George Irving

Acting

George Irving

Born 1954-05-06 · South Shields, County Durham (now South Shields, Tyne & Wear), England, UK

George Irving is a British actor of stage and screen. He is probably best known for his portrayal of the acerbic and aloof heart surgeon Anton Meyer in the first three seasons of the BBC1 drama Holby City.

Acting credits

Commitments poster
NR

Three-day weeks, strikes and the lights going out - the winter of 1973-4 finally spurs Hugh into political action. But is his new-found zeal going to be enough for the unexpected demands the new life makes of him?

Commitments

1982

Tumbledown poster
5.7

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper and left paralyzed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.

Tumbledown

1988

Night People poster
NR

A classical string quartet stop at a motorway cafe in early hours. Among the people they meet are a football supporter, a commercial traveller and an elderly couple on their way to Gretna Green to get married.

Night People

1978

For Queen & Country poster
5.3

A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

For Queen & Country

1988

Things to Do Before You're 30 poster
5.8

A smart, sexy and poignantly accurate comedy drama about a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable - adulthood and responsibility.

Things to Do Before You're 30

2005

Julius Caesar - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster
NR

A live performance of the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. Set in ancient Rome, leading citizens Cassius and Marcus Brutus are alarmed that the power and authority Caesar is assuming may endanger the democracy of the Republic, so they conspire to assassinate the popular general. The ensuing battles and suicides extend the tragedy, establishing neither a clear-cut hero nor villain.

Julius Caesar - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

2014

The Best Man poster
4.3

After painter Michael 'Mike' Sheldrake's failed suicide attempt, house-mate and life-long best friend Peter Tremaine, an antiques shop owner, reminisces their common past, like Mike does in therapy. It started at the beach, when scrubby, scared Mikey became the dependent protégé of forceful Pete, both doted by Pete's dad, a wealthy lawyer. Afterwards Mike moves out to marry Kate. Pete accepts to be best man, but overdoes that, 'arranging' to get stuck in the honeymoon hotel he paid for. Drama from their boarding school childhood intertwines with tragedy for the mates, Kate and vindictive former police detective Miller.

The Best Man

2006

Squaring the Circle poster
5.0

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.

Squaring the Circle

1984

Blue Money poster
5.1

Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash.

Blue Money

1985

Bad Company poster
NR

A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of four men.

Bad Company

1993

Born Kicking poster
9.0

Roxanne (known as Roxy) is a star performer in her local soccer team. Her natural talent is noticed by local team owner Victor Grace who signs her up. However it's not so easy being the only female professional soccer star in the country.

Born Kicking

1992

The Jazz Detective poster
7.0

Jazz musician Bernie Weston find himself falsely accused of murder in Bristol. With the aid of a local reporter he sets out to clear his name and find the real killer.

The Jazz Detective

1992

The Healing poster
NR

John believes his faith has the power to cure. When he returns to help on his father's farm, he finds it can also kill.

The Healing

1975

A Night on the Tyne poster
9.0

When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the ship they have been working on.

A Night on the Tyne

1989