John Gaffney

John Gaffney is a Scottish actor.

Life and career John Gaffney was born in Hamilton in Scotland and moved to the island of Jersey in 1983. It was here where he got a taste for acting after being approached to take on a stage role by a local theatre director whilst singing in a night club. Upon returning to Scotland in 1992, Gaffney was offered a place on an acting course at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (formally the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) but family commitments forced him to decline the opportunity and instead decided to return to his trade as a plasterer.

It was 1994 that Gaffney first stepped in front of the camera to take on the role of an abusive father in the short "Garys Day Out" for director Steve Pang, A semi autobiographical on Pang himself, An Emotional journey for Pang. In 2008, Gaffney returned to acting with small parts in short films including R.E.M, Hush, and A Spanking in Paradise. In 2011 he landed his first major role, starring as Dougie Fallon in the independently made television series The Crews. Starring alongside David Hayman and Stephen McCole, Gaffney's character Fallon was a high level member of a drug-dealing gang in Glasgow who has risen through the ranks of the criminal underworld. Despite a successful first series, the programme failed to find a buyer amongst the television studios including STV and BBC Scotland. The following year, Gaffney landed the role of Superintendent Charles Sloan in the feature Sci Fi film Night is Day. The film tells the story of Jason McKenzie, a vigilante super hero operating in Glasgow fighting crime whilst Sloan attempts to dismiss McKenzies existence and silence all tales of the real-life superhero. The film premiered at the 2012 edition of the Glasgow Film Festival.

Starring opposite Duncan Airlie James, 2013 saw Gaffney star as Liverpudlian gangster called Butler in the short film The Priest with Two Guns. The character, known as 'Butler the Bookie' is owed money by the brother of Father O'Reilly (played by James) who is being held hostage until the debt is repaid. The film picked up the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Amsterdam Film Festival. In the same year, Gaffney also made appearances in the short films V for Visa and "Doug And Steves Big Holy Adventure" by John McPhail and Blink by Colin Ross Smith.

Cast and crew of Broken Record (L-R) John Gaffney, Darren McColl, Steven Patrick, Andy S. McEwan, Paul Michael Egan, Chris Quick In 2014, Gaffney was approached by Andy S. McEwan to play the role of Tam in the short comedy film Broken Record. The film saw Gaffney star as part of a comedy duo with Steven Patrick where they played a couple of house clearance workers in the 1990s who think they have stumbled upon hidden treasure in the form of old gramophone records. The film was widely praised by critics in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Josh Samford of RogueCinema wrote: Fred McNamara of ScreenRelish also added: The film later appeared in a number of British film festivals including the Loch Ness Film Festival in Inverness and the Portobello Film Festival in London. Later that year, Gaffney was recommended by Chris Quick to director Johnny Herbin who was casting for his short film Electric Faces. Quick, a producer on the film, suggested Gaffney was an ideal candidate to play the part of Lucas after working with him on the set of Broken Record. Herbin agreed with the decision and Gaffney was cast in the role and began filming his scenes in the summer of 2014. The film is due for release in 2015. He will also appear in Where Do We Go From Here, the first feature film of Scottish director John McPhail.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Role Notes 1994 Gary's Day Out Steve Pang Father Short Film 2008 R.E.M Stuart Gilmartin Doctor Short Film 2010 Hush Fraser Coull Driver Short Film A Spanking in Paradise Wayne Thallon Jimmy Short Film 2012 Night Is Day: The Movie Fraser Coull Superintendent Charles Sloan Feature Film In This Town Andrew MacKenzie The driver Short Film Mirror God Bernd Porr Father Short Film 2013 The Priest with Two Guns Rodney Reynold Butler Short Film V for Visa John McPhail Tramp Short Film Traitor Colin Ross Smith Michael Short Film Blink Colin Ross Smith Blinker Short Film Doug & Steve's Big Holy Adventure John McPhail The Priest Short Film 2014 Glory Hunter Craig Maclachlan Joe McGill Short Film Broken Record Andy S. McEwan Tam Short Film The Flaw Allan Benzies The Engineer Short Film The Graduates Sean Paul Wilkie Policeman Short Film 2015 Electric Faces Johnny Herbin Lucas Short Film Where Do We Go From Here John McPhail Male Nurse Feature Film Crime Lord David Paul Baker Logan Mackenzie Feature Film Crime Carter Ferguson Coleman Short Film 2016 Cleek Gary J Hewitt Raymond Feature Film 2018 One Night in Flanders Paul Darroch Sergeant John Dunbar Short Film 2019 Hard Boiled Gary McLellan Detective Mulligan Short Film 2020 Autumn Never Dies Chris Quick Black Eye Tam Short Film 2023 Lock & Load Nathan Shepka Darren Bundy Feature Film A Second Chance Paul Darroch Jake Short Film

Television Year Title Director Role Notes 2011 The Crews Colin Ross Smith Dougie Fallon 6 Episodes 2012 River City Jim Sheilds Clerk Of The Court 1 Episode 2018 Crime Lord David Wilde Logan Mackenzie 3 Episodes

Stage Year Title Director Role Company 1990 Playboys Pat Du Bra Greg McIntosh Jersey Drama Society 2012 Them And Us Mark Boggis Dad RBA Productions/Procurator Fiscal Love Hate Crime Mark Boggis Father Procurator Fiscals Office 2013 Mad Mitch Kolin Ferguson Robber DeMure Media Mad Mitch Kolin Ferguson Micheal/Born Again Christian DeMure Media 2014 The Graduates Sean Paul Wilkie Policeman Trifecta Productions

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)