Arthur McBain
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Arthur McBain is a British screen actor and children's author. He played Alex Myer in ITV's The Trouble with Maggie Cole[1] and Snowy Fleet, in the ABC television series Friday On My Mind.[2] His debut children's book In The Dead Of The Night was published by Little Hare books in 2019.[3]
Acting career
[edit]McBain began his career in the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre of Scotland's production of Dunsinane by David Greig.[4] In 2017, McBain played Gordon 'Snowy' Fleet in ABC's television series Friday On My Mind, which tells the story of Australian rock band The Easybeats,[5] before joining the cast of Rupert Goold's film Judy.[6]
In 2019, McBain was cast as Alex Myer in ITV's The Trouble with Maggie Cole.[1]
In 2023, McBain played Jean Gabriel Marchand in Ridley Scott's film Napoleon.[7]
In October 2024, it was announced that McBain would be joining David Dawson and Ralph Little in a film adaptation of Antonis Samarakis' 1965 novel The Flaw[8].
Books
[edit]Arthur McBain's first children's book, In The Dead Of The Night, Illustrated by Tom Knight, was released in 2019.[9][3] His second book, Night of the Living Pasta, was released in 2023 and was illustrated by Chrissie Krebbs.[10]
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dunsinane | George | National Theatre of Scotland / Royal Shakespeare Company | Roxana Silbert | play by David Greig |
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | If I Told You the Truth | Kenny | Himself |
| 2017 | Blue Eyes | Gabriel | Neven Rufio |
| 2019 | Judy | Askith | Rupert Goold |
| 2023 | Napoleon | Jean Gabriel Marchand | Ridley Scott |
| 2024 | Deep Cover | Sam | Tom Kingsley |
| 2025 | Surviving Earth | Rowan | Thea Gajic |
| TBA | Aubergenfeld | Matt | John Jenkinson |
| TBA | The Flaw | TBA | Theophilos Papastylianos |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Trust Me | Junior Doctor | Amy Neil |
| Friday On My Mind | George "Snowy" Fleet | Matthew Saville | |
| 2020 | The Trouble with Maggie Cole | Alex Myer | Ben Gregor |
| 2023 | Never Let Me Go | Blyth | Mark Munden |
| 2024 | After the Flood | Daniel Eden | Azhur Saleem |
| 2024 | Interview With The Vampire | Donny | Emma Freeman |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Meet the cast of ITV's The Trouble with Maggie Cole". Radio Times. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ "The Easybeats' story to hit TV". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ^ a b McBain, Arthur (October 2019). In the dead of the night. Knight, Tom. Richmond, Victoria. ISBN 9781760503413. OCLC 1110577827.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ February 2020, Daniel Falconer | 25. "Exclusive: Arthur McBain discusses his role in The Trouble With Maggie Cole, his music and more". www.femalefirst.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "ABC announce their next TV miniseries is a groundbreaking Australian music band". 2017-05-02.
- ^ Desborough, Jenny (2019-09-26). "Judy release date, cast, plot, trailer: All we know about Judy Garland biopic". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Arthur McBain". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ Vourlias, Christopher (2024-10-21). "'The Last Kingdom's' David Dawson Headlines International Cast of Dystopian Drama 'The Flaw,' With Shooting Underway in Greece (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "In the Dead of the Night". Reading Time. 2019-10-09. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ McBain, Arthur (2023). Night of the Living Pasta. UK: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing. ISBN 978-1761211942.