Early life

Curran was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He is an alumnus of Holyrood Secondary School and is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Career

Curran appeared in the BBC television series This Life. Since then, the Scots star has appeared in a number of major film and television roles. Some of his roles have included Rodney Skinner (The Invisible Man), an original character in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. To portray the Invisible Man, he donned a special suit that turned him into a walking bluescreen (according to his commentary on the DVD, he looked like a "smurf on acid"). Curran also played vampire roles in Guillermo del Toro's Blade II as Priest and Underworld: Evolution as Markus.

In 2006 Curran appeared in the unrated film Red Road.

Curran is active in participating in marathons to raise money for charity. He is a frequent and popular participant in the annual Dressed to Kilt event in New York City, run by the organisation Friends of Scotland in celebration of Tartan Week. He is also a keen fan of Celtic F.C.

In April 2009, Curran revealed to the Daily Record newspaper that he was playing the role of Lieutenant Delcourt, in The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, which was released in 2011.

Curran played the painter Vincent van Gogh, in the Doctor Who episode "Vincent and the Doctor", written by Richard Curtis. He also made a cameo appearance in "The Pandorica Opens".

Curran voiced the character of Captain MacMillan in the 2011 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Curran played the role of Datak Tarr on the Syfy series Defiance. In 2014, Curran co-starred with Diana Vickers in the thriller film Awaiting.

Ultimate Force

Curran played Sgt Pete Twamley in the ITV series Ultimate Force, which was broadcast in over 100 countries.

Curran left Ultimate Force in 2005 after his character was killed off at the beginning of season 3. Ross Kemp, who played the lead character of Staff Sergeant Henno Garvie in the show, said "I hate the fact that most of the original cast were killed off the show, people I'd worked with for years making this, but we must move on."

Video games

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011) — "Baseplate" SAS Major General James MacMillan Director of United Kingdom Special Forces.
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - SAS soldier voices

Awards

• Evening News National Award — for the role of Devil in the theatre production The Soldier's Tale
• BAFTA Scotland 2006 — Best Actor
• Best Actor at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards for his role in Andrea Arnold's Red Road.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1993	Being Human	Raider
1994	Shallow Grave	Travel Agent
1994	Captives	Spider
1995	Go Now	Chris Cameron
1999	The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns	Sean Devine
1999	The 13th Warrior	Weath the Musician
2000	Gladiator	Assassin No. 1
2001	Pearl Harbor	Ian
2002	Blade II	Priest
2002	Menace (TV mini-series)	Det. Sgt. Skinner (TV)
2003	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Rodney Skinner (The Invisible Man)
2004	Flight of the Phoenix	Rodney
2005	Beowulf & Grendel	Hondscioh
2006	Underworld: Evolution	Markus Corvinus
2006	Red Road	Clyde
2006	Miami Vice	Aryan Brother (as Anthony Curran)
2006	The Good German	Danny
2007	Trust Me	Miles Loncrain
2008	Shuttle	Driver
2008	The Midnight Meat Train	The Driver
2008	The Lazarus Project	William Reeds
2009	A Day in the Life	Dr. Reynolds
2009	Ondine	Alex
2009	Corrado	Officer Tony
2010	Golf in the Kingdom	Adam Green
2010	The Presence	The Man in Black
2011	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	Lt. Delcourt
2011	Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son	Chirkoff
2011	The Veteran	Chris Turner
2011	Cat Run	Sean Moody
2011	Two-Legged Rat Bastards (short)	Desoto
2011	Crossmaglen	Dermot McGarvey
2011	The Last Best Place	Fletcher
2011	X-Men: First Class	Man in Black Agent
2012	In the Dark Half	Filthy
2013	Mary Queen of Scots	Knox
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Bor
2014	The Seventeenth Kind	James

Television

Year	Title	Role
1997	Taggart	Ian Jardine
1997	This Life	Lenny
1998	Touching Evil	(guest, two episodes entitled Scalping)
1999	Split Second	Ronnie Baxter
1999	Great Expectations	Orlick
2001	The Mists of Avalon	Uther's Captain
2002	Ultimate Force	Sergeant Pete Twamley
2008	Numb3rs	(guest, one episode "Frienemies")
2009	Medium	Lucas Harvey (guest, two episodes "The Devil Inside Part 1 & 2")
2009	Primeval	Sir William de Mornay (guest, one episode)
2010	24	Lugo
2010	The Mentalist	C.D.C.A Agent Dean Harken
2010	Doctor Who	Vincent van Gogh "Vincent and the Doctor"
2010	Pillars of the Earth	King Stephen
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dr. Tyrell Neth (S11E19 - Unleashed)
2011	Young James Herriot	Prof. Donald Richie
2011	The Hunt for Tony Blair	Robin Cook
2011	Boardwalk Empire	Eaominn Rohan
2011	Hawaii Five-0	John O'Toole
2011	Covert Affairs	MI6 "Janitor" Kenneth Martin
2012	Labyrinth	Guy d'Évreux
2013-2015	Defiance	Datak Tarr Datak Tarr's father (1 episode)
2014	Sons of Anarchy	Gaines (S7E8 - The Separation of Crows)
2014	Marvellous	Lou Macari
2016	Daredevil	Finn Cooley
2016	Elementary	Joshua Vikner (2 episodes)
2017	Crazy Face	Callum

[ Source: Wikipedia ]