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Please help me to identify this actor!

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MrsD28 · 07/10/2020 14:15

Sat next to him in a cafe yesterday... he was waving at baby DD so I got a good look at him, but can't for the life of me remember who he is. It is driving me mad! Please help!

British (for some reason I think he might be Scottish, but not sure), male, mostly TV actor rather than films, in dramas rather than comedies, not soaps (I don't watch them so he wouldn't have been familiar to me), slim face, attractive but not conventionally good looking or hunky, in his late 40s or early 50s. Think John Hannah or John Sim type (though he is not either of those!). I feel as if I have seen him play a police officer, but I have been googling police dramas and he hasn't appeared in any cast lists.

Aaargh! Help!

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ChildOfTheNineties · 07/10/2020 15:39

Gray O'Brien?

Please help me to identify this actor!
dorispiffle · 07/10/2020 15:42

Adam James
Tom Hollander

Nookable · 07/10/2020 15:51

Jonathan Aris?

LePimpernelScarlette · 07/10/2020 15:53

Mark Strong?

mogtheexcellent · 07/10/2020 15:54

Was going to say Shaun Evans buit I think he might be too young.

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MrsD28 · 07/10/2020 15:55

These are all excellent but all incorrect sadly Sad

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MrsD28 · 07/10/2020 15:56

@EsterOdesavitch

OP, Martin Compston, did you check him! Need to know now.

Max Beasley?

I did check Martin Compston - not him, and not Max Beasley either.
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MrsD28 · 07/10/2020 15:56

@HaggisBurger

When you mentioned McAvoy n Duff I knew specifically where 😂. Actor central round here
Waves Hi neighbour!
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MrsD28 · 07/10/2020 15:57

@30daysoflight

Christopher Eccleston
No, though he lives around here too...
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seadog1977 · 07/10/2020 15:58

Benedict Cumberbatch or Martin Freeman

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MrsD28 · 07/10/2020 15:58

I think the police drama thing might be a red herring... it was just a vague sense that I had seen him in uniform. I have definitely seen him in loads of things going back at least 10-15 years..... aaargh!!!

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OnCandyStripeLegs · 07/10/2020 15:58

Was it Nicolas Rowe though, he's very friendly Wink

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MrsD28 · 07/10/2020 15:59

@mogtheexcellent

Was going to say Shaun Evans buit I think he might be too young.
Too young
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cinders15 · 07/10/2020 16:04

Bronson Webb?

BlackberryCitron · 07/10/2020 16:06

Richard Harrington?

icelollycraving · 07/10/2020 16:07

Derek Riddell?

funandgammon · 07/10/2020 16:09

Scott Maslen? Soap actor now but used to play a copper in the Bjll.

Rollergirl11 · 07/10/2020 16:11

Craig Parkinson
Paul Kaye
Bertie Carvel
Matthew McNulty

EsterOdesavitch · 07/10/2020 16:14

Oh blimey!

Poppytime · 07/10/2020 16:15

Rupert Graves? I have seen him where I live in north London. Played the policeman in Sherlock

SuperEkstra · 07/10/2020 16:18

What colour hair? Long? short? beard? Stubble? Give us more to work with, woman!

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MrsD28 · 07/10/2020 16:19

@icelollycraving

Derek Riddell?
OMG YES!!!!! YES!!!! Thank you!!!!!
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Gulsink · 07/10/2020 16:20

Eddie Santini.

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SuperEkstra · 07/10/2020 16:20

Ooh he's gorgeous! Good work, PP

husbandcallsmepickle · 07/10/2020 16:21

I used to live in this neighbourhood too. Complete actor central. Trying to think of who OP is referring to but drawing a blank.

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