February 2025 - The Diary

 Into February with a return to the Victorian crime drama A TRUE MISMATCH for Amazon Prime. This was my 3rd episode and the final chapter of this wonderful show and great to be back in Officer Muir's fantastic costume, and to be working again with really talented team. We shot scenes at The Sma' Shot

 in Paisley, before moving to the Old Town Jail in Stirling for more moody and oppressive scenes in this amazing location. Really enjoyed this job and working with lots of old friends on each episode. It has 

been an absolute blast and proud of the production team who have created this world on a shoestring budget. You can check out the first three episodes now on Amazon Prime. Photos here are courtesy of

our brilliant costume designer Matthew Crawford Russell. We have one more day's filming later in the year and Episode 4 will be out next year. Sadly I could not make it to the premiere of MOM TANE NAI SAMJAY but great to see it finally released in cinemas across India this month. 

Another really fun project and a great experience playing Robert James, Mayor Of London with a great cast and crew, pictured below. Back to a busy month at our wee fashion store in Glasgow and delighted

with this photo taken by Mark Coles on a cold February afternoon outside our shop Zico below! And speaking of Zico, we released my first piece of official merchandise, teaming up with the brilliant 

Socra-Tees Tshirts to launch this homage to The Acid House film, in which I played 'Tambo' and which has gone down really well with fans of the film this month. Look out for future releases from my old back 

catalogue! This shirt is based on the football strip worn by me in The Granton Star Cause, the first part of Irvine Welsh's THE ACID HOUSE trilogy and Irvine was kind enough to give us his blessing to produce

this iconic cult film jersey. Available to buy from Zico in Moncur Street or via our socials @ZicoGlasgow. Also pooped by the Kelvin ABC boxing club this month and great catching up with David Cardwell and 

great to be back in a boxing gym again. Then back on set and a great fun shoot with the Royal Conservatoire Of Scotland on SUPER SPLIT. I play the malevolent lawyer David Dean in this fab short film, pictured below and had a ball working on this one. Huge thanks to my lovely agent Nancy Hudson

for this one. A great laugh and a really good wee film to do. Directed by Sam Loaiza. Then down to Dumfries and an excellent roleplay day with The Wheatley Group before returning to Glasgow and a

photo shoot and rehearsals for a play. More of that to come! Rounded off this month with more exciting auditions and booked another feature film role, shooting next month in Port Glasgow. Also honoured

this month to be awarded Best Actor at the London Director Awards for the excellent short film TRACE, Directed by Jack Murphy and out doing the rounds of festivals at the moment. A 4th Best Actor award for me which is always a nice validation of your work and is always much appreciated. And thanks to the

Barras Market for this promo video shot this month at our shop in the world famous market in the East End of Glasgow. An excellent month and really exciting projects still to come in the next 3 months.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more announcements next month as I head back out on the road!

January 2025 - The Diary

 Having only had a couple of days off, with The Barras Market shop busy and lots of concessions now open for Zico Fashion Boutique, it was quickly back into roleplay work with both The Wheatley Group and Glasgow University this month and 2025 picked up much as 2024 had ended! No rest for the wicked, eh? We had former Manchester United and Celtic striker Brian McClair back at my fashion store ZICO and our photo made national press in The Sun, The Evening Times and Glasgow Live and others below.

Then back to Edinburgh for another WHEATLEY roleplay and more at The University Of Glasgow for the Medical School. Then followed a whole raft of (unsuccessful!) auditions however am delighted with the opportunities I have been given by my fab agent Nancy Hudson Associates already this month. Booked another couple of film jobs for 2025 and already shaping up to be another really busy year ahead.

Finally this month I landed a voice-over ADR role for the brilliant short film CHILD'S FARE as a Bus Driver. This film is Directed by Kirsty McLean as part of the 2023 Sharp Shorts program. Delighted to be a part of it and a first credit to kick off this new year.

December 2024 - The Diary

 December began with more fab roleplay work in Glasgow and on Zoom with The Wheatley Group, followed soon after by a short documentary film entitled JOHN CAMPBELL SLOAN, Directed by David Burns, who I had last worked with on RHINOMAN. We shot this atmospheric and intriguing film at

another fascinating venue, the Glasgow Spiritualist Church with a lovely cast and crew, photos here are courtesy of David Burns. Another really enjoyable day's work! This was followed by costume fittings at

Mensch Clothing in Duke Street for another television pilot I was offered at the end of last month and

will keep you updated on that one when we get shooting underway in 2025, see photo below! Got some excellent costumes from here and thanks to everyone for all your help in pulling out the best vintage gear in Glasgow! Very much looking forward to this pilot episode shoot & getting into this new character!

I then joined my old pal Scott Kyle on the famous 'Subway Crawl' around the Glasgow Underground network for a fun-filled evening with these fellas below, followed by the usual end of year meeting of

The Hellfire Club at Sarti's restaurant in the company of Gavin Mitchell and Irvine & Emma Welsh and a great laugh and catch-up at the end of December in Glasgow. Again thanks to all of the staff who looked after us so well and to the delicious food as ever on offer! And great to see my old pals again of course!

And thus completes another year of my acting adventures and I have enjoyed every last minute of 2024. Thank you for following this wee blog and a very Happy New Year to you all xxx

November 2024 - The Diary

 Into November and more Glasgow University Medical School roleplays followed by a brilliant short film shoot with Dropshack Films for the Aberdeen 48Hour Film Challenge. Love working with this team and our black & white exorcism spoof garnered lots of awards, including Best Film and another Best Actor nomination for yours truly! Also this month, the brilliant trailer to BURIED short film was released &

another excellent film now hitting the festival scene. You can watch the trailer and get more info and BTS shots from the shoot here Buried Short Film and will keep you posted on developments. The new film 

poster is pictured above. Back to roleplay work with the University and more auditions and booked three more gigs for 2025, more of which nearer the time. Finished off the month working on Michael Coooke's latest short fil UP/DOWN as a priest, yet another clerical role this year! Great fu, great cast & crew and

as hinted by this BTS photo above, quite beautifully lit! Really enjoy working with Michael and will do again in the future hopefully. A fine month!

October 2024 - The Diary

 Back from holidays and straight into roleplay work with Wheatley and Glasgow University Medical School, to kick off a busy month ahead. Then it was back to London for more recalls and auditions but alas no joy! Very nice to be back 'in the room' again however as the industry has changed to self-recorded tapes for most auditions, so was great to be directed & to meet the various CD's and Producers this time.

Back to Glasgow and another day's filming and finally wrapped on RHINOMAN short film as McFadjin. Great fun working with my old pal, Director & Actor Douglas Sannachan again (see below photo) and another funny, mad scene to shoot! THERE MUST BE SOME WAY OUT OF HERE, which we lastly

shot in Edinburgh last month has moved into the edit and a few more fan BTS photos were released this month. Really looking forward to seeing the end result! Another project I worked on some time ago has

now hit the festival circuit. REDEVELOPING HOPE, in which I play New Yorker Mitch was screened this month at The Hague Film Festival and in New York to some acclaim and delighted to see it now out.

Another trip to London at the end of October to meet with agents and am very happy to announce that I will now be represented for all work by the lovely Nancy Hudson Associates. For all enquiries please now

contact: agents@nancyhudsonassociates.com Booked more film work and roleplays for next month to complete a successful enough month, despite the disappointment of NOT landing a few great roles!

September 2024 - The Diary

 Kicked off September with rehearsals for THERE MUST BE SOME WAY OUT OF HERE short film and then into the shoot at another amazing and atmospheric location, a former nuclear bunker in Edinburgh!

Really good team involved in this one and a joy to work with actor & film maker Michael Cooke on a brilliant shoot, Directed by Josh Lambie and great to work with Producer Heather Brown, with whom

I did A TRUE MISMATCH with previously. Shot in black & white, this tense thriller felt more like a stage play in this brilliant set and really proud of our work on this one, my 91st film and 80th credit on IMDB!

Also this month saw the release of my ARRAN commercial on STV and another fun experience with a great cast and crew (pictured below). Back to more roleplay work in September with Glasgow University

and finally got away on holiday to Zante in Greece for a much needed rest! Caught up with old friends on the island and already looking forward to coming back here next year. More auditions and recalls for two

more films later this year and booked more roleplay work with both the Medical School and The Wheatley Group for October and November to round off an excellent Q3 and a great, fun-filled month of work.

August 2024 - The Diary

 Really pleased to be asked back on to THIS IS ACSOM again in August as a Contributor and to spend time with former Celt Rudi Vata on the eve of his book launch, which we recorded at BAAD in The Barras Market. This was followed by more auditions and a bout of Covid-19 which floored me and

caused filming on the short film to be postponed til next month sadly. Shook it off and back to daily training sessions, including a return to Cathkin Park and an interview for An La (BBC Alba) regarding 

the highly controversial fence that has been put in place around the pitch recently. I also restarted my restoration work on the overgrown terracing as the ground has fallen into real disrepair of late and I

cannot sit back and allow it to continue. I will be focusing on this on the @CathkinPark twitter account if you wish to follow the work there. Another television appearance this month as the ARRAN Commercial was aired regularly on STV, pictured below. Great to see it again and congratulations to all involved.

Then another fun night at Sarti's in Glasgow with a meeting of The Hellfire Club with Gavin Mitchell, Tam Dean Burn and Irvine & Emma Welsh. Great fun, food and company once again, followed the

next evening by an invitation to The Barrowlands opening of Kitty's Bar. Great to catch up with our fellow traders and old pals and thanks to Tom Joyes for the invite. Was lovely catching up with my old pal Billy

Sloan, who hosted the evening and we all had a great time in this fabulous, historic old venue. Back to

film business next and trip down to another impressive location for 4 days work on another blockbuster

Bollywood Feature Film, entitled SON OF SARDAAR 2, the sequel to a huge monster hit movie and mostly shot here in Scotland this summer. Had a good few days in tough weather conditions on this

one as we shot at Hopetoun House and South Queensferry, but again great to get a 10th Bollywood Feature Film under my belt and took part in my first ever Indian dance routine, which was as much

fun as it looks! Another memorable shoot and nice to link up with Perry Costello again on this one. Some great people on this, fab locations (and food again!) and great to be a part of and thanks to Veera at RK Casting for this gig. Just time to fit in a fab photo shoot with the brilliant John Cooper at his Finnieston

studios and am delighted with my new 10x8 headshots (see below). Now, let's put them to good use! A really enjoyable August, despite the Covid, and managed to book a few more jobs this month as well.

So, onwards to September and have a couple if gigs lined up and finally booked a wee holiday to Greece!