Frank Gilhooley

Born: 1971-03-29

Frank Gilhooley grew up in the mining town of Loanhead in central Scotland. Having never dreamed of becoming an actor, he trained as a Landscape contractor starting his own business in the early nineties. Married since 1993 to childhood sweetheart Angela, who even went to the same primary school & high school as Frank, and grew up just around the corner... they now have three young boys. Frank stumbled into acting in 2001 by Getting involved in the Edinburgh Theatre Workshops community play, and was swiftly selected to play Frank Rowley in John Godber's 'Up'n Under' in the Edinburgh festival in the same year. Having immediately signed with agent (PLA Associates) after the festival, it took over a year for Frank to get his 1st part... 'John' in 'One Last Chance', as one of James Cosmo's mobsters in the Scottish Higlands. Enjoying varying roles across the UK's film & television spectrum since then, Frank has worked steadily increasing trade in an enjoyable and varying acting career. In 2007 he experienced working for the first time with director Ken Loach in his award-winning movie 'It's A Free World', where he threw the cat amongst the pigeons for award winning lead actress Keirston Wareing. In 2008 Frank attended the first ever Scottish Masterclass given by L.A.'s world famous acting teacher Bernard Hiller, where he was lucky enough to be invited to attend Mr Hillers Los Angeles masterclass later in the year, and had worked closely with Bernie his mentor ever since. Most recently, Frank worked on Case Histories with Jason Isaacs and Victoria Wood, and appeared in the summer of 2014 for James Gunn in Marvel's 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' as a violent inmate of the most infamous Galactic Penetentiary The Kyln. In the early part of 2015, Frank will appear as Torin in the global television serialization of the top selling Diana Gabaldon books... Outlander. - IMDb Mini Biography


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Guardians of the Galaxy

as Burly Prisoner
Released: 2014-07-30

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime...

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Outlaw King

as Thomas Dickson, Castellan
Released: 2018-09-06

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert...

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It's a Free World...

as Derek
Released: 2007-09-28

Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of...

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Festival

as Tattooed Man in Shop
Released: 2005-07-15

'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based...

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Night People

as Andy
Released: 2005-08-01

Night People follows the stories of five people across the course of one life-changing night in...

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Outlander

as Torin
First aired: 2014-08-09

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in...

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Shetland

as Connor McKay
First aired: 2013-03-10

Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy...

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Mrs. Davis

as Horns
First aired: 2023-04-20

Sister Simone partners with her ex-boyfriend on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis,...

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Case Histories

as Rod
First aired: 2011-06-05

Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels...

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Murder

as Rafe Carey
First aired: 2016-03-03

Three different deaths. Three unique stories. Who is lying and who is telling the truth?

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