Adrian Dunbar

Born: 1 August 1958
Where: Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, UK

The actor first attracted attention as the obsessed IRA hitman in Neil Jordan's British and American box office hit The Crying Game.

After moving from Northern Ireland to London he made his film debut in the short Unusual Ground Floor Conversation.

Stage appearances include Real Dreams, The Danton Affair, Ourselves Along, Pope's Wedding and By the Border while also building up his films credits.

He appeared in supporting roles in the British-made dramas A World Apart" and The Dawning was well as playing one of Daniel Day-Lewis' many brothers in My Left Foot.

Bigger roles followed in Dealers and Drowning in the Shallow End and he also debuted as a screenwriter (co-authoring with director Peter Chelsom) with Hear My Song.

Dunbar appeared with Aidan Quinn and Robin Wright in The Playboys and was critically lauded The Crying Game alongside Forest Whitaker and Jaye Davidson.

He courted Natasha Richardson in Widow's Peak which he followed with Cruel Train, Innocent Lies and the 1930s-era Richard III with Ian McKellen.

Subsequent roles included John Boorman's The General and the British gangster picture Shooters as well as the romantic comedy Wild About Harry.

Recent work includes the British con caper Triggermen with Neil Morrissey and Goran Paskaljevic's How Harry Became A Tree.