{{Short description|Scottish actor (born 1967)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Nardone | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|1|20|df=y}} | birth_name = | birth_place = Ballingry, Fife, Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | occupation = Actor | spouse = | children = }} '''Michael Nardone''' (born 20 January 1967) is a Scottish actor. He was raised in Ballingry, Fife,<ref>{{cite web|author=TV.com |url=http://www.tv.com/michael-nardone/person/91962/summary.html |title=Michael Nardone |publisher=TV.com |date=20 January 1967 |accessdate=1 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=DR>{{cite news |last=English |first=Paul |title=Scots star Michael Nardone: I'm gutted that my success is a secret in my own country |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scots-star-michael-nardone-im-1105034 |accessdate=22 November 2011 |newspaper=Daily Record |date=9 June 2011}}</ref> and trained in Drama at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite news |last=McMillan |first=Joyce |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre/theatre-interview-michael-nardone-on-starring-in-a-new-production-of-macbeth-set-in-a-modern-world-facing-social-collapse-1-4818575 |title=Theatre interview: Michael Nardone on starring in a new production of Macbeth, set in a modern world facing social collapse |work=The Scotsman |date=23 October 2018 |accessdate=28 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.qmu.ac.uk/alumni-and-friends/magazine/qa-with-actor-michael-nardone/ |title=Q&A with actor Michael Nardone |publisher=Queen Margaret University |date=March 2021 |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>
Nardone starred as Mascius in the BBC/HBO/RAI TV series ''Rome'' and appeared as DCI Richard Whiteside in BBC Scotland drama ''River City''.<ref>{{cite news |last=English |first=Paul |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/tv-radio/rome-to-river-city-949794 |title=Rome to River City |work=Daily Record|location=Glasgow |date=24 March 2007 |accessdate=1 November 2012}}</ref>
His many stage credits include ''Macbeth'' and ''King Lear'' for the Royal National Theatre and ''Stitchers'' by Esther Freud at the Jermyn Street Theatre alongside Sinéad Cusack.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jun/04/stitchers-review-sinead-cusack-esther-freud-prison-drama-jermyn-street-theatre|title=Stitchers review – Sinéad Cusack is outstanding in Esther Freud's prison drama|newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 June 2018 |last1=Billington |first1=Michael|author-link= Michael Billington (critic)}}</ref>
==Theatre== {| class="wikitable plain sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Company ! scope="col" | Director | ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1996 || ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' || Ligniere || Communicado, with Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh || Gerry Mulgrew and Andy Farrell || translation by Edwin Morgan |}
==Selected filmography== * ''Soft Top Hard Shoulder'' (1992) – Stevie * ''Being Human'' (1994) – Raider * ''Wycliffe'' (1998, TV Series) – PC Joe Duggan * ''The Bill'' (1998–2008, TV Series) – Gordon McCardle / Everett / Jeremy Dyson * ''The Match'' (1999) – Dingus * ''The Miracle Maker'' (2000) – (voice) * ''Silent Witness'' (2002, TV Series) – PC Shaun Nicholson * ''Dot the I'' (2003) – Detective 2 * ''Steel River Blues'' (2004, TV Series) – Dave Tanner * ''Rome'' (2005–2007, TV Series) – Mascius * ''Skins'' (2008, TV Series) – Sandy Jenkins * ''Merlin'' (2009, TV Series) – Kendrick * ''Jinx'' (2009, TV Series) – Mike / Mr Peckgrind * ''Durham County'' (2010, TV Series) – Ivan Sujic * ''Ben Hur'' (2010, TV Mini-Series) – Hortator * ''Combat Kids'' (2010, TV Series) – Steve * ''Mercenaries'' (2011) – Radovic * ''Intruders'' (2011) – Frank * ''The Somnambulists'' (2011) – Man 3 * ''The Field of Blood'' (2013, TV Series) – DI Michael Gallagher * ''Wayland's Song'' (2013) – Wayland * ''Line of Duty'' (2014, TV Series) – O'Neill * ''Shetland'' (2014, TV series) – Donnie Tulloch * ''National Theatre Live: King Lear'' (2014) – The Duke of Cornwall * ''Child 44'' (2015) – Semyon Okun * ''The Night Manager'' (2016, 2026, TV Mini-Series) – Frisky * ''Whisky Galore!'' (2016) – Brown * ''Rogue One'' (2016) – Shield Gate Officer * ''Clique'' (2018, TV Series) – Alec McStay * ''Care'' (2018, TV Movie) - Nick * ''Traces'' (2019, TV Series) – DI Neil McKinven
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0621382}}
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