David Paisley

David Paisley
Born	David Paisley 2 February 1979 (1979-02-02) (age 32) Falkirk, Scotland
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	2000–present

David Paisley (born 2 February 1979) is a Scottish actor, especially well known for roles as midwife Ben Saunders in Holby City, Ryan Taylor in Tinsel Town and most recently Rory Murdoch in River City.

Career

Paisley began acting as a teenager with 7:84 theatre company in Glasgow, openly gay himself, some of his characters have been controversial due to their sexual orientation.^[1] He starred in the short film Sweat, screened at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2008, and selected for screening at NewFest in New York, June 2008. Sweat is available on the successful short film compilation series Boys on Film distributed by Peccadillo Pictures.

He has been voted 'Britain's sexiest man' by readers of Gay Times magazine.^[2] Has just completed filming on his regular role as Rory Murdoch on BBC Scotland's River City, the son of gangster Lenny Murdoch. He departed the show in 2009 leaving the door open for him to return in the future.

David recently starred as Gary in the play The Back Room by Adrian Pagan at The Cock Tavern Theatre in Kilburn, London. David also starred in the successful stage production of Mumah at the HighTide Festival in early 2009. October 2009 has seen him take to the stage again in the UK Tour of Over The rainbow - The Eva Cassidy story, in which he plays the part of "Danny Cassidy".

In 2010 David made his directorial debut with the play 'The Lasses, O'^[3] at the Edinburgh Festival.

Personal life

He is the son of author Janet Paisley

References

1. ^ Bogs, Eric (2002), "XY meets David Paisley", XY Magazine, http://www.xy.com/xycontent/articles/index.php?t=4&b=1&sort=author&a=articles/mag/xy36%20david%20paisley, retrieved 2007-11-02 
2. ^ English, Paul (2007), "River City's New Star On Playing Gangster's Son", Daily Record, http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/comment/columnists/showbiz-tv-columnists/paul-english/2007/12/21/i-m-used-to-making-waves-86908-20261392, retrieved 2008-02-04 
3. ^ Brown, Irene (2010), "The Lasses, O by Janet Paisley", Edinburgh Guide, http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2010/edinburghfringe/thelassesobyjanetpaisleyreview-6083, retrieved 2010-08-20 

External links

• David Paisley at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Paisley, David
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Date of birth	2 February 1979
Place of birth	Falkirk, Scotland
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