Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar
Dunbar in 2014
Born (1958-08-01) 1 August 1958 (age 66)
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • director
  • singer
Years active1980–present
Notable workAshes to Ashes (2009)
Line of Duty (2012–2021)
Spouse
Anna Nygh
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(m. 1986)​

Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an Irish actor, director, and singer, known for his television and theatre work. He co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards.[1]

Dunbar is best known for playing Superintendent Ted Hastings in all six series of the hit BBC crime drama Line of Duty (2012–21). He has also appeared as Alan Cox in The Jump, Martin Summers in Ashes to Ashes, Richard Plantagenet in The Hollow Crown, and Father Flaherty in Broken. Since 2022, Dunbar has starred in the lead role of Alex Ridley in the ITV detective series Ridley.

Notable film work includes My Left Foot (1989), The Crying Game (1992), and deleted scenes in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999), whilst TV guest appearances include Inspector Morse, Cracker, A Touch of Frost, Silk, Scott & Bailey, Silent Witness and Inside No. 9.

  1. ^ Maslin, Janet (19 January 1992). "Hear My Song (1991) Review/Film; Irish Tenor Is Focus Of Intrigue and Blarney". The New York Times.