Brendan Carr (Actor) | |
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| Born | 26 March 1980 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Website | brendancarr |
Brendan Carr (born 26 March 1980) is a British actor and film producer.
Life edit
Born in Great Yarmouth, England, Carr trained at Stagecoach School of Performing Arts while attending regular school at The Grange in his home town of Aylesbury. Carr began his acting career in a film short called Pure Vengeance alongside Scott Adkins. He then appeared in BBC2's Masters of Combat as Master Kali's (Rachel Grant) disciple. He later went on to play Max Ryan in Jesus The Curry King alongside Pooja Shah, The film was produced by Aylesbury film company and was one of the first films to be screened digitally across cinemas in the UK via Quantum digital.[1][2] In 2008, Carr joined Howard Webster (Factory Publishing) as an associate producer. [3]
In June 2012 Carr was diagnosed with a condition know as Bells Palsey that had left the right side of his face completely paralyzed. [4] Carr experienced a 90% recovery from his illness in 2013.[5] and was cast as Sanchez in a new British action film titled He Who Dares.[6]
Credits edit
Carr has roles in:
- The Purifiers (2004) as Moz. [7]
- Love Struck (2005) as CLifford, which won Best Film in the Portobello Film Festival. [8][9][10]
- Rise of the Foot Soldier (2006-2007) as Jason. [11]
- Ten Dead Men (2007) as Ryan. [12][13][14]
- Dragon Soccer (2008) as Boris. [3]
- In 2011, Carr was cast as the lead character and voice for a crocodile in a series of TV commercials for Crocbids. [15][16]
- Safelight-19 (2012) as Martin Black. [17]
- Salvation (2014). A short form produced by Carr. [18]
- Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2016) as a stunt double for Sean Ryder's character, Mad Dog. [19]
- Babes with Blades, the Flower of Sarnia (2017) as Brook. Two of his children also appear in the film. [20]
Other credits include Band of Brothers (2001), The Avatar (2003), Left For Dead (2004), Starhyke (2006) and the Royal Variety Performance.[21]
In 2017 Carr worked with the Reel Power Stunt team [22] under stunt co-ordinator Jude Poyer on films Viking Destiny [23] and Farming [24].
Filmography edit
- Pure Vengeance (2001)
- Band of Brothers (2001)
- Masters of Combat (2001)
- Jesus the Curry King (2002)
- The Purifiers (2004)
- Left for Dead (2004)
- Love Struck (2005)
- fIXers (2006)
- Intergalactic Combat (2007)
- Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
- Ten Dead Men (2008)
- 45 (2009)
- Dragon Soccer (2009)
- Warrioress (2011)
- Safelight-19 (2012)
- He Who Dares (2014)
- Meet Pursuit Delange - The Movie (2015)
- This Is Jayde: The One Hit Wonder (2018)
- Babes With Blades - The Flower of Sarnia (2018)
References edit
- ^ "Masters of Combat (TV Series 2001– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Quantum Digital" (PDF). Quantumdigital.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Bucks Herald (Actor aims for fast recovery from rare paralysis condition)".
- ^ "The Bucks Herald (Fighting fit: Aylesbury actor Carr back on screen again )".
- ^ "He Who Dares (2014)". IMDb.com. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "The Purifiers (2004) : Full Cast & Crew". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Love Struck (2005)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "PFF 2005". Portobellofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Universal Pictures | New Movies In Theaters & Future Releases". Thebourneultimatum.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)". IMDb.com. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Ten Dead Men (2008)". IMDb.com. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Safelight 19 (TV Series 2012– )". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Salvation Film". Salvationfilm.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Rise Of The Footsoldier 3 - The Pat Tate Story". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Babes With Blades - The Flower Of Sarnia". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Brendan Carr". IMDb.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Reel Power Stunts". reelpowerstunts.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Viking Destiny". imdb.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "Farming". imdb.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
External links edit
Category:English male film actors
Category:People from Great Yarmouth
Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:British film producers