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Encyclopedia > Tony Curran
Curran as Marcus Corvinus in Underworld: Evolution

Tony Curran (born 13 December 1968, in Glasgow) is a Scottish actor. He is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He stands 6 feet, 2½ inches (1.89 m) tall and has red hair and blue eyes. Image File history File links MarcusCorvinus01. ... Image File history File links MarcusCorvinus01. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Glaswegian redirects here. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II... The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), founded in 1845 as the Scottish National Academy of Music, is a university of music and drama in Glasgow, Scotland. ...


In the BBC television series This Life, Curran played a homosexual plumber. To play The Invisible Man in LXG, he donned a special suit that turned him into a walking bluescreen (according to his commentary on the DVD, he looked like a "smurf on acid"). He has played murderers, vampires, Vikings, leprechauns, and "regular guys." He is close friends with Jason Flemyng, who co-starred with him in the 2003 production The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and they participate in marathons together to raise money for charity. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... This Life was a BBC television drama, produced by World Productions and screened on BBC Two, running for two series in 1996 and 1997 and a reunion special in 2007. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... A plumber at work. ... Cover for the graphic novel League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume One by Alan Moore and Kevin ONeill The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ... The bluescreen setup. ... This article is about the Cartoon characters. ... Acidity redirects here. ... Jason Flemyng (25 September 1966) is an English actor. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ...


He is a frequent and popular participant in the annual Dressed To Kilt event in New York City, run by the organisation Friends of Scotland in celebration of Tartan Week. “New York, NY” redirects here. ...


Filmography & Other Media

Tony Curran and Ross Kemp in TV series Ultimate Force

Image File history File links CurranKempAK.JPG Summary Screenshot from Ultimate Force: Series 2 taken with Nero Showtime Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links CurranKempAK.JPG Summary Screenshot from Ultimate Force: Series 2 taken with Nero Showtime Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Ross Kemp (born July 21, 1964 in Barking, Essex, England) is an English actor, well known for his portrayal of Grant Mitchell in the popular BBC1 soap opera, EastEnders. ... Ultimate Force was a British television drama series shown on ITV1, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the Special Air Service. ... The Good German is a 2006 feature film adaptation of a novel by Joseph Kanon. ... Miami Vice S4 is out on uk DVD 13TH AUGUST For the 2006 movie, see Miami Vice (film). ... Red Road is a film set in Glasgow, Scotland, depicting a CCTV operator who observes through her monitors a man from her past. ... Beowulf & Grendel is a 2005 movie adaptation of the Old English epic Beowulf; filmed in Iceland and directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, it stars Gerard Butler as Beowulf, Stellan Skarsgard as Hrothgar, Ingvar Sigurdsson as Grendel and Sarah Polley as the witch Selma. ... Trust Me is a collection of short stories by John Updike published in 1987. ... The Flight of the Phoenix is the name of a 1964 novel by Elleston Trevor, a 1965 movie, and its 2004 remake (as Flight of the Phoenix). ... Ultimate Force was a British television drama series shown on ITV1, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the Special Air Service. ... The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book limited series written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin ONeill, published under the Americas Best Comics imprint of DC Comics. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Castlevania characters. ... Blade II is a 2002 vampire action movie starring Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson. ... This article is about the harbor in Hawaii. ... Pollice Verso (With a Turned Thumb), an 1872 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, is a well known history painters researched conception of a gladiatorial combat. ... Split Second was an American game show. ... The 13th Warrior DVD cover The 13th Warrior is a 1999 action film based on Michael Crichtons novel Eaters of the Dead, directed by John McTiernan and an uncredited Crichton, and starring Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan and Vladimir Kulich as Buliwyf (Beowulf). ... Call of Duty (released October 29, 2003) is a first-person shooter video game based on the Quake III engine. ...

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