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{{Short description|English actor (born 1964)}}
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| name = Victor McGuire
| name = Victor McGuire
| image = File:Victor Maguire November 2023.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1964|3|17|df=y}}
| caption = Victor McGuire in 2023
| birth_place = [[Tuebrook]], [[Liverpool]], England
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|3|17}}
| nationality = English
| birth_place = [[Tuebrook]], [[Liverpool]], England
| occupation = Actor
| nationality = English
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1983–present
| years_active = 1983–present
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'''Victor McGuire''' (born 17 March 1964) is an English actor currently playing the [[Valco]] security guard in [[Trollied]] but is perhaps best known for playing Jack in series 1–3,5-7 of [[Carla Lane|Carla Lane's]] ''[[Bread (TV series)|Bread]]'', Ron Wheatcroft in ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'', and Sean Hughes' neighbour Tony in ''[[Sean's Show]]'' ("the kind of guy you can ask to build you a shed").
'''Victor McGuire''' (born 17 March 1964){{citation needed|date=April 2018}} is an English actor best known for playing Jack Boswell in series 1–3, 5-7 of [[Carla Lane]]'s ''[[Bread (TV series)|Bread]]'', Ron Wheatcroft in every series of ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'' and its 2016 one-off episode, and Sean Hughes' neighbour Tony in ''[[Sean's Show]]'' ("the kind of guy you can ask to build you a shed").


==Life and career==
McGuire appeared as Gary, of the pair of ''scouser thieves'' in [[Guy Ritchie]]'s ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''.
McGuire appeared as Gary, one of the pair of thieves in [[Guy Ritchie]]'s ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'', and as Deputy Chief Constable Nadin in [[Mike Leigh]]'s ''[[Peterloo (film)|Peterloo]]''.


He has also appeared in a number of TV programmes, including ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel and Pascoe]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' and ''[[2point4 Children]]''. He played the character of Amos Hart in the West End musical ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' and was Lazar Wolf in the West End production of ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]]. He has currently{{when}} reprised the role of Amos Hart in the theatrical production of ''Chicago'', in the [[Cambridge Theatre]], London.
He has also appeared in a number of TV programmes, including ''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel and Pascoe]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' and ''[[2point4 Children]]''. He played the character of Amos Hart in the West End musical ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' and was Lazar Wolf in the West End production of ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' at the [[Savoy Theatre]]. He later reprised the role of Amos Hart in the theatrical production of ''Chicago'', in the [[Cambridge Theatre]], London. In 2012 he appeared in two episodes of historical drama World Without End as peasant Mark Webber.
In 2005 he appeared in "A Fresh Start" and "Miller's Tale" - the first and the third episodes of the fifteenth series of ''Heartbeat'' as Brian Parker.


Since 2012 he appeared as security guard Ian in the Sky1 sitcom ''[[Trollied]]''.
From 2012 to 2017 he appeared as security guard Ian in the Sky1 sitcom ''[[Trollied]]''. His last appearance was in the Christmas special episode in December 2017.


In February 2019 McGuire appeared in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as a character called Big Garth. In May 2019 McGuire played Garanin in the Sky / HBO Mini-Series Chernobyl.
McGuire is a supporter of [[Everton F.C.]]

In 2020 he appeared as a policeman in an advertisement for Haribo Starmix. McGuire is a supporter of [[Everton F.C.]] In 2020 he starred in ITV sitcom ''Kate & Koji'' as a customer named Mr. Mulholland, a pessimistic hypochondriac. In March 2021 he appeared in a safety advertisement for Highways England having the song "Go Left" a parody version of Go West by The Pet Shop Boys sung to him by two flies on his windscreen.

In 2022, he reprised his role as Mr. Mulholland in series two of ''Kate & Koji''.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

===Film===
===Film===
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=4 style="background:#A9A9F5;" | Film
|-
! align="center" colspan=4 style="background:#A9A9F5;" | Film
|-
|-
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|-
|2013 || ''[[Spike_Island_(film)|Spike Island]]'' || Security Guard ||
|1995 || ''Sorry About Last Night'' || Michael ||
|-
|-
|2012 || ''[[The Woman in Black (2012 film)|The Woman in Black]]'' || Gerald Hardy ||
|1998 || ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'' || Gary ||
|-
|-
|2011 || ''[[The Task (film)|The Task]]'' || Big Daddy ||
|2001 || ''Redemption Road'' || Ronald ||
|-
|-
|2007 || ''[[Midsummer Madness (film)|Midsummer Madness]]'' || Mike ||
|2002 || ''[[Thunderpants]]'' || Mr Smash ||
|-
|-
|2007 || ''[[Dangerous Parking (film)|Dangerous Parking]]'' || Harry ||
|2003 || ''A Changed Man'' || ||
|-
|2004 || ''Suzie Gold'' || Breakfast TV Editor ||
|-
|2004 || ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' || Piangi ||
|-
|2005 || ''[[Hellraiser: Hellworld]]'' || Police Officer No. 1 ||
|-
|-
|2006 || ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]'' || Sgt. Bill Koenig ||
|2006 || ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]'' || Sgt. Bill Koenig ||
|-
|-
|2005 || ''[[Hellraiser: Hellworld]]'' || Police Officer #1 ||
|2007 || ''[[Dangerous Parking (film)|Dangerous Parking]]'' || Harry ||
|-
|-
|2004 || ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' || Piangi ||
|2007 || ''[[Midsummer Madness (2007 film)|Midsummer Madness]]'' || Mike ||
|-
|-
|2004 || ''Suzie Gold'' || Breakfast TV Editor ||
|2011 || ''[[The Task (film)|The Task]]'' || Big Daddy ||
|-
|-
|2003 || ''A Changed Man'' || ||
|2012 || ''[[The Woman in Black (2012 film)|The Woman in Black]]'' || Gerald Hardy ||
|-
|-
|2002 || ''[[Thunderpants]]'' || Mr. Smash ||
|2013 || ''[[Spike Island (film)|Spike Island]]'' || Security Guard ||
|-
|-
|2001 || ''Redemption Road'' || Ronald ||
|2015 || ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' || Bar Patron ||
|-
|-
|1998 || ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'' || Gary ||
|2018 || ''[[Peterloo (film)|Peterloo]]'' || Deputy Chief Constable Nadin ||
|-
|-
|1995 || ''Sorry About Last Night'' || Michael ||
|2019 || ''[[The Personal History of David Copperfield]]'' || Creakle ||
|}
|}


===Television===
===Television===
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=4 style="background:#A9A9F5;" | Television
|-
! align="center" colspan=4 style="background:#A9A9F5;" | TV
|-
|-
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|-
|1983-1984
|2015 || ''[[The Last Kingdom (TV series)|The Last Kingdom]]'' || Oswald ||
|''[[Brookside (TV series)|Brookside]]''
|Mike
|
|-
|-
|1986-1991
|2014 || ''[[Doctors (TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Steve Miles ||
|''[[Bread (TV series)|Bread]]''
|Jack Boswell
|61 episodes
|-
|-
|1992-1993
|2012- || ''[[Trollied]]'' || Ian ||
|''[[Sean's Show]]''
|Tony Benetti
|
|-
|-
|1993-1999, 2016
|2002 || ''Being April'' || Richard || Main
|''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]''
|Ron Wheatcroft
|
|-
|-
|1993-1995
|2001-2002 || ''[[Peak Practice]]'' || Shaun Carter ||
|''[[Health and Efficiency (TV series)|Health and Efficiency]]''
|Phil Brooke
|
|-
|-
|2000
|2001 || ''Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty'' || Himself ||
|''A Many Splintered Thing''
|Luis Banks
|Main
|-
|-
|2001-2002
|2000 || ''A Many Splintered Thing'' || Luis Banks || Main
|''[[Peak Practice]]''
|Shaun Carter
|
|-
|-
|2001
|1993-1999 || ''[[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]'' || Ron Wheatcroft ||
|''Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty''
|Himself
|
|-
|-
|2002
|1993-1995 || ''[[Health and Efficiency (TV series)|Health and Efficiency]]'' || Dr. Phil Brooke ||
|''Being April''
|Richard
|Main
|-
|-
|2007
|1992-1993 || ''Sean's Show'' || Tony Benetti ||
|''[[New Tricks]]''
|Peter Baker
|S4.E4 "Nine Lives"
|-
|-
|2012-2017
|1986-1991 || ''[[Bread (TV series)|Bread]]'' || Jack Boswell ||
|''[[Trollied]]''
|Ian
|38 episodes
|-
|2014
|''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
|Steve Miles
|
|-
|2015
|''[[The Last Kingdom (TV series)|The Last Kingdom]]''
|Oswald
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators]]''
|Phil Sirkin
|1 episode
|-
|2019
|''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
|Dave Weaver
|1 episode
|-
|2019
|''[[Chernobyl (miniseries)|Chernobyl]]''
|Garanin
|1 episode
|-
|2019
|''[[Coronation Street]]''
|Big Garth
|
|-
|2020, 2022
|''[[Kate & Koji]]''
|Mr Mullholland
|8 episodes
|-
|2022
|''[[The Responder]]''
|Trevor
|
|-
|2023
|''[[A Small Light]]''
|Willem Grootendorst
|TV Miniseries
|}
|}


===Video games===
===Video games===
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|-
! align="center" colspan=4 style="background:#A9A9F5;" | Video games
|-
|-
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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|}


==External links==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|570302}}


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Latest revision as of 07:44, 21 August 2024

Victor McGuire
Victor McGuire in 2023
Born (1964-03-17) 17 March 1964 (age 60)
Tuebrook, Liverpool, England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationActor
Years active1983–present

Victor McGuire (born 17 March 1964)[citation needed] is an English actor best known for playing Jack Boswell in series 1–3, 5-7 of Carla Lane's Bread, Ron Wheatcroft in every series of Goodnight Sweetheart and its 2016 one-off episode, and Sean Hughes' neighbour Tony in Sean's Show ("the kind of guy you can ask to build you a shed").

Life and career

[edit]

McGuire appeared as Gary, one of the pair of thieves in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and as Deputy Chief Constable Nadin in Mike Leigh's Peterloo.

He has also appeared in a number of TV programmes, including Dalziel and Pascoe, Casualty and 2point4 Children. He played the character of Amos Hart in the West End musical Chicago and was Lazar Wolf in the West End production of Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy Theatre. He later reprised the role of Amos Hart in the theatrical production of Chicago, in the Cambridge Theatre, London. In 2012 he appeared in two episodes of historical drama World Without End as peasant Mark Webber. In 2005 he appeared in "A Fresh Start" and "Miller's Tale" - the first and the third episodes of the fifteenth series of Heartbeat as Brian Parker.

From 2012 to 2017 he appeared as security guard Ian in the Sky1 sitcom Trollied. His last appearance was in the Christmas special episode in December 2017.

In February 2019 McGuire appeared in Coronation Street as a character called Big Garth. In May 2019 McGuire played Garanin in the Sky / HBO Mini-Series Chernobyl.

In 2020 he appeared as a policeman in an advertisement for Haribo Starmix. McGuire is a supporter of Everton F.C. In 2020 he starred in ITV sitcom Kate & Koji as a customer named Mr. Mulholland, a pessimistic hypochondriac. In March 2021 he appeared in a safety advertisement for Highways England having the song "Go Left" a parody version of Go West by The Pet Shop Boys sung to him by two flies on his windscreen.

In 2022, he reprised his role as Mr. Mulholland in series two of Kate & Koji.

Filmography

[edit]

Film

[edit]
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Sorry About Last Night Michael
1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Gary
2001 Redemption Road Ronald
2002 Thunderpants Mr Smash
2003 A Changed Man
2004 Suzie Gold Breakfast TV Editor
2004 The Phantom of the Opera Piangi
2005 Hellraiser: Hellworld Police Officer No. 1
2006 The Black Dahlia Sgt. Bill Koenig
2007 Dangerous Parking Harry
2007 Midsummer Madness Mike
2011 The Task Big Daddy
2012 The Woman in Black Gerald Hardy
2013 Spike Island Security Guard
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Bar Patron
2018 Peterloo Deputy Chief Constable Nadin
2019 The Personal History of David Copperfield Creakle

Television

[edit]
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1983-1984 Brookside Mike
1986-1991 Bread Jack Boswell 61 episodes
1992-1993 Sean's Show Tony Benetti
1993-1999, 2016 Goodnight Sweetheart Ron Wheatcroft
1993-1995 Health and Efficiency Phil Brooke
2000 A Many Splintered Thing Luis Banks Main
2001-2002 Peak Practice Shaun Carter
2001 Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty Himself
2002 Being April Richard Main
2007 New Tricks Peter Baker S4.E4 "Nine Lives"
2012-2017 Trollied Ian 38 episodes
2014 Doctors Steve Miles
2015 The Last Kingdom Oswald
2019 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Phil Sirkin 1 episode
2019 Doctors Dave Weaver 1 episode
2019 Chernobyl Garanin 1 episode
2019 Coronation Street Big Garth
2020, 2022 Kate & Koji Mr Mullholland 8 episodes
2022 The Responder Trevor
2023 A Small Light Willem Grootendorst TV Miniseries

Video games

[edit]
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Charlie Tate Voice role

References

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