Ruaridh Mollica

Acting

Ruaridh Mollica

Born 1999-10-14 · Prato, Tuscany, Italy

Ruaridh Silvio James MacGillivray-Mollica (born 14 October 1999) is a Scottish-Italian actor, writer, and director. For his performance in the film Sebastian (2024), he was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. On television, he appeared in the Channel 5 series Witness Number 3 and the BBC Three series Red Rose (both 2022). Mollica was named one of Screen International's 2024 Rising Stars Scotland. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruaridh Mollica, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Tell It to the Bees poster
7.5

Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

Tell It to the Bees

2019

Cry to Heaven poster
NR

Set in 18th-century Venice, the paths of two unlikely collaborators: a Venetian noble and a castrated singer from Calabria, both tries to succeed in the world of the opera.

Cry to Heaven

Sebastian poster
6.3

Max is a 25-year-old freelance writer and aspiring novelist who seems well on his way to success in London’s cultural spheres. Yet by night, he finds a different kind of exhilaration as a sex worker with the pseudonym Sebastian, meeting men via an escorting platform. Max uses his experiences as Sebastian to fuel his stories and the worthy debut novel that he has been longing to write, finally seems within reach.

Sebastian

2024

Sunshine on Leith poster
6.5

Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs and relationships. Sunshine on Leith is based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers.

Sunshine on Leith

2013

Sukkwan Island poster
4.5

In an effort to reconnect with his estranged father, 13-year-old Roy agrees to spend a formative year of adventure on the remote Sukkwan Island deep in the Norwegian fjords. What starts as a chance to rebuild their relationship quickly descends into a test of survival as they face the harsh realities of their environment and confront their unresolved turmoil.

Sukkwan Island

2026

No artwork available
NR

On the streets of London, young runaway Sophie finds her tribe amidst the darkness and begins to reclaim her sense of self.

Bare

MOR poster
NR

A mother and her son arrive at a remote seaside cottage to celebrate his eighteenth birthday. A cottage they have not visited for many years now. Over the course of a weekend, they seek to find a connection with each other once again. But a connection that they may have ultimately lost forever.

MOR

2024

No artwork available
NR

Long before Formula 1, World Endurance, and MotoGP, there was the Isle of Man TT. As the world’s oldest continuously running motorsport event, the TT remains a one-of-a-kind spectacle with no substitute and no equal. With riders pushing man and machine to the edge at nearly 200 mph, the TT represents the pinnacle of sporting endeavor and the relentless pursuit of glory.

Isle of Man

The Method poster
NR

A legendary acting teacher’s relentless pursuit of perfection pushes an overly eager student into the dark depths of his own psyche. As the student becomes engulfed in a masochistic and obsessive acting 'method', the lines between reality and performance blur. Soon, the series of events takes a criminal turn, leaving the audience questioning… Where does the act end and reality begin?

The Method

2025

Joe poster
NR

Hiding in an empty house on the Norfolk coast, a tormented young man is hunted by a relentless enemy and haunted by the ghost of a lost love. As the voice of the river and the presence of a dead whale pull him deeper into memory, he must face the past—and the fate he cannot escape.

Joe

2025

Too Rough poster
6.0

After a night of intoxication in Glasgow, a hungover and hysterical Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own homophobic and dysfunctional family.

Too Rough

2022

Boys on Film 23: Dangerous to Know poster
5.0

Boys on Film presents ten encounters from across the globe, where the dangerous allure of a risky attraction yields emotional results — proving that the age-old adage of taking the plunge is as relevant — and sexy — as ever before. The 10 short films are: My Uncle's Friend [O Amigo do Meu Tio] (2021); Budapest, Closed City [Budapest, zárt város] (2021); Eden (2020); Chaperone (2022); Break Me [Knus meg] (2018); By His Will [שעשני כרצונו] (2021); Red Ants Bite (2019); Jim (2022); Hornbeam (2022); Too Rough (2022).

Boys on Film 23: Dangerous to Know

2023

The Bird Feeder poster
NR

Brian's younger brother Jimmy goes missing after a fight at their father's wake.

The Bird Feeder

2023

No artwork available
NR

The Doomsday Clock is a spoken word piece calling for a change to help combat climate change.

The Doomsday Clock

2022

Behind the camera