Neil McKinven

Acting
1964-05-10
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

Neil McKinven was born in 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Strathblair (1992), The Vet (1995) and Hallam Foe (2007).

Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

#1Shetland

Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes as Andy Belshaw

7.5 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.

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#2Shameless

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes as Maurice O'Neill

7.6 / 10
ComedyDrama

The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.

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#3Humans

Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes as Taxi Driver

7.5 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaMystery

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.

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#4The Long Shadow

Drama Series - 2023, 16 episodes as Sir David McNee

7.5 / 10
CrimeDrama

Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.

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#5Case Histories

Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes as Gary Moore

7.8 / 10
DramaCrime

Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. It stars Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie.

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#6Hallam Foe

Movie - 2007, 2h 15m as Police Officer

6.7 / 10
DramaComedyThriller

Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.

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#7The Body Farm

Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes as Jim Ryan

5.6 / 10
DramaCrime

Crime drama series following Eve Lockhart, one of Britain's leading forensic pathologists, and her team of scientists at a state-of-the-art forensic research facility.

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#8The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m as Malcolm

7.2 / 10
DramaComedy

In the Scottish village of Arberloch, Kenneth, a grieving tour guide, is devoted to preserving the legacy of the town's sole historical figure—eighteenth-century inventor Sir Douglas Weatherford. But when a fantasy series chooses Arberloch as its filming location, and the town turns its back on Weatherford in favour of fan culture, Kenneth descends into madness.

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#9The Poison Tree

Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes as Sean Hennessy

6.3 / 10
Drama

When 19 year old Karen abandons her student bedsit and moves in with Biba and Rex to enjoy one long summer of love, she is thrown into a world she never imagined she would be a part of.

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#10Strathblair

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes as Robert Sinclair

7.0 / 10
Drama

Black Watch Sergeant Alec Ritchie and his new wife Jennifer move to a rundown sheep farm in the Scottish countryside.

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#11A Is for Acid

Movie - 2002, 2h 15m as Donald McSwan

6.9 / 10
CrimeDramaTV Movie

Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.

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#12The Debt Collector

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m as Radio Interviewer

6.4 / 10
ThrillerActionCrime

Mean, gritty, dirty and low, and that's just the policeman Gary Keltie, out for retribution for the horrendous crimes against the helpless people of Edinburgh during the 1970s, by notorious, torturous, and killer, debt collector Nickie Dryden.

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#13Dennis Nilsen: In Love with Death

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m as Dennis Nilsen

8.8 / 10
Documentary

The story of serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who murdered 15 young men in the 1980s.

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