Bryan Larkin
Biography
Bryan Larkin is a Scottish actor, writer and filmmaker who studied at Langside College in Glasgow and was raised in East Kilbride. Reflections of a Life, his first short as writer and director, premiered at Sundance in 2004, and in 2009 the Edinburgh International Film Festival honored him with its Trailblazer award. Guest parts in Scottish series such as River City, Taggart and Rebus came before SCENE, a short he wrote and appeared in that earned him a BAFTA Scotland Award, and he played the lead in Running in Traffic, a BAFTA Scotland winning film, opposite Kenneth Cranham. He is known for playing an SAS captain in London Has Fallen and for the lead in Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013). Other credits include Battleground (2012), Let Us Prey (2014), Chasing the Dragon (2017), The Point Men (2023) and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), and motion-capture and voice work in games including Horizon Zero Dawn.
53years old
Turns 54 on August 7in 292 days
- Born Glasgow
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 13 years2012 to 2025
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Behind the camera
Larkin wrote and directed Reflections of a Life, his first short film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.
Getting ready for a role
In 2017, Larkin took the role of Ernest Hunt, the main villain in Chasing the Dragon, a Hong Kong movie. He is thought to have improvised a large portion of his scenes.
A role that slipped away
Larkin was set to play the SAS commander again, this time opposite Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen. Reportedly, story development meant his character was dropped from the shooting script.
Behind the camera
Larkin created, produced, wrote and co-directed the Dead End series, playing a nameless assassin called The Contractor, and the trilogy has collected more than 40 awards.
Bryan Larkin movies on Netflix
Best known for
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- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves2023 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Chancellor Norixius / Dragonborn Vagrant
IMDb rating 7.2278K votes
Worked with
Bryan Larkin made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Brian O'MalleyDirector, 1 film, 2014
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