Colin Salmon
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| Colin Salmon | |
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| Born | Colin Salmon December 6, 1962  Luton, Bedfordshire, England |
Colin Salmon (born December 6, 1962) is an English actor known for playing the fictional character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films. He is highly noted for his distinguishable and strong voice and his height (standing at 6'4").
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Salmon was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, the son of Sylvia Ivy Brundenell Salmon, a nurse.[1] He attended Putteridge and Ashcroft High School. He supports the Luton Town Football Club. Salmon married Fiona Hawthorne in 1988; the two have four children.
[edit] Career
Colin plays David Tyrel in the Sky One UK television series Hex and Dr. Rowan Dunlop in Series 8 of ITV UK television series Bad Girls. He has also recorded the role of Kerr Avon in the new audio series of Blake's 7.
He appears as himself in the sixth episode of the BBC Three comedy, Little Miss Jocelyn. Salmon has worked twice with Paul W. S. Anderson: Resident Evil and Alien vs. Predator, in both of which he meets a grisly end.
In 2007 he released a recording of his reading of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.[2]
He plays Dr Moon in two episodes of the fourth series of the long running science fiction television series Doctor Who.[3]
Salmon was "hotly tipped" by a tabloid newspaper for the part of James Bond when Pierce Brosnan's contract ended. [4] Earlier Brosnan had mentioned him as an actor whom he favoured as a replacement. [5]Daniel Craig got the part. [6]
[edit] Filmography
- Punisher: War Zone (2008) as Agent Paul Budiansky
- The Bank Job (2008) as Hakim Jamal
- Clubbed (2008) as Louis
- Match Point (2005) as Ian
- Hex (2004–2005) as David Tyrel
- Trial & Retribution VIII (2004) as Colin Thorpe
- Alien vs. Predator (2004) as Maxwell Stafford
- Freeze Frame (2004) as Detective Mountjoy
- Keen Eddie (2003–2004) as Supt. Nathanial Johnson
- Dinotopia (2002) as Oonu
- Die Another Day (2002) as Charles Robinson
- Resident Evil (2002) as One
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) as Charles Robinson
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) as Charles Robinson
- Prime Suspect 2 (1992) as Detective Sergeant Robert Oswalde
[edit] References
- ^ Colin Salmon Biography (1962-)
- ^ Ad for Black Beauty
- ^ "New guest stars announced for series 4.", bbc.co.uk, 2008-01-24. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
- ^ Signed, sealed, delivered: Sun calls Salmon for Bond, The Guardian, December 3, 2004
- ^ In brief: Brosnan backs Colin Salmon as Bond successor, The Guardian, December 27, 2002
- ^ Is the world ready for a black Bond? by Kevin le Gendre, The Guardian, November 17, 2006
