Irish actor (born 1953)
Gary Whelan (born 1953) is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television.
Early life.
Whelan was born in Ireland but he relocated to London when he was ten years old. He then attended Holloway School.
Acting.
He has portrayed several roles in the police force. He has twice featured in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", once as DS Terry Rich from 1985 to 1987, and later as DS Paul Kemmit in the spin-off "EastEnders: Perfectly Frank" in 2003. He played DS Terry Amson in "Prime Suspect" with Helen Mirren in 1991, D.I Kent in "Brookside", D.I. Harry Haines in the ITV drama, "The Bill" in 1992–1995, and he also played a policeman in the 1991 film "Bernard and the Genie", among others.
He also played Brendan Kearney, the village schoolmaster in "Ballykissangel" (1996–2001), and Danny Parsons, the unscrupulous (fictional) manager of pop group S Club 7 in their debut TV series "Miami 7" (1999).
On stage Whelan has played Horatio in "Hamlet" and Salisbury in "Richard II". He has also appeared in two of the "Pink Panther" movies and his other film credits include "Cry Freedom", "Paper Marriage", "Moll Flanders" and "Michael Collins". Recent film roles were O'Connor in "Villa of Roses" and Declan Murphy in "A Flight of Fancy".
Among Whelan's other television credits are "Glenroe", "Angels", "Hideaway", "Minder", "The Royal" and "Kavanagh QC". Gary has also been seen in the roles of Sam Tilley in "Uncle Silas" and Charlie Pearch in "In Deep". In 2005 he appeared in the BBC hospital drama [Email] City" and in 2006 he starred in Channel 4's "Goldplated".
Personal life.
Whelan lived in Brighton and owned its popular Lion &amp; Lobster pub from 2001 until 2014 when he sold it to a pub chain for £4.5 million and moved to Dublin.
He currently owns the Walrus pub in Brighton and the Dalkey Duck pub in Dublin. and The Wild Duck in Temple Bar, as well as The Flying Duck and SMASH IT burgers.
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