Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh is an English actor and narrator. He is perhaps best known for his role as Andreas Tanis in the action horror films Underworld: Evolution and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009).

Mackintosh received a British Academy Television Award nomination for his leading role in the BBC One television film Care (2000). His other notable roles were in the films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and The Land Girls (1998), as well as the first series of Luther (2010).

Early life and education Steven Mackintosh was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Dorothy Parris and Malcolm Mackintosh.

He attended Icknield Primary School in Sawston, living on 34 Queensway. He attended Sawston Village College until the age of 14, and Dramawise Theatre School, gaining 5 O-levels.

He made his stage debut, aged 14, in The Number of the Beast at the Bush Theatre in London, then landed the lead role in the National Theatre production of Brighton Beach Memoirs.

Career

Film

Mackintosh's first film appearance was in Prick Up Your Ears. He went on to star in Memphis Belle, Twelfth Night, and David Leland's Land Girls with Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel and co-starred with Rupert Graves in Different For Girls as a transgender woman. He played Winston in Guy Ritchie's film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. His other notable films include Roger Michell's The Mother, The Jacket, Good with Viggo Mortensen, Underworld: Evolution and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. He played Tony in Rupert Wyatt's feature The Escapist and Kertzer in Film 4's The Scouting Book For Boys. Mackintosh played Ivan Lewis in the big screen version of The Sweeney. He played Jack in Set Fire to the Stars with Elijah Wood and worked with Michael Caton Jones for the second time on his film Urban Hymn.

Radio

He played Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's fictional police detective Martin Beck in the BBC Radio drama series The Martin Beck Killings.

Television Mackintosh played a peasant boy, the Luck Child, who is prophecied to be king in Jim Henson's The StoryTeller, S1:E4. Mackintosh played DS Winter in the 10 part series Lucky Man, created by Stan Lee for Carnival films and Sky TV. He played Robbo in From There to Here by BAFTA winning writer Peter Bowker for the BBC and played John Coniston in the acclaimed Inside Men for BBC 1. His other numerous credits include: Luther, Lost Christmas, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Buddha of Suburbia, Prime Suspect and Our Mutual Friend. Mackintosh won Best Actor at the Royal Television Society Awards and a Best Actor Nomination at the BAFTAs for his role in Care for the BBC. In recent years he has become a popular choice to narrate documentaries. He replaced Jamie Theakston to narrate the BBC police documentary, Traffic Cops. He also narrates on the documentary Aircrash Confidential from Discovery Communications and Saving Lives at Sea on BBC2 since 2017.

Personal life He married the actress Lisa Jacobs on 7 November 1988 in London. They have two daughters, including Martha Mackintosh (born 1992).

Filmography Film Year Film RoleNotes 1987 Prick Up Your Ears Simon Ward 1990 Memphis Belle Stan the Rookie 1991 London Kills Me Muffdiver 1992 The Muppet Christmas Carol Fred, Scrooge's Nephew 1994 Princess Caraboo Harold 1995 The Grotesque Sidney Giblet Blue Juice Josh Tambini 1996 Twelfth Night Sebastian Different for Girls Kim Foyle Brussels International Film Festival - Best Actor 1997 It's Good to Talk Short House of America Sid 1998 The Land Girls Joe Lawrence It's Good to Talk Short film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Winston 1999 The Criminal Jasper Rawlins 2000 Care Davy Younger BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor RTS Television Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor 2001 Far from China Noah 2002 Eddie Loves Mary Short 2003 Strangers Morgan Short The Mother Bobby The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story Gunther Zeloty The Tulse Luper Suitcases: Antwerp Gunther Zeloty 2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea Gunther Zeloty The Aryan Couple Eichmann 2005 The Jacket Dr Hopkins The Secret Life of Words Doctor Sulitzer 2006 Underworld: Evolution Andreas Tanis Rang de Basanti Mr McKinley Bollywood film Small Engine Repair Bill 2007 First Born Steven Sugarhouse Tom 2008 The Escapist Tony Good Freddie The Daisy Chain Tomas Conroy 2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Andreas Tanis The Scouting Book for Boys Det. Insp. Kertzer 2011 The Great Ghost Rescue Brad 2012 Elfie Hopkins Michael The Sweeney D.C.I. Ivan Lewis 2013 Z1 Guy Short film Kick-Ass 2 Tommy's Dad The Thirteenth Tale Dr Clifton 2014 Gold Gerry The Jesus Mysteries Narrator DocumentarySet Fire to the Stars Jack 2015Robot Overlords Danny Bone in the Throat McDougalA Song for Jenny Greg Urban Hymn David Hinton 2017 Modern Life Is Rubbish Lenny 2019 Rocketman Stanley Dwight 2020 The Postcard Killings Rupert Pearce 2021 Calving Gordon Short film 2023 The Shepherd Sgt Joe Marks Short film

Television Year Film RoleNotes Ref. 1983 Nanny Tony Episode: "The Home Front" 1984 See How They Run Willie Biggs TV film 1985 The Browning Version John Taplow BBC TV film Doctor Who Gazak Episode: "Timelash" Summer Season Episode: "Broken Homes" The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 Nigel Partridge 6 episodes 1987 The Diary of Anne Frank Peter Van Daan 3 episodes The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole Nigel Partridge 6 episodes 1988 Tickets for the Titanic Josh Episode: "Everyone's A Winner" The Storyteller Lucky Episode: "The Luck Child" 1989 The Woman in Black Rolfe TV film 1990 Treasure Island Dick TV film Surgical Spirit Martin Episode: "Something in the Air" Screen One Episode: "News Hounds" The Bill Tony Martin Episode: "Market Forces" 1991 Agatha Christie's Poirot Newsboy Episode: "The Plymouth Express" Van Der Valk Koos Episode: "The Little Rascals" Perfect Scoundrels Young Kirby Episode: "Ssh, You Know Who" 1992 Six Characters in Search of an Author The Brother TV film Inspector Morse DS Cheetham Episode: "Absolute Conviction" (Series 6) Between the Lines P.C. Fulford Episode: "Nothing Personal" The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Nicholas Virson Episode: "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part 1" 1993 Maigret Jacques Patillon Episode: "Maigret and the Maid" Screenplay Greg Episode: "Safe" The Buddha of Suburbia Charlie Kay Miniseries 1994 Murder in Mind Simon TV film A Dark-Adapted Eye Francis TV film A Touch of Frost Dean Hoskins Episode: "Widows and Orphans" The Chief Dean Mills Episode No.4.9 Cadfael Liliwin Episode: "The Sanctuary Sparrow" The Return of the Native Diggory Venn TV film Midnight Movie Bertie TV film 1996 Karaoke Waiter (Film) Miniseries (3 episodes) Prime Suspect The Street TV film 1998 The Ebb-Tide Swanson TV film Our Mutual Friend John Rokesmith/John Harmon Miniseries (4 episodes) Undercover Heart Tom Howarth Miniseries 1999 Bad Blood Stephen Irving TV film 2000 Lady Audley's Secret Robert Audley TV film 2001 Sweet Revenge Sebastian Harper TV film Swallow Stuart Collins 3 episodes 2002 The Many Trials of One Jane Doe Sean Dewart TV film 2003 The Other Boleyn Girl George Boleyn TV film 2004 England Expects Ray Knight TV film 2006 Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart Jeremy TV film The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Ian Pritchard 6 episodes 2007 The Beckoning Silence Narrator TV film A Very British Sex Scandal Narrator TV film 2009 Criminal Justice D.I. Chris Sexton 5 episodes The Queen Narrator 5 episodes 2010 Mo Peter Mandelson TV film Luther D.C.I. Ian Reed 6 episodes 2011 Camelot Ewan Episode No.1.5 Aircrash Confidential Narrator 12 episodes The Jury Paul Brierley 5 episodes 2012 Inside Men John 4 episodes Horizon – How Big Is the Universe? Narrator Episode 4 2013 What Remains Kieron Moss TV series 2014 Autopsy: The Last Hours of Narrator 3 episodes Operation Cloud Lab MiniseriesFrom There to Here Robbo TV series 2015The Game Tom Mallory Episode Two 2016 Stan Lee's Lucky Man Detective Superintendent Winter 19 episodes Traffic Cops Narrator Series 14 2017The Halcyon Richard Garland 8 episodes 2018Kiri Jim Warner Miniseries Wanderlust Alan Richards 6 episodes 2020 Lawrence of Arabia: Britain's Great Adventurer Narrator TV documentary Soulmates Brother Samson Episode: "Break on Through" 2021 Dalgliesh Wilfred Antsey "The Black Tower" 2022 The PactHarrySeries 2 The Confessions of Frannie Langton John Langton Miniseries 2023Payback Malky Roberts 6 episodes The Day the Queen Died: Minute by Minute Narrator Documentary 2024Senna Frank Williams Miniseries

Theatre Year Title Role Venue Ref. 1982 The Number of the Beast Randy Bush Theatre, London 1986 Brighton Beach Memoirs Eugene Jerome Royal National Theatre, London 1988 The Tempest Ariel; Ceres Royal National Theatre, London 1990 Look Look G 13 – Lee Aldwych Theatre, London 1991 The Glory of the Garden Maxie Greenwood Duke of York's Theatre, London 2000 My Zinc Bed Paul Royal Court Theatre, London 2008 In a Dark Dark House Drew Almeida theatre, London 2019 Appropriate Bo Lafayette Donmar Warehouse, London

Audio Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2000 The Beach Narrator Audiobook 2007 Wasted Narrator Audiobook 2011 The Snow Goose Philip Rhayader Audiobook 2013 A Martin Beck Mystery: Murder At The Savoy Martin Beck BBC Radio 4 2016 When the Night Has No Right to be King Joshua BBC Radio 4 2020 The Other Passenger Narrator Audiobook 2021 Cold Justice Narrator Audiobook 2024 Temporal Narrator Audiobook