Ron Donachie
- Professione
- Recitazione
- Nascita
- 26 aprile 1956
- Luogo di nascita
- Dundee, Tayside, Scotland
Biografia
Ronald Eaglesham Porter, known professionally as Ron Donachie (born 26 April 1956, Dundee, Scotland), is a Scottish character actor. He attended Madras College in St Andrews and earned an MA (Hons.) in English Literature and Drama from the University of Glasgow in 1979. He is best known for portraying Ser Rodrik Cassel, the steadfast master-at-arms of House Stark, in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2012), for his supporting role as Master-at-Arms Thomas King in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), and for voicing DI John Rebus in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Sir Ian Rankin's Rebus detective novels, a role he reprised on stage in Rebus: Long Shadows. He has appeared in over 130 productions across theatre, film, and television since the early 1970s. His filmography includes Comfort and Joy (1984), White Mischief (1987), The Jungle Book (1994, as Sergeant Harley), Fierce Creatures (1997), Titanic (1997), Max Manus: Man of War (2008, as Colonel J.S. Wilson), Filth (2012, as Hector), Sunset Song (2015, as Uncle Tam), Steel Rain (2017, as US Secretary of State Michael Dobbs), Outlaw King (2018, as Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow), Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022, as Col. Val Cleaver), and I Swear (2025, as Headmaster Donald Watkins). On television he has appeared in Taggart (1983), The Bill (1984, as DCI Andrew Ross, recurring), Doctor Who (2005), Downton Abbey (2010, as Mr. McCree), Rebus (1999–2000, as Jack Gunner / DCI Wilson), Vera (2011), Silk (2011), Blandings (2013), Waterloo Road (2012, 7 episodes), Karen Pirie (2022), Granite Harbour (2022), and Screw (2022, as Don Carpenter, 12 episodes).
Film con Ron Donachie
- Titanic 1997 · ★ 7.9
- Il lercio 2013 · ★ 6.8
- Blitz 2011 · ★ 6.2
- Un amore di testimone 2008 · ★ 6.5
- Outlaw King - Il re fuorilegge 2018 · ★ 6.8
- I Swear - È più forte di me 2025 · ★ 8.3
- La nostra vacanza in Scozia 2014 · ★ 6.7
- Mowgli - Il libro della giungla 1994 · ★ 6.0
- Creature selvagge 1997 · ★ 6.2
- Il Trono di Spade: The Last Watch 2019 · ★ 7.0
- Max Manus 2008 · ★ 7.1
- Steel Rain 2017 · ★ 7.1
- Sunset Song 2015 · ★ 6.2
- Stone of Destiny 2008 · ★ 6.5
- The Flying Scotsman 2006 · ★ 6.5
- Beautiful Creatures 2000 · ★ 5.6
- Rocketry: The Nambi Effect 2022 · ★ 7.7
- Daisy vuole solo giocare 2008 · ★ 5.2
- Comfort and Joy 1984 · ★ 6.6
- Misfatto bianco 1987 · ★ 6.1
- Sfida per la vittoria 2000 · ★ 5.7
- Man to Man 2005 · ★ 6.3
- Recovery 2007 · ★ 6.4
- The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby 2005 · ★ 5.7
- The Match 1999 · ★ 6.0
- La grande fuga 2 1988 · ★ 5.5
- Heavenly Pursuits 1986 · ★ 7.2
- Those Glory Glory Days 1983 · ★ 5.3
- The Chatterley Affair 2006 · ★ 5.3
- Die Spionin 2013 · ★ 5.4
- Aquila rossa 1994 · ★ 4.1
- Al's Lads 2002 · ★ 6.5
- Uncle Adolf 2005 · ★ 6.6
- The Life and Crimes of William Palmer 1998 · ★ 8.7
- The Bogie Man 1992 · ★ 6.7
- Man Dancin' 2004 · ★ 4.3
- Sakharov 1984 · ★ 7.5
- Crossing to Freedom 1990 · ★ 7.0
- The Key 2003 · ★ 8.0
- Down Where the Buffalo Go 1988 · ★ 10.0