Biography

This is the website of actor Douglas McFarlane who has performed in a wide variety of plays, musicals, TV and film. His roles have included Judge, Policeman, Surgeon and Psychiatrist.

Douglas’s credits include BBC dramas (Taggart, The Key), an AOL Commercial and independent film (Ticking Man), and theatre (Tariq Ali’s Illustrious Corpse). His London West End debut was in the world premiere of KPAX on stage (a film with Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges).

In recent years, his work has included the musical GALA (based on Salvador Dali’s lover), followed by two Steinbeck plays and the first performance of a play at the new Scottish Parliament.

In 2009, Douglas took the Producer/Director role, in addition to Presenter, and created the feature documentary, Making It In Hollywood.

In addition to performance, Douglas is founder of UK Theatre Network, a successful theatre promotional website which he setup in 2001 after co-founding the independent film casting network Shooting People a few years earlier. Douglas now appears monthly on Sky News, as a guest of Martin Stanford in "Skynews.com - News With A Web Agenda".

FILM/THEATRE/TV

Film.....………....……….Making It In Hollywood, Producer/Director/Presenter
Theatre………....……….Letter From Death Row, Spartaki, Judge Corrigan
Theatre…………....…….Moon is Down, Factory Belt, Doctor Winter
Theatre……….....………Of Mice and Men, Phurious Productions, farm boss
Short……………......……Perfect, Pollyanna Cheung, office manager
Short…………......………McGregors Crest, Innersight Multimedia, Head of Clan McGregor

Film…………….....….…..The Ouija Board, Thunder Films, farmer
Musical…………......……Gala, Kelvin Clyde, father and policeman
Theatre……….....………Illustrious Corpse, Spartaki, Chief of Police
Theatre……….....………KPAX, Act Provocateur, Psychiatrist (West End Debut)Previous Years
Commercial…...........AOL, dir Jimmy Quiqley, AOL User (Wide coverage over 4 months)
Film…………..............Ticking Man, dir. Steven Simpson, Policeman (now on DVD)

TV………............…….The Key, BBC drama, dir. David Blair, Millworker
TV………............…….Taggart, ITV drama, dir. Ian Madden, Detective
Film…..........….……..Union, dir. Steve Armstrong, American Senator
Short……...........……Eternity, dir. Sara Mills, Frenchman
Short……...........……The Debt, dir. Mike Evans, Crime Boss
Short……...........……Map of A Strange Country, dir. H. Woolfson, Surgeon

Concert……..........…Richard Rogers Tribute with RSNO, Tenor
Commercial..........…Cameron Toll, Edinburgh family man
Short……...........……Small Love, dir. Newfoundland, Jazz fan
Short……...........……Criminally Vulgar, dir. Monobrow, Father
Short……...........……Denizen Cain, American Prison Guard
Short……...........……On The Count of Three, dir. Martin Daraz, Thug

Fringe …..........…….Passengers, dir. Jerry Brannigan, Businessman
Musicals……...........Chess (Civil Servant), 42nd Street (Pat Denning)
Musicals……...........Annie (Senator), Mack and Mabel (Fox)
Musicals……...........Half a Sixpence (Pearce)

ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR AGENTS/CASTING DIRECTORS

Training: Northern Actors Centre - Various Workshops - 2003 ActorClub Workshops - Harold Pinter - 2003 Strathclyde University - Art of Acting - 2001-3 Cameron Mackintosh Masterclass - 1998/9 Denise Borland Stage Craft - 1996/7 Edinburgh Acting School - 1996
Skills: Trained and experienced singer (Tenor) and moderate dancer. RYA Level 2 Powerboating. Proficient at golf, football, tennis. IT/Web Expert. Film production.

CONTACT VIA MAILTO:DOUGLAS@UKFILM.TV