Ron Donachie
Biography
Ron Donachie is a Scottish character actor whose screen work has mostly been in supporting and ensemble parts, while his leading roles have come on radio and in the theater. He was born in Dundee and graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1979 with a degree in English Literature and Drama, after which he joined the 7:84 theater group for its 1980 to 1981 tour. His films include The Jungle Book (1994) and Titanic, and on television he recurred as Ser Rodrik Cassel in Game of Thrones. He is known to radio listeners as DI John Rebus in the BBC Radio 4 versions of Ian Rankin's detective novels, a part he also took on stage in Rebus: Long Shadows. The Guardian's Mark Fisher praised his Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible.
70years old
Turns 71 on April 26in 166 days
- Born Dundee
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Ronald Eaglesham Porter
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 41 years1984 to 2025
First and latest
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Beyond film
Ron Donachie was a founding member of the a cappella group The Flying Pickets in 1982, but he left before the group scored a Christmas number one hit in 1983.
Beyond film
Donachie joined John McGrath's 7:84 theater group for its 1980 to 1981 tour of One Big Blow, a production in which the cast sang in six part harmony to imitate a colliery band.
Ron Donachie movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Peter Mullan appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Peter Mullan's page
Brian Cox's page
Bill Paterson's page
David O'Hara's page
Laura Fraser's page
Billy Boyd's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Niall Greig FultonSunset Song (2015) and The Flying Scotsman (2006)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Ron Donachie's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$90.1 million
5 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 5 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$54M59.4% of the total
- 2$16M17.5% of the total
- 3$16M17.3% of the total
- 4$3.9M4.3% of the total
- 5$1.3M1.4% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.