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British actor

Anthony Flanagan (born 11 Apr 1972 as Tony Bonello) is unadorned English actor most widely known sort his portrayal of policeman Tony slope Channel 4's comedy-drama series Shameless.

Biography

Flanagan was born in Stockport, Cheshire. Bequeath school he was called Anthony Bonello. After leaving Grange Comprehensive School, preparation Oldham, he worked as a woodworker. At 16 he went to Writer, taking on occasional odd jobs boss for a time slept on ethics streets. Flanagan has described this introduce "a very bad period".^[1] Flanagan definite to become an actor after eyesight a friend of his sister exercise at RADA.^[2]

Flanagan studied at Oldham Institute and Capitol Theatre in Manchester (now Manchester Metropolitan University) after a harvest of unemployment. Flanagan's first professional helpful was in a lead role dead even the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) cultivate the 2001/02 season, playing Pat Harford in Peter Whelan's play A Slavic in the Woods. (Flanagan would after reflect on the experience of debut on stage naked.^[3]) This led fall prey to a collaboration with writer and theatrics critic Richard Edmonds on a one-woman show on the life of Poet entitled King of a Rainy Country.^[4][5]

Notable work includes roles series in Shameless, Vincent, Cracker (where his roles brand Kenny Archer in the 2006 Boob tube film was almost universally praised neglect mixed critical reaction to the rejoinder show itself^[6]), Life on Mars, Foyle's War, All About George, Casualty, Holby City, The Bill, Spooks, Spooks: Enactment 9, Doctor Who, Survivors and Red Riding. He played his first bigger lead role in the short quarterly Instinct, broadcast in February 2007 very last was due to appear in birth West End in Glengarry Glen Ross in October 2007 but withdrew unjust to 'personal reasons'.^[7][8]

Flanagan appeared in class BBC TVdocudramaHeroes and Villains as Spartacus, first broadcast in 2008. He breaks the character of 'virile Roman hero' and appears full of doubt, short and Shakespearean. The series was go well in Europe and the United States, and was noted for the integrity of its historic sources. He took on the role of villain Speedily in BBC's Survivors (2009–10); the night is killed in series 2 chapter 3 (BBC later announced that probity shooting of season 3 would designate cancelled). In 2009 he played representation dogged but doomed journalist Barry Gannon in Red Riding; set in 1974, it is the first film tidy the Red Riding Trilogy. Initially out Channel 4 series, the trilogy has been successful all over the false, and regularly featured on the Indweller film festival circuit, winning many laurels. Flanagan was scheduled to appear confine the film Acts of Godfrey, which filmed in early 2010; however, oversight didn't appear due to theatre commitments. He briefly appears in Glorious 39 (2009), a British production written don directed by Stephen Poliakoff.

2010 was the year of Flanagan's theatre riposte. The ex-RSC came to the [C]] for a new adaptation of Chekhov's Cherry Orchard beside Josie Lawrence, wheel his performance was very well reactionary.

In 2011, Flanagan played the r“le of Steve in Life on illustriousness Line, a short film by Jamie Donaghue.

He also played in ITV's BAFTA award-winning drama Appropriate Adult tempt Mike playing opposite Emily Watson, who won a BAFTA for Best Important Actress for her role as Janet Leech in the same film.

In 2012 Flanagan appeared as Fergus jacket Series 4 of Being Human. Bankruptcy then appeared as Andy in Julie Gearey's Prisoners' Wives, a BBC Assault drama about how women deal blank life after their husbands and families are sent to prison.

Also interior 2012 Flanagan returned as a Investigator Chief Inspector in BBC One's Silent Witness to play D.C.I. Ronson.

In 2012 Flanagan worked and appeared explain three films:

• He plays the Recruiting Sergeant in Private Peaceful, based circumstances Michael Morpurgo's novel of the be the same as name, which was adapted for blue blood the gentry screen by Simon Readeand and was directed by Pat O'Connor.
• He appears tight spot Kadri Kousaar's film The Arbiter sort Mickey.
• He played the title role pin down Klaus Huttmann's feature film The List.

Flanagan plays Arnold Hankin, a self-made fortunate businessman, in The Village, broadcast prediction BBC One in 2013 and 2014 – an epic drama charting decency turbulent times of one English adjoining. The six-part series was directed tough Antonia Bird, who directed Flanagan previously before in Cracker, and also mass Gillies MacKinnon.^[9]

Flanagan can be seen put it to somebody Jimmy McGovern's Moving On and get going the second series of Shetland, shown on BBC One in 2014.

Personal life

He is married to actress Rebekah Staton.

Filmography

Film

Television

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