David Paisley
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| David Paisley | |
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| Born | David Paisley 2 February 1979 Falkirk, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
David Paisley (born 2 February 1979) is a Scottish actor, especially well known for roles as midwife Ben Saunders in Holby City, Ryan Taylor in Tinsel Town and most recently Rory Murdoch in River City.
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[edit] Career
Paisley began acting as a teenager with 7:84 theatre company in Glasgow, openly gay himself, some of his characters have been controversial due to their sexual orientation.[1] He starred in the short film Sweat, screened at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2008, and selected for screening at NewFest in New York, June 2008. Sweat is available on the successful short film compilation series Boys on Film distributed by Peccadillo Pictures.
Paisley completed filming on his regular role as Rory Murdoch on BBC Scotland's River City, the son of gangster Lenny Murdoch and departed the show in 2009.
Paisley starred as Gary in the play The Back Room by Adrian Pagan at The Cock Tavern Theatre in Kilburn, London,[when?] and also starred in the successful stage production of Mumah at the HighTide Festival in early 2009. October 2009 has saw Paisley take to the stage again in the UK Tour of Over The rainbow - The Eva Cassidy story, in which he played the part of "Danny Cassidy".[citation needed]
In 2010 Paisley made his directorial debut with the play 'The Lasses, O'[2] at the Edinburgh Festival.
[edit] Personal life
Paisley is the son of author Janet Paisley. Openly gay Paisley was voted 'Britain's sexiest man' by readers of Gay Times magazine.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Bogs, Eric (2002), "XY meets David Paisley", XY Magazine, http://www.xy.com/xycontent/articles/index.php?t=4&b=1&sort=author&a=articles/mag/xy36%20david%20paisley, retrieved 2007-11-02
- ^ Brown, Irene (2010), "The Lasses, O by Janet Paisley", Edinburgh Guide, http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2010/edinburghfringe/thelassesobyjanetpaisleyreview-6083, retrieved 2010-08-20
- ^ English, Paul (2007), "River City's New Star On Playing Gangster's Son", Daily Record, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment/columnists/showbiz-tv-columnists/paul-english/2007/12/21/i-m-used-to-making-waves-86908-20261392, retrieved 2008-02-04
