Jim Sweeney

Jim Sweeney (born 8 August 1956) is a Scottish actor. Over the years, Sweeney has starred in a variety of productions for both film and television. Starting with a small role in River City, he later went on to play Mick Turner in The Crews opposite actors such as David Hayman. In film he has appeared in The Angels Share and The Wee Man as well as a variety of short films. In 2013, he took part in a tribute video to Quentin Tarintino's Reservoir Dogs to mark the 21st birthday of the film. The film recreated the opening scene of the original picture with Sweeney playing the role of Joe Cabot. The film was shot in Glasgow and was directed by Colin Ross Smith. Recently, Sweeney has starred in the starred in the Outlander television series and the short film The Groundsman, which was nominated for the 'Best Fiction' accolade at the 2014 British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards.

Filmography Year(s) Title Role Notes 2005 The Perfect Candidate Mr Walker Short Film Bottle Neighbour Short Film 2006 The Loft Adrian Short Film Darkness Vladimir Short Film You're Fired Police Chief Sidings Feature Film 2007 The Whipping Game Lu Lu TV series 2009 Idol of Evil Gordon Tessio Feature Film River City Ernie Simpson TV series (1 episode) Running in Traffic Steadmans Worker Feature Film Mission X John McBride Feature Film 2011 Gameboyz Brian Short Film The Crews Mick Turner TV series (6 episodes) Coffee Jack Short Film 2012 The Angels Share Policeman Feature Film The Bench Edward Oakes Feature Film 2013 The Wee Man Gordon Ross Feature Film Notes Landlord Short Film The Groundsman board member No. 1 Short Film V for Visa Stacey's Dad Short Film Zombie Resurrection Mac Feature Film Crime Lord Logan MacKenzie Video Short 2014 How Do I Get Up There? Various TV movie 2015 Outlander Andrew MacDonald TV series (1 episode) Sunset Song Preacher Feature Film The Fairy Flag Raghnall Feature Film The Arrival of Harvey Di Maria Victor Short Film Plan Z Bill's Dad (voice) Feature Film Where Do We Go From Here? Jim Lockhart Feature Film The Wake Up Simon Short Film ( In Pre Production)2016 Tommy's Honour Mr. Murray Feature Film2017 Birds in the Sky George Cain Short Film Isolani Brian Ross Feature Film2018 Inside Out Derek Feature Film2019 Schemers Father Vetriannio Feature Film2020 Autumn Never Dies Terrorist leader Short Film The Punishment Michael's Boss Short Film

Awards Year Nominated Work Awards Category Result 2022 Autumn Never Dies Scotland International Festival of Cinema Best Ensemble Cast in a Featurette(Shared with All Cast)