brylcreem Boys

  • Britannia Hospital

    Britannia Hospital

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

  • Living Apart Together

    Living Apart Together

  • Ill Behaviour

    Ill Behaviour

  • Diana and I

    Diana and I

  • Nico, 1988

    Nico, 1988

  • Gregory's Girl

    Gregory's Girl

  • Fetch the Vet

    Fetch the Vet

  • That Sinking Feeling

    That Sinking Feeling

  • Nelson's Column

    Nelson's Column

  • "I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth

    "I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth

  • Loved by You

    Loved by You

  • Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

  • An Actor's Life For Me

    An Actor's Life For Me

  • The Girl in the Picture

    The Girl in the Picture

  • Mad About Alice

    Mad About Alice

  • James Bond Down River

    James Bond Down River

  • Snakes and Ladders

    Snakes and Ladders

  • Gregory's Two Girls

    Gregory's Two Girls

  • Rubbadubbers: Splish! Splash! Splosh!

    Rubbadubbers: Splish! Splash! Splosh!

  • Rubbadubbers: Tubb's Pirate Treasure

    Rubbadubbers: Tubb's Pirate Treasure

  • Rubbadubbers: Bathtime Scramble!

    Rubbadubbers: Bathtime Scramble!

  • Roman Road

    Roman Road

  • Self Catering

    Self Catering