Alan McKenna

Alan McKenna is a British actor who played the recurring character Tony Andrews in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is best known for his role of Patrick McGuire in the BBC soap Doctors, which he had a minor recurring role from 2001, 2003 and he returned in September 2010. His great aunt was Odette Marie Celine Sansom, GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur, (April 28, 1912 - March 13, 1995) who an Allied heroine of World War II. McKenna's TV work includes Yorkshire Television's The Brides in the Bath, Waking the Dead, Judge John Deed, Spooks, Lead Balloon, and Life Begins. Alan is also a recurring character in Little Miss Jocelyn. His film work includes Blessed with Heather Graham, David Hemmings and Andy Serkis. Second in Command alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme, An American Werewolf in Paris with Julie Delpy and Dangerous Parking. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan McKenna (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Waller
CAST:  Tom Everett Scott  •  Julie Delpy  •  Vince Vieluf  •  Julie Bowen

An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Waller
CAST:  Tom Everett Scott  •  Julie Delpy  •  Vince Vieluf  •  Julie Bowen

Second in Command (2006)

Armed insurgents attempt a coup d'etat in a troubled Eastern European country, and the president flees to the U.S. embassy for protection. When the U.S. ambassador is murdered by the ruthless and gun-happy rebels, it comes down to the second-in-command of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Fellows
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Julie Cox  •  Alan McKenna  •  Razaaq Adoti

Armed insurgents attempt a coup d'etat in a troubled Eastern European country, and the president flees to the U.S. embassy for protection. When the U.S. ambassador is murdered by the ruthless and gun-happy rebels, it comes down to the second-in-command of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Fellows
CAST:  Jean-Claude Van Damme  •  Julie Cox  •  Alan McKenna  •  Razaaq Adoti

Malice in Wonderland (2010)

A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in South East England.An American law student in London. Knocked down by a black cab, she wakes with amnesia in a world that's a million miles from home - Wonderland. We follow her adventures as she's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Fellows
CAST:  Maggie Grace  •  Matt King  •  Bronagh Gallagher  •  Anthony Higgins

A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in South East England.An American law student in London. Knocked down by a black cab, she wakes with amnesia in a world that's a million miles from home - Wonderland. We follow her adventures as she's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Fellows
CAST:  Maggie Grace  •  Matt King  •  Bronagh Gallagher  •  Anthony Higgins

The Crooked Man (2003)

Harry Fielding is an investigative reporter with a brief to covertly document the compromising exploits of public figures. Incriminating evidence captured on his camera is used by his unscrupulous boss, Hamilton, to blackmail the very people they are supposed to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Drury
CAST:  Ross Kemp  •  Liam Cunningham  •  Natasha Little  •  Michael Byrne

Harry Fielding is an investigative reporter with a brief to covertly document the compromising exploits of public figures. Incriminating evidence captured on his camera is used by his unscrupulous boss, Hamilton, to blackmail the very people they are supposed to be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Drury
CAST:  Ross Kemp  •  Liam Cunningham  •  Natasha Little  •  Michael Byrne

Belle (2013)

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BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amma Asante
CAST:  Gugu Mbatha-Raw  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Sarah Gadon

BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amma Asante
CAST:  Gugu Mbatha-Raw  •  Tom Wilkinson  •  Miranda Richardson  •  Sarah Gadon

The Somnambulists (2012)

British servicemen and women reflect on the action they saw in Basra during the Iraq War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Jobson
CAST:  Jack O'Connell  •  Steven Robertson  •  Michael Nardone  •  Tobi Bakare

British servicemen and women reflect on the action they saw in Basra during the Iraq War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Jobson
CAST:  Jack O'Connell  •  Steven Robertson  •  Michael Nardone  •  Tobi Bakare

Offender (2012)

Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Scalpello
CAST:  Joe Cole  •  English Frank  •  Kimberley Nixon  •  Shaun Dooley

Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Scalpello
CAST:  Joe Cole  •  English Frank  •  Kimberley Nixon  •  Shaun Dooley

7lives (2011)

A disgruntled married man called Tom believes that there is a better life for him out there somewhere. On his way home one night he gets attacked and falls into a parallel world where he lives 6 other lives including a Rock-Star, A homeless person and the 'hoody' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Wilkins
CAST:  Danny Dyer  •  Kate Ashfield  •  Martin Compston  •  Nick Brimble

A disgruntled married man called Tom believes that there is a better life for him out there somewhere. On his way home one night he gets attacked and falls into a parallel world where he lives 6 other lives including a Rock-Star, A homeless person and the 'hoody' ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Wilkins
CAST:  Danny Dyer  •  Kate Ashfield  •  Martin Compston  •  Nick Brimble

Deviation (2012)

Told over one horrifying night, Deviation will take you on a white-knuckle journey into the mind of Frank Norton, a dangerous schizophrenic murderer as he escapes from Broadmoor Hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage across London. But when Frankie takes a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.K. Amalou
CAST:  Danny Dyer  •  Anna Walton  •  James Doherty  •  David Fynn

Told over one horrifying night, Deviation will take you on a white-knuckle journey into the mind of Frank Norton, a dangerous schizophrenic murderer as he escapes from Broadmoor Hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage across London. But when Frankie takes a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J.K. Amalou
CAST:  Danny Dyer  •  Anna Walton  •  James Doherty  •  David Fynn

4.3.2.1 (2010)

Jo is chained down in a dead end supermarket job while all her friends are all out on their own separate adventures. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Clarke  •  Mark Davis
CAST:  Emma Roberts  •  Noel Clarke  •  Ophelia Lovibond  •  Tamsin Egerton

Jo is chained down in a dead end supermarket job while all her friends are all out on their own separate adventures. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Clarke  •  Mark Davis
CAST:  Emma Roberts  •  Noel Clarke  •  Ophelia Lovibond  •  Tamsin Egerton

Ahead of the Class (2005)

Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Shergold
CAST:  Julie Walters  •  Inday Ba  •  Reece Dinsdale  •  Katherine Parkinson

Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Shergold
CAST:  Julie Walters  •  Inday Ba  •  Reece Dinsdale  •  Katherine Parkinson

The Brides in the Bath (2003)

Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Bradbeer
CAST:  Martin Kemp  •  Tracey Wilkinson  •  Richard Griffiths  •  Joanna David

Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by drowning them in the bath while trying to make the deaths look like accidents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Bradbeer
CAST:  Martin Kemp  •  Tracey Wilkinson  •  Richard Griffiths  •  Joanna David

ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerome Sable  •  Larry Fessenden  •  Todd Rohal  •  Bill Plympton  •  Marvin Kren  •  Julian Barratt  •  Erik Matti  •  Navot Papushado  •  Aharon Keshales  •  Vincenzo Natali  •  E.L. Katz  •  Julian Gilbey  •  Jen Soska  •  Sylvia Soska  •  Kristina Buozyte  •  Rodney Ascher  •  Steven Kostanski  •  Juan Martínez Moreno  •  Alexandre Bustillo  •  Julien Maury  •  Hajime Ohata  •  Alejandro Brugués  •  Robert Morgan  •  Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen  •  Bruno Samper  •  Dennison Ramalho  •  Sôichi Umezawa  •  Chris Nash  •  Jim Hosking  •  Robert Boocheck  •  Wolfgang Matzl
CAST:  Eric Jacobus  •  Julian Barratt  •  Ian Virgo  •  Miguel Ángel Muñoz

Taking all that was great from the first instalment, the movie aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster-paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerome Sable  •  Larry Fessenden  •  Todd Rohal  •  Bill Plympton  •  Marvin Kren  •  Julian Barratt  •  Erik Matti  •  Navot Papushado  •  Aharon Keshales  •  Vincenzo Natali  •  E.L. Katz  •  Julian Gilbey  •  Jen Soska  •  Sylvia Soska  •  Kristina Buozyte  •  Rodney Ascher  •  Steven Kostanski  •  Juan Martínez Moreno  •  Alexandre Bustillo  •  Julien Maury  •  Hajime Ohata  •  Alejandro Brugués  •  Robert Morgan  •  Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen  •  Bruno Samper  •  Dennison Ramalho  •  Sôichi Umezawa  •  Chris Nash  •  Jim Hosking  •  Robert Boocheck  •  Wolfgang Matzl
CAST:  Eric Jacobus  •  Julian Barratt  •  Ian Virgo  •  Miguel Ángel Muñoz

Without Name (2017)

A land surveyor working in an unnamed woodland area is disturbed and beguiled by a strange silhouette that moves amongst the trees.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorcan Finnegan
CAST:  Alan McKenna  •  Niamh Algar  •  Brendan Conroy  •  James Browne

A land surveyor working in an unnamed woodland area is disturbed and beguiled by a strange silhouette that moves amongst the trees.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorcan Finnegan
CAST:  Alan McKenna  •  Niamh Algar  •  Brendan Conroy  •  James Browne

Pressure (2015)

Four divers are stuck deep underwater in a vessel after a freak storm destroys their ship. Will they survive?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Scalpello
CAST:  Danny Huston  •  Joe Cole  •  Alan McKenna  •  Matthew Goode

Four divers are stuck deep underwater in a vessel after a freak storm destroys their ship. Will they survive?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Scalpello
CAST:  Danny Huston  •  Joe Cole  •  Alan McKenna  •  Matthew Goode

Blessed (2004)

Heather Graham and James Purefoy play a couple who desperately want to have a baby. Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed as infertile, and the couple can't afford the medical treatments that might allow her to conceive. Good fortune appears to be smiling on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Fellows
CAST:  Heather Graham  •  James Purefoy  •  Fionnula Flanagan  •  Alan McKenna

Heather Graham and James Purefoy play a couple who desperately want to have a baby. Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed as infertile, and the couple can't afford the medical treatments that might allow her to conceive. Good fortune appears to be smiling on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Fellows
CAST:  Heather Graham  •  James Purefoy  •  Fionnula Flanagan  •  Alan McKenna

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

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The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Hughes
CAST:  Ryan Reynolds  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Gary Oldman  •  Salma Hayek Pinault

The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hitman who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Hughes
CAST:  Ryan Reynolds  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Gary Oldman  •  Salma Hayek Pinault

Macbeth (2018)

Entirely shot on green screen, Shakespeare’s Macbeth has been reinvented by director Kit Monkman (The Knife That Killed Me) in an exciting new film adaptation. Starring Mark Rowley, (The Last Kingdom, Luther). Monkman’s unique adaptation successfully bridges the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kit Monkman
CAST:  Mark Rowley  •  Al Weaver  •  Akiya Henry  •  Charles Mnene

Entirely shot on green screen, Shakespeare’s Macbeth has been reinvented by director Kit Monkman (The Knife That Killed Me) in an exciting new film adaptation. Starring Mark Rowley, (The Last Kingdom, Luther). Monkman’s unique adaptation successfully bridges the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kit Monkman
CAST:  Mark Rowley  •  Al Weaver  •  Akiya Henry  •  Charles Mnene

The Corrupted (2019)

Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who has high-level connections in politics, finance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Scalpello
CAST:  Sam Claflin  •  Charlie Murphy  •  Timothy Spall  •  Hugh Bonneville

Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate run by Clifford Cullen, who has high-level connections in politics, finance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Scalpello
CAST:  Sam Claflin  •  Charlie Murphy  •  Timothy Spall  •  Hugh Bonneville