Brian McCardie

Acting

Brian McCardie

Born 1965-01-22 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Brian McCardie (1965 - 2024) was a Scottish actor and writer.

Acting credits

The Ghost and the Darkness poster
6.8

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

The Ghost and the Darkness

1996

Speed 2: Cruise Control poster
4.6

A disgruntled former employee hijacks the Seabourn Legend cruise liner. Set on a fixed course, without any means of communication and at the mercy of the hijacker, it's up to the one cop on vacation and his soon to be fiancé (hopefully) Annie to regain control of it before it kills the passengers and causes an environmental disaster. Insurmountable and daunting tasks await them on their perilous journey throughout the ship trying to fend off the hijacker and save the passengers.

Speed 2: Cruise Control

1997

Filth poster
6.8

A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.

Filth

2013

Damaged poster
5.6

A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.

Damaged

2024

Rob Roy poster
6.7

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.

Rob Roy

1995

Agatha and the Truth of Murder poster
6.4

England, December 1926. Although her personal life is in tatters, the famous writer Agatha Christie decides to leave everything behind to help unravel an unsolved murder committed on a train six years ago, unable to imagine the disproportionate consequences that such a selfless act will cause.

Agatha and the Truth of Murder

2018

Low Winter Sun poster
6.1

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.

Low Winter Sun

2006

Low Winter Sun poster
6.1

Frank Agnew is a police detective who kills for revenge and naively believes he's engineered the perfect crime.

Low Winter Sun

2006

The Damned United poster
7.2

Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.

The Damned United

2009

200 Cigarettes poster
5.8

In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.

200 Cigarettes

1999

Ellie Parker poster
5.0

Ellie Parker, an aspiring actress from Australia, lives a hectic Hollywood lifestyle, perpetually trying to land the role that will elevate her career. Living with her lothario musician boyfriend, Justin, Ellie is far from happy, finding support primarily from her friend Sam. But when Ellie meets Chris after a minor traffic accident, she sees new potential for both romance and her life in general.

Ellie Parker

2005

Our Ladies poster
6.5

In 1996 Scotland, a group of Catholic schoolgirls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.

Our Ladies

2019

No artwork available
NR

Accused of a crime he did not commit, Tommy decides to take the blame and serve a sentence at Glasgow’s Barlinnie prison, presuming his family will be looked after. However, he finds himself at the mercy of prison life whilst his family are left to fend for themselves. When he is finally released he is forced to pick up the pieces of his life and face the reality of his situation.

Wasted Time

2015

The Groundsman poster
NR

A Scottish football groundsman discovers the club he's been a part of for thirty years is going out of business.

The Groundsman

2013

Beyond the City Limits poster
4.7

Three women outsmart unsavory men who try to cheat them out of their take in an almost-botched casino heist.

Beyond the City Limits

2001

Doors Open poster
5.2

Heist thriller and adaptation of Ian Rankin's book, which sees a bored millionaire plan to swap the contents of a gallery's warehouse with near-perfect forgeries.

Doors Open

2012

Some Dogs Bite poster
6.1

A 14-year-old (Casey) leads his two half-brothers (H, 19 years old and baby Severino) on a journey to find and live as a family with his father after their mother dies.

Some Dogs Bite

2010

Walk Like a Panther poster
6.2

A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.

Walk Like a Panther

2018

Shell poster
6.2

Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolate landscape that surrounds her. With only her routine of running the decaying petrol station, taking care of her father, and spending afternoons in her bedroom with a local mechanic, life is passing Shell by with every passing truck that rattles her walls. One day a salesman stops to re-fuel and offers Shell a taste of the outside world that takes her closer than ever to the edge of the road and her desire to escape.

Shell

2013

Peterman poster
6.7

The death of his safe cracking grandfather has landed Johnny as the only one left alive who can open a safe for a degenerate crew of violent gangsters,but he's just a junkie with little more on his mind than getting that next fix.

Peterman

2015

SoulBoy poster
5.7

1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.

SoulBoy

2010

Gerry Anderson's Firestorm poster
10.0

Filmed in ‘Ultramarionation’ Gerry Anderson’s FIRESTORM will be made using puppets, real sets, miniatures and practical FX - the next step in evolution from the old Supermarionation series of the 60s.

Gerry Anderson's Firestorm

2018

Kidnapped poster
6.3

When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart accidentally boards the ship, he takes David along on his escape back to Edinburgh. They part and meet again repeatedly, mutually helpful against the Redcoats and respectful, although David is loyal to the English crown, but learns about its cruel oppression. Both ultimately face their adversaries.

Kidnapped

1995

For Those in Peril poster
6.1

Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. Spurred on by sea-going folklore and local superstition, the village blames Aaron for this tragedy, making him an outcast amongst his own people. Steadfastly refusing to believe that his brother has died, he sets out to recover him and the rest of men.

For Those in Peril

2013