John Gordon Sinclair
John Gordon Sinclair
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in Gregory's Girl. He was born as Gordon John but took the stage name 'John Gordon Sinclair' because Equity already had a Gordon John registered. He joined Glasgow's Youth Theatre after he visited one night and met fellow fan of Canadian progressive rock group Rush, Robert Buchanan. As a result he starred in a number of films by director Bill Forsyth, perhaps the most famous of which was 1981's Gregory's Girl, shot when he was 19 years old. He reprised the role nearly two decades later in Gregory's Two Girls, and also appeared in Forsyth's Local Hero. He has continued to act on stage and screen. Other roles include parts in Goodbye Mr Steadman, Mad About Alice Gasping and Roman Road. He was also in the first series of LWT's Hot Metal and both the radio and television sitcom An Actor's Life For Me. He played Dan Weir in Espedair Street, the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the Iain Banks novel, as well as playing the lead part of Dr. Finlay in the Radio 4 series entitled Adventures of a Black Bag. He appeared in the 1982 Scottish squad's World Cup song "We Have a Dream", a number 5 hit in the UK, which was written and performed by BA Robertson. It featured John Gordon Sinclair speaking his recollection of a dream about Scottish football success. He later revived this Scottish footballing connection by narrating the 2006-07 BBC Scotland documentary series That Was The Team That Was. John Gordon Sinclair played Frank McClusky, a leading character, in the 1990 John Byrne TV serial "Your Cheatin' Heart". He also appeared in "Local Hero". Sinclair played one of the main characters in the Tesco TV adverts in the late 1990s and early 2000s alongside Prunella Scales and Jane Horrocks. He most recently appeared in the West End in The Producers playing the part of Leo Bloom alongside Fred Applegate. He voiced all the male characters (except for Finbar) in HIT Entertainment's Rubbadubbers. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1995 for Best Actor in a Musical for his 1994 performance in "She Loves Me". Sinclair also performed the part of "Master of Ceremonies" in Mike Oldfield's premiere performance of Tubular Bells II at Edinburgh Castle in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gordon Sinclair , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 4.345
Birthday 1962-02-04
Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As John Gordon-Sinclair, Gordon John Sinclair, Gordon Sinclair,
Local Hero
1983

Local Hero

Gregory's Girl
1981

Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Two Girls
1999

Gregory's Two Girls

Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II
1992

Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II

Miss Marx
2020

Miss Marx

The Girl in the Picture
1986

The Girl in the Picture

Erik the Viking
1989

Erik the Viking

That Sinking Feeling
1980

That Sinking Feeling

My Summer With Des
1998

My Summer With Des

Rubbadubbers: Tubb's Pirate Treasure
2004

Rubbadubbers: Tubb's Pirate Treasure

Rubbadubbers: Bathtime Scramble!
2004

Rubbadubbers: Bathtime Scramble!

Rubbadubbers: Splish! Splash! Splosh!
2005

Rubbadubbers: Splish! Splash! Splosh!

West Skerra Light
2016

West Skerra Light

Living Apart Together
1982

Living Apart Together

Walter and June
1983

Walter and June

Roman Road
2004

Roman Road

Your Cheatin' Heart
1990

Your Cheatin' Heart

Nico, 1988
2017

Nico, 1988

Diana and I
2017

Diana and I

The Many Lives of Albert Walker
2002

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

Self Catering
1994

Self Catering

The Brylcreem Boys
1996

The Brylcreem Boys

Long Night at Blackstone
2018

Long Night at Blackstone

World War Z
2013

World War Z

"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
1986

"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth

Britannia Hospital
1982

Britannia Hospital

James Bond Down River
2000

James Bond Down River

Raspberry Ripple
1986

Raspberry Ripple