Anthony Strachan

Scottish actor of stage, film and TV, Anthony Strachan has worked extensively in television including: Mountain Goats BBC 1; Bob Servant Series 2 BBC Scotland; Sunset Song Terence Davies; Bob Servant Independent BBC Scotland; Garrow’s Law Twenty Twenty Productions; Gary Tank Commander, Rab C Nesbitt, Will And Greg Sketch Show BBC Comedy Unit; Lip Service Kudos For BBC 3; Hotel Babylon Carnival Productions For BBC; Pramface, Holby City, Sunburn BBC; Inspector Rebus, Taggart SMG; High Times 2, High Times STV; Monarch Of The Glen Ecosse; Border Café Series Hartswood; Young Persons Guide To Being A Rockstar Channel 4 Television; Take The High Road Scottish Television. Antony’s film work includes: Sunset Song Terence Davies; Redirected Kino Kultas, Emilis Velyvis; Afterlife Gabriel Films; Sylvia Ariel Films; Once Upon A Time In The Midlands Midland Films; 16 Years Of Alcohol 16 Years Ltd; Young Blades Mario Andreacchio; The Trench William Boyd; Rbs Commerical; The Right Move Commerical. On the Stage Antony’s work includes: The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish, National Theatre Of Scotland; Mother Goose, Perth Theatre; Sergeant Cracker’s Christmas Quest, Carnegie Hall; Peter Pan 360 Entertainment, San Francisco; Jack And The Beanstalk, Pinocchio, Mother Goose, ; Babes In The Wood, Aladdin Adam Smith Theatre; Sunshine On Leith Dundee Rep and Festival Theatre Edinburgh; A Winter’s Tale, Much Ado About Nothing Royal Lyceum; Once Upon A Dragon, The Houghmagandie Grid ...

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)

Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek loves Shirley so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shane Meadows
CAST:  Robert Carlyle  •  Vanessa Feltz  •  Ricky Tomlinson  •  Kathy Burke

Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. Dek loves Shirley so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shane Meadows
CAST:  Robert Carlyle  •  Vanessa Feltz  •  Ricky Tomlinson  •  Kathy Burke

Sylvia (2003)

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christine Jeffs
CAST:  Gwyneth Paltrow  •  Daniel Craig  •  Jared Harris  •  Michael Gambon

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christine Jeffs
CAST:  Gwyneth Paltrow  •  Daniel Craig  •  Jared Harris  •  Michael Gambon

Redirected (2014)

FunnyAction-packedRealAdventurous

Four friends become stranded in Eastern Europe and have to become hit men, prostitutes, corrupt cops, smugglers and more to make it home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilis Vėlyvis
CAST:  Vinnie Jones  •  Lee Nicholas Harris  •  Scot Williams  •  Gil Darnell

Four friends become stranded in Eastern Europe and have to become hit men, prostitutes, corrupt cops, smugglers and more to make it home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilis Vėlyvis
CAST:  Vinnie Jones  •  Lee Nicholas Harris  •  Scot Williams  •  Gil Darnell

Hoodwink (1981)

Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Whatham
CAST:  John Hargreaves  •  Judy Davis  •  Paul Chubb  •  Max Cullen

Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Whatham
CAST:  John Hargreaves  •  Judy Davis  •  Paul Chubb  •  Max Cullen

The Trench (1999)

The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Boyd
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Danny Dyer  •  James D'Arcy  •  Paul Nicholls

The Trench tells the story of a group of young British soldiers on the eve of the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916, the worst defeat in British military history. Against this ill-fated backdrop, the movie depicts the soldiers' experience as a mixture of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Boyd
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Danny Dyer  •  James D'Arcy  •  Paul Nicholls

Whisky Galore (2016)

The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Gregor Fisher  •  Eddie Izzard  •  James Cosmo  •  Kevin Guthrie

The story of the inhabitants of the isolated Scottish island of Todday, in the Outer Hebrides, where gloom sets in as their wartime rationing of whisky runs out. When cargo ship the SS Cabinet Minister runs aground the shrewd islanders run rings around the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Gregor Fisher  •  Eddie Izzard  •  James Cosmo  •  Kevin Guthrie

Sunset Song (2015)

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Davies
CAST:  Peter Mullan  •  Agyness Deyn  •  Kevin Guthrie  •  Ken Blackburn

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Davies
CAST:  Peter Mullan  •  Agyness Deyn  •  Kevin Guthrie  •  Ken Blackburn

Young Blades (2001)

Young Blades is a historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX (now Ion Television) .... (1978); The Three Musketeers (1993); The Musketeer (2001); The Three Musketeers (2011); 3 Musketeers (2011); The Three Musketeers (2013).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Andreacchio
CAST:  Hugh Dancy  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Scott Hickman  •  Anthony Strachan

Young Blades is a historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX (now Ion Television) .... (1978); The Three Musketeers (1993); The Musketeer (2001); The Three Musketeers (2011); 3 Musketeers (2011); The Three Musketeers (2013).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Andreacchio
CAST:  Hugh Dancy  •  Sarah-Jane Potts  •  Scott Hickman  •  Anthony Strachan

Scotland In A Day (2014)

Mockumentary set on the day of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum and designed to capture a snap shot of a nation on the brink of both triumph and disaster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iain Davidson
CAST:  John Hannah  •  Brian Cox  •  Jack Docherty  •  Doon Mackichan

Mockumentary set on the day of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum and designed to capture a snap shot of a nation on the brink of both triumph and disaster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iain Davidson
CAST:  John Hannah  •  Brian Cox  •  Jack Docherty  •  Doon Mackichan

A Castle for Christmas (2021)

To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle -- and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary Lambert
CAST:  Cary Elwes  •  Brooke Shields  •  Vanessa Grasse  •  Suanne Braun

To escape a scandal, a bestselling author journeys to Scotland, where she falls in love with a castle -- and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary Lambert
CAST:  Cary Elwes  •  Brooke Shields  •  Vanessa Grasse  •  Suanne Braun