Robert Cavanah

Robert Alexander Cavanah (born December 1965) is a Scottish stage and film actor, writer, director and producer.

Biography

Robert Cavanah was born in Edinburgh. He attended James Gillespie's High School in Edinburgh followed by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1986. However, he left after just one term but went on to graduate from a three-year acting course at Drama Centre London in 1994, part of the University of the Arts London.

He now lives in Kent.

Career Filmmaking

Cavanah wrote, produced and directed the short films Soldier's Leap (1999), Fish (2001), and Trumps (2001).

He made his directorial feature film debut in Pimp (2010), which he wrote and in which he also starred. which was operational until 2016.

He produced and directed the documentaries There's A Hole In My Bucket and The Big Hope.

Acting Film and television He played Adam Carnegie in the ITV drama series The Royal for three series and played Tommy Grant in the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders. He starred in the 1998 ITV version of Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff. He played Ian in Emmerdale and guest starred on the second series of Outlander shot in 2015.

He is currently the face and voice of an advert for Staysure Insurance.

His film acting credits include Soccer Mom, Birthday, The Fall of the Essex Boys, AB Negative, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, and Sahara.

In 2019 he appeared at the Park Theatre in the Meghan Kenedy play Napoli, Brooklyn in the role of Nic Muscolino.

Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes 1994 Being Human Raider 1996 The Cold Light of Day Policeman Caves 1997 The Informant Lt. Lauter Saving Grace Derek Short film 1998 Hanuman Tom 1999 Billy and Zorba Black Short film 2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life MI6 Agent Stevens 2005 Sahara Captain Tombs 8mm 2 Richard Direct-to-video 2007 Hope Doctor Short film 2008 Tomorrow's Forecast TV Producer Short film Soccer Mom Harry Davies 2009 Blue Big Fight Referee Colour Blind John Short film 2010 Tontine Marcus Spence Short film Village on the Roof Tam Short film Pimp Woody 2011 Birthday Victor 2013 The Fall of the Essex Boys Mickey Steele The Collector Narrator (voice) 2014 The London Firm Mr. Hyde James Dr. Jenner Short film 2015 Assassin Tony Boyd 2016 Take Down Tom Maxwell 2019 Queen Marie of Romania Joe Boyle 2020 Blue: The American Dream Big Fight Referee A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow Phillip Maxwell Filming

Television Year Title RoleNotes 1989–2010 Taggart Don McGreevy/Lennie Moffat/Tony 3 episodes 1994 Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laura Kellogg Ross Television film 1995 Doctor Finlay Max Henderson Episode: "The Greatness and the Power" Highlander Franklin Waterman Episode: "Reasonable Doubt" The Governor Frank Kelly 4 episodes Cracker Temple 7 episodes Cadfael Oliver de Bretagne Episode: "The Virgin in the Ice" 1995–2006 The Bill DCI Richard Caddick/Andrew Hallam/Neil Ramsey 4 episodes 1995–2017 Casualty Various 5 episodes 1996 Kavanagh QC Duncan Pembridge Episode: "Job Satisfaction" Hamish Macbeth Gary Ross Episode: "Isobel Pulls It Off" No Bananas George Foster Episode: "Blitz" 1997 Insiders Gerry Cosmo 6 episodes Platinum Simon Tucker Television film The Longest Memory Sanders Jr. Television film 1998 Wuthering Heights Heathcliff Television film 1999 Highlander: The Raven Father Liam Riley 5 episodes 2003 Murder in Mind DC Jon Parry Episode: "Landlord" Seven Wonders of the Industrial World Robert Stevenson Episode: "The Bell Rock Lighthouse" Charles II: The Power & the Passion John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester 2 episodes Blue Dove Ian Andrews Television series 2003–2014 Silent Witness Colin Burwood/DI Simon Laing 4 episodes 2004 Rose and Maloney Bruce Arneson 2 episodes Eastenders Tommy 14 episodes 2005 Judge John Deed Terry Rogers Episode: "Lost and Found" 2006 Rebus DI Dalcastle Episode: "The Black Book" 2006–2009 The Royal Adam Carnegie 35 episodes 2006–2015 Doctors Dr. Peter Kendrick/Michael Bennett 16 episodes 2012 Hustle Gerald McCrary Episode: "Picasso Finger Painting" Hatfields & McCoys Kentucky Officer Episode: "Episode #1.3" The Borgias Hernando De Caballos 2 episodes 2013 Father Brown Leonard Quinton Episode: "The Wrong Shape" 2014 DCI Banks Supt. Mike Trethowan 2 episodes Emmerdale Ian 4 episodes Transporter: The Series Rob Tyler Episode: "We Go Back" Waterloo Road Jackson Whittaker Episode: "A Tangled Web" 2016–2017 Outlander Jared Fraser 2 episodes 2017 Ransom Rafael Blauch Episode: "Girl on a Train" 2019 Shetland Graeme Benson 3 episodes The Mallorca Files Tony Rogan Episode: "Honour Amongst Thieves" 2020 The Crown Psychiatrist Episode: "Avalanche" 2021 Professor T James Samson Episode: "The Dutiful Child" Red Election Temple Laird Episode: "Episode #1.5" 2022 The Undeclared War Campbell Scott Episode: "Episode 1.1" Midsomer Murders Guy Burrows Episode: "The Blacktrees Prophecy" 8200 Morgan Franklin Filming

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