Gary Whelan (born in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actor, best known for his work on British television. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic
Although born in Ireland, Gary relocated to London when he was ten years old. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
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He is best known for portraying roles in the police force. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force He starred in the BBC soap opera EastEnders twice, once as DS Terry Rich from 1985 - 1987, and later as DS Paul Kemmit, in the spin-off EastEnders: Perfectly Frank in 2003. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 The following is a list of minor characters that first appeared in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders in 1985, by order of first appearance Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) This is a list of EastEnders television spin-offs that have aired over the years Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. He played DS Terry Amson in Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren in 1991 and most famously he played D. Prime Suspect is a British Police procedural television drama series made by Granada Television for the ITV network in the 1990s Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born 26 July 1945 is an English stage, Film and Television actress. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. I. Harry Haines in the ITV drama, The Bill in 1992-1995, among others. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The Bill is a long-running British Television Police procedural, named after a slang term for the police. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
More recently he is remembered for his role as Brendan Kearney, the village schoolmaster in Ballykissangel (1996-2001). Ballykissangel was a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
On stage Whelan has played Horatio in Hamlet and Salisbury in Richard II. Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 King Richard the Second is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to be written in approximately 1595 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. The Pink Panther is a series of comedy films featuring the bumbling French police detective Jacques Clouseau that began in 1963 with the release of Cry Freedom is a 1987 feature film directed by Richard Attenborough, set in the late 1970s during the Apartheid era of South Africa The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (commonly known as simply "Moll Flanders") is a Novel written by Michael Collins a 1996 Biopic about Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and Revolutionary who died in the Recent film roles were O’Connor in Villa of Roses and Decaln Murphy in A Flight of Fancy.
Among Whelan's other television credits are Glenroe, Angels, Hideaway, Minder, The Royal and Kavanagh QC. Glenroe was an Irish Television Drama series broadcast between September 1983 and May 2001 on RTÉ One. Angels was a British television drama dealing with the subject of student nurses that was broadcast by the BBC between 1975 and 1983 } Hideaway is a Novel written by Dean Koontz and published by Random House in 1992. Minder was a British Comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. The Royal is a British Medical drama. The serial television show features one hour episodes aired by ITV. Kavanagh QC was a British Television series made by Carlton Television for ITV between 1995 and 2001. 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 Casualty @ Holby City and in 2006 he starred in Channel 4's Goldplated. Holby City, styled as HOLBY CI+Y, is a BAFTA award winning Medical drama Television serial transmitted by BBC One in the United Goldplated is an eight-part drama series from World Productions which made its debut on Channel 4 on Wednesday 18th October 2006 at 10
Personal life
Gary has five children.
Whelan owns the Lion & Lobster pub in Brighton. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. [1]
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