Tim Downie
Encyclopedia
Tim Downie is an English
actor
and writer
.
He was born in England. Before starting his professional career, Downie trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
.
called This is Jinsy
which will air in the UK in the Autumn 2011. Downie's work in television includes BBC Four
's Micro Men
2009, The Legend of Dick and Dom
2009 on CBBC
, M.I. High 2008 for the BBC
, New Tricks 2004 for the BBC
, Keen Eddie
2004 which aired on the Fox Network, Judge John Deed
2001 for the BBC, Doctors in 2002, Hollyoaks
1999-2001 on Channel 4
, and Out of Tune
1996 on CBBC. He appeared as himself in To Me... To You... in 1998. In 2010 he starred with Sam Heughan
in an award-winning series of commercials for Tennents Lager in the UK.
in the 2010 83rd Academy Awards
-winning film The King's Speech.
Other films include Homicide: Division B
a 2008 short film, written and directed by Abner Pastoll
and starring Edward Peel
, about a group of defective detectives who attempt to foil a bomb plot. The film was described by SKY TV
as a "Delightfully daft cop comedy". It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival
in the Short Film Corner and has been in competition at several high profile international film festivals including Newport Beach Film Festival
, Tiburon Film Festival and the final Siena Short Film Festival in Italy. It was selected by Jason Reitman as a finalist in the Project Direct! film competition.
He also starred in the 2004 film Shooting Shona, and appeared as a time-travelling H.G. Wells in the 2010 short film A Great Mistake
, produced by February Films, with Abner Pastoll
directing both films.
, Charlie and Henry at the New End Theatre
, 1966 World Cup Final on tour around the UK, and Pawnography and Le Jet De Sang at The Rose (theatre)
in London 2007, part of their first residency in 500 years.
Downie had his first theatre piece commissioned in 2008, The Dead Moon which toured around the UK and played at the Aldeburgh Festival
, the first non-operatic piece to ever be performed there. He started writing comedy later that year with the web-series The Real Brian Blessed for ComedyBox.tv. In 2009 he was a finalist in the New York Screenwriter's Challenge with 'The Robin Wins The Spring' and at the Atlanta Skyfest II Festival for his script The Automata Circus. Since then his theatre work has included The Curse Of Elizabeth Faulkner for the Off Cut Festival 2010 in London, which was also performed at the King's Head Theatre, The Revenge Of Anubis for BBC Radio Devon
recorded at Ealing Studios
, 'The Story Project 2 - Love, Lies and London' for The Southwark Playhouse
, A Portrait Of Maureen Flange for the Etcetera Theatre
, and Theatre In A Car for the opening of the London Bridge Festival in 2010.
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...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
He was born in England. Before starting his professional career, Downie trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is an independent drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London. It was founded in 1945 by Peter Coxhead and Ralph Nossek as 'The Mountview Theatre Club', an amateur repertory company staging a new production for a six-day run every second week...
.
Television
He is currently filming a new series for Sky AtlanticSky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic is a television channel owned by British Sky Broadcasting, which launched on 1 February 2011 on Sky in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland....
called This is Jinsy
This is Jinsy
This is Jinsy is a British comedy programme. The pilot first aired on 1 March 2010 on BBC Three. The programme is about the bizarre residents of the fictional island of Jinsy. The show was written by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb who also play the leading roles...
which will air in the UK in the Autumn 2011. Downie's work in television includes BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
's Micro Men
Micro Men
Micro Men is a one-off BBC drama television show set in the late 1970s and 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market, particularly the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair who developed the ZX Spectrum, and Chris Curry - the man behind the BBC Micro; played by Alexander Armstrong and...
2009, The Legend of Dick and Dom
The Legend of Dick and Dom
The Legend of Dick and Dom is a sitcom that stars Dick and Dom as two budding young princes who are on a quest to find the antidote to a terrible plague that consumed Fyredor because Dick dropped the cure. The all star cast also includes Mannitol , a wizard who is really bad at doing magic, and...
2009 on CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
, M.I. High 2008 for the 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...
, New Tricks 2004 for the 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...
, Keen Eddie
Keen Eddie
Keen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who goes to London when one of his cases goes sour and remains to work with New Scotland Yard...
2004 which aired on the Fox Network, Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
2001 for the BBC, Doctors in 2002, Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
1999-2001 on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, and Out of Tune
Out of Tune
Out of Tune is a British children's TV sitcom which was shown on CBBC from 1996 to 1998.It features a group of fictional children that belong to a church choir at a school and their practice sessions. However the choir is humorously bad, hence the name 'Out of Tune', and the practice sessions are...
1996 on CBBC. He appeared as himself in To Me... To You... in 1998. In 2010 he starred with Sam Heughan
Sam Heughan
Sam Heughan was born in New Galloway, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1980. He is an actor who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow....
in an award-winning series of commercials for Tennents Lager in the UK.
Film
He appeared as The Duke Of GloucesterPrince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....
in the 2010 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
-winning film The King's Speech.
Other films include Homicide: Division B
Homicide: Division B
Homicide: Division B is a 2008 short film, written and directed by Abner Pastoll and starring Edward Peel, about a group of defective detectives who attempt to foil a bomb plot.The film was described by SKY TV as a "Delightfully daft cop comedy"...
a 2008 short film, written and directed by Abner Pastoll
Abner Pastoll
Abner Pastoll is a British film director and screenwriter based in London. His credits include the feature film Shooting Shona , and the short films The Secret Wish , Homicide: Division B , A Great Mistake and Me or the Dog , starring Edward Hogg and featuring the voice of Martin Clunes.-External...
and starring Edward Peel
Edward Peel
Edward Peel is a British actor.He has mostly appeared on television, his roles include Shogun , Juliet Bravo , Cracker , Emmerdale Farm and London's Burning...
, about a group of defective detectives who attempt to foil a bomb plot. The film was described by SKY TV
Sky TV
Sky TV may refer to:*British Sky Broadcasting, a television network and media company in the United Kingdom**Sky , a brand name of BSkyB's digital satellite television and radio service in the UK and the Ireland...
as a "Delightfully daft cop comedy". It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
in the Short Film Corner and has been in competition at several high profile international film festivals including Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
The Newport Beach Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Newport Beach, California, that showcases more than 350 films to more than 30,000 attendees annually....
, Tiburon Film Festival and the final Siena Short Film Festival in Italy. It was selected by Jason Reitman as a finalist in the Project Direct! film competition.
He also starred in the 2004 film Shooting Shona, and appeared as a time-travelling H.G. Wells in the 2010 short film A Great Mistake
A Great Mistake
A Great Mistake is a 2010 genre-bending short film, directed by Abner Pastoll, produced by Junyoung Jang and written by Abner Pastoll & Gerlind Becker...
, produced by February Films, with Abner Pastoll
Abner Pastoll
Abner Pastoll is a British film director and screenwriter based in London. His credits include the feature film Shooting Shona , and the short films The Secret Wish , Homicide: Division B , A Great Mistake and Me or the Dog , starring Edward Hogg and featuring the voice of Martin Clunes.-External...
directing both films.
Theatre
He has appeared in numerous productions including Fat Christ at The King's Head TheatreThe King's Head Theatre
The King's Head Theatre, founded in 1970 by Dan Crawford, is an Off-West End venue in London. It was the first pub theatre in the UK. Adam Spreadbury-Maher became Artistic Director in March 2010 .-Background:...
, Charlie and Henry at the New End Theatre
New End Theatre
The New End Theatre, Hampstead, was a 80-seat fringe theatre venue in London, England, located in the London Borough of Camden which operated from 1974 until 2011. It was listed widely on the internet, including with the New York Times....
, 1966 World Cup Final on tour around the UK, and Pawnography and Le Jet De Sang at The Rose (theatre)
The Rose (theatre)
The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre , the Curtain , and the theatre at Newington Butts The Rose was an Elizabethan theatre. It was the fourth of the public theatres to be built, after The Theatre (1576), the Curtain (1577),...
in London 2007, part of their first residency in 500 years.
Writing
As a writerWriter
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
Downie had his first theatre piece commissioned in 2008, The Dead Moon which toured around the UK and played at the Aldeburgh Festival
Aldeburgh Festival
The Aldeburgh Festival is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the Aldeburgh area of Suffolk, centred on the main concert hall at Snape Maltings...
, the first non-operatic piece to ever be performed there. He started writing comedy later that year with the web-series The Real Brian Blessed for ComedyBox.tv. In 2009 he was a finalist in the New York Screenwriter's Challenge with 'The Robin Wins The Spring' and at the Atlanta Skyfest II Festival for his script The Automata Circus. Since then his theatre work has included The Curse Of Elizabeth Faulkner for the Off Cut Festival 2010 in London, which was also performed at the King's Head Theatre, The Revenge Of Anubis for BBC Radio Devon
BBC Radio Devon
BBC Radio Devon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Devon. It began transmissions on 17 January 1983, replacing a previous breakfast show for Devon and Cornwall broadcast on the local frequencies of Radio 4....
recorded at Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made on the site ever since...
, 'The Story Project 2 - Love, Lies and London' for The Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse
-History:Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company was founded in 1993 by Juliet Alderdice, Tom Wilson & Mehmet Ergen. They identified the need for a high quality accessible theatre which would also act as a major resource for the community...
, A Portrait Of Maureen Flange for the Etcetera Theatre
Etcetera Theatre
The Etcetera Theatre is a fringe venue for theatre and comedy. It was founded in 1986 and is situated above The Oxford Arms pub in Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden....
, and Theatre In A Car for the opening of the London Bridge Festival in 2010.