Jason Durr
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Jason Durr is an English
actor
, best known for his portrayal of PC/DC MichaelMike Bradley in the British Series Heartbeat from 1997 to 2003.
After Leighton Park School
, his television career began from science fiction
television series Jupiter Moon
.
He also played Sam Howard in the Rosamunde Pilcher
dramas Winter Solstice and Summer solstice
. His other notable roles are as Dr. Anthony in True True Lie
, Pencroff in Mysterious Island
, a film based Jules Verne
's novel and as Lord Kiely in Sharpe's Battle
.
Most recently he appeared in a 2-part British television drama, Above suspicion
which averaged 7 million viewers. For which he received favourable reviews for his performance as murder suspect Alan Daniels.
He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, best known for his portrayal of PC/DC MichaelMike Bradley in the British Series Heartbeat from 1997 to 2003.
After Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a co-educational Quaker independent school for both day and boarding pupils. It is situated in the large town of Reading in Berkshire, in South East England...
, his television career began from science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series Jupiter Moon
Jupiter Moon
Jupiter Moon was a science fiction television series first broadcast by BSB's Galaxy Channel from 26 March 1990 until December the same year. 150 episodes were commissioned, but only the first 108 were broadcast by BSB...
.
He also played Sam Howard in the Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher OBE is a British author of romance novels and mainstream women's fiction. Early in her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Pilcher retired from writing in 2000.-Early years:...
dramas Winter Solstice and Summer solstice
Summer Solstice (2005 film)
Summer Solstice is a 2005 Hallmark Channel made-for-television film based on the novel of the same name by Rosamunde Pilcher. The film received a straight-to-DVD release in the United Kingdom. It stars Jason Durr and Jacqueline Bisset.-Plot summary:...
. His other notable roles are as Dr. Anthony in True True Lie
True True Lie
True True Lie is 2006 thriller film directed by Eric Styles. The film follows Dana, who after 12 years in an asylum, is reunited with her family and childhood friends Nathalie and Paige. Dana slowly begins to realize that the events that led to her stay there may not have been imaginary...
, Pencroff in Mysterious Island
Mysterious Island (2005 film)
Mysterious Island is a 2005 TV film made for Hallmark Channel that is based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name...
, a film based Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
's novel and as Lord Kiely in Sharpe's Battle
Sharpe's Battle (TV programme)
Sharpe's Battle is a 1995 British television drama, part of a series screened on the ITV network that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars...
.
Most recently he appeared in a 2-part British television drama, Above suspicion
Above Suspicion (TV drama)
Above Suspicion is a TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds...
which averaged 7 million viewers. For which he received favourable reviews for his performance as murder suspect Alan Daniels.
He has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
.
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Luke Archbold | 1 episode, Fit for Murder |
2010 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Eddie Seward | The Blue Geranium The Thirteen Problems The Thirteen Problems is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in June 1932 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1933 under the title The Tuesday Club Murders. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US... |
2009 | Above Suspicion Above Suspicion (TV drama) Above Suspicion is a TV series based on Lynda La Plante's novels Above Suspicion, The Red Dahlia, Deadly Intent and Silent Scream. It stars Kelly Reilly and Ciarán Hinds... |
Alan Daniels | Lynda La Plante Lynda La Plante Lynda La Plante, CBE is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.... TV drama |
2007 | Numb3rs NUMB3RS Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes... |
J.W. Piennar | |
2005 | Summer solstice Summer Solstice (2005 film) Summer Solstice is a 2005 Hallmark Channel made-for-television film based on the novel of the same name by Rosamunde Pilcher. The film received a straight-to-DVD release in the United Kingdom. It stars Jason Durr and Jacqueline Bisset.-Plot summary:... |
Sam Howard | TV film |
2005 | Mysterious Island Mysterious Island (2005 film) Mysterious Island is a 2005 TV film made for Hallmark Channel that is based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name... |
Pencroff | TV film |
2004 | Fooling Hitler | Lt. Col. Strangeways | TV drama |
2003 | Winter Solstice | Sam Howard | TV film |
2000 | The Wrong Side of the Rainbow | Nick | TV series |
1997-2003 | Heartbeat | Mike Bradley | 128 episodes |
1997 | Bugs Bugs (TV series) Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers... |
Mark | 1 episode, Happy Ever After |
1996 | Christmas | Martin | TV drama |
1995 | Sharpe's Battle Sharpe's Battle (TV programme) Sharpe's Battle is a 1995 British television drama, part of a series screened on the ITV network that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars... |
Lord Kiely | TV drama |
1994 | A Dark-Adapted Eye A Dark-Adapted Eye A Dark-Adapted Eye is a psychological thriller novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the nom-de-plume Barbara Vine. The novel won the American Edgar Award... |
Jamie | BBC TV adaptation |
1993 | Inspector Morse Inspector Morse (TV series) Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes.... |
John Brewster | 1 episode, Deadly Slumber |
1993 | Femme fatale Femme fatale A femme fatale is a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art... |
Davey Harty | TV series |
1991 | Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. In the poem, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is completely green, from his clothes and hair to his... |
Sir Gawain | Television adaptation |
1990 | The Paradise Club | Tony Bracciola | 1 episode, BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... TV series |
1990 | Iphigeneia at Aulis Iphigeneia at Aulis Iphigenia in Aulis is the last extant work of the playwright Euripides. Written between 408, after the Orestes, and 406 BC, the year of Euripides's death, the play was first produced the following year by his son or nephew, Euripides the Younger, and won the first place at the Athenian city... |
Potroculus | TV drama (play adaptation) |
1990 | Jupiter Moon Jupiter Moon Jupiter Moon was a science fiction television series first broadcast by BSB's Galaxy Channel from 26 March 1990 until December the same year. 150 episodes were commissioned, but only the first 108 were broadcast by BSB... |
Alex Hartman | TV series |
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2006 | True True Lie True True Lie True True Lie is 2006 thriller film directed by Eric Styles. The film follows Dana, who after 12 years in an asylum, is reunited with her family and childhood friends Nathalie and Paige. Dana slowly begins to realize that the events that led to her stay there may not have been imaginary... |
Dr. Anthony | Thriller film |
1996 | La Lengua asesina | Johnny | Sci-fi horror film |
1991 | Young Soul Rebels Young Soul Rebels Young Soul Rebels is a 1991 critically acclaimed coming-of-age/drama British film written by Isaac Julien and Paul Hallam, and directed by Juilen. The film examines the interaction between youth cultural movements during the late 1970s in the UK. Namely skinheads, punks and soulboys along with the... |
Billibud | Punk/drama film |