Cameron Jack

Scottish actor Cameron Jack was born and bred into a working class shipbuilding family in Patrick, Glasgow in 1972. In 1992 he received the Margaret Rutherford scholarship to study acting at Mountview theatre school in North London. Graduating in 1995, he set out on an eclectic career, appearing in everything from multiple West End musicals, low budget British film and Hollywood blockbusters. He first came to prominence on screen with television appearances in the mid to late 1990's, appearing in mainstream TV fare like 'Taggart', 'The Bill', 'The Vanishing Man' and 'Lucy Sullivan is getting married'. In 2011, he was cast in his first feature film role in the final part of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, 'The Dark Knight Rises', playing one of Bane's henchmen 'Sewer Thug 1'. In 2013 he worked on BBC drama 'Waterloo Road' and three brand new TV Sitcoms including 'Man Down'. 2014 saw him appear as Lewis Milton in 'Silent Witness' for the BBC. In 2015 he shot the The UK thriller 'Level Up' and the acclaimed Sci FI thriller 'What Happened To Monday' with Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close and Willem Dafoe. In 2016 he appeared in the feature films 'iBoy', 'Death Race: Beyond Anarchy', 'Perfect Skin' and 'Calibre' in which he appeared as Frank McClay. The film was a huge international hit and won the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Film in 2018 at The Edinburgh International Film Festival. 2017 saw him take roles in brand new BBC drama 'Trust Me', International hit 'Outlander' , and two BAFTA award winning dramas, 'Call The Midwife and 'Patrick Melrose'. He joined the cast of long running ITV drama 'Emmerdale' in March 2018 playing Connor in 10 episodes before filming on period drama 'Victoria', also for ITV. He appeared as Davy in the award winning Glasgow set short film 'Boys night'. The film was nominated for best short film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2019 and won best screenplay at the Elba Film Festival in Italy. In 2018 he worked on 'Dragonheart: Vengeance' which was shot in Bucharest, Romania and in 2019 appeared in 'The Last Vermeer' which was shot in the UK and Holland and is due for release in 2021. 2020 saw him appear as Brendan in 'Wrath Of Man' directed by Guy Ritchie and the popular ITV police drama 'Unforgotten'. 2021 and 2022 proved busy too with appearances in 'Casualty', 'Grantchester', 'Shetland' and the movie 'Never Back Down:Revolt'. In 2023 he'll be appearing in the much anticipated 'Masters Of The Air', the sitcom 'Gaynor and Ray', brand new TV shows 'The Chemistry Of Death' and 'Rain Dogs' and the feature film 'Little Bone Lodge'. Written by Cameron Jack