Colin Salmon

Colin Salmon

Born: December 6, 1962
Age: 61
Birthplace: Bethnal Green, London, England
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Colin Salmon (born 6 December 1962) is a British actor best known for playing Charles Robinson in three James Bond films and James "One" Shade in the Resident Evil film series. More recently he has been seen by television audiences as Walter Steele on The CW series Arrow and General Coburn on 24: Live Another Day, a limited series based on Fox network's hit TV series, 24. He currently plays Mr. Sands on the CBS television series Limitless.

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Early life

Salmon was born in Bethnal Green, London, England, the son of Sylvia Ivy Brudenell Salmon, a nurse. He grew up in Luton and attended Ramridge Primary School and Ashcroft High School.

On leaving school, Salmon became the drummer in the punk rock band the Friction which he formed along with three friends from Ashcroft High School. The band released a 7-inch EP, a live cassette, a cassette-EP and performed regularly around Luton in 1979 and 1980. Salmon also briefly worked with another band, the Tee Vees. He plays trumpet and has his own jazz quartet playing at venues such as the Dorchester Grill Room and at events such as the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Speaking about his quartet to noted British jazz/soul writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul, in a rare music-themed interview prior to their performance at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival in May 2008, Salmon stated:

In terms of recording, we've done none. We've mostly just done very occasional performances - usually at very special events. You know, keeping a consistent band going is a bit like getting the Aston Martin out the garage - you have to run it every now and then! And what's made that particularly difficult in the last year, for example, is that I've literally just spent an entire 12 months travelling the world acting - from China through to Montreal to Botswana. But, having said that, with the children being older I do have more time when I am at home these days. So we have been able to do some rehearsing together. And, while we've always mostly performed standards, I have actually for the first time written some new stuff in time for this upcomng Cheltenham gig.

Career

He is best known for his role as Charles Robinson, a character in the James Bond films Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

He made his feature debut in 1992 as Sgt. Robert Oswald in the British mini-series Prime Suspect 2, which gave him much acclaim among British and American audiences. Salmon also played Note Makoti in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and David Tyrel in the Sky One UK television series Hex. He appears as himself in the sixth episode of the BBC Three comedy, Little Miss Jocelyn.

In 2006 he appeared in the eighth series of ITV drama Bad Girls as Senior Medical Officer Dr. Rowan Dunlop. He played Dr. Moon in two episodes ("Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead") of the fourth series of the long running science fiction television series Doctor Who. (Subsequently there were rumours that he would take on the coveted lead role of The Doctor in 2008 after David Tennant, but the role went to Matt Smith.) Salmon has also recorded the role of Kerr Avon in the new audio series of Blake's 7.

Salmon has worked twice with director Paul W.S. Anderson; appearing in the films Resident Evil and Alien vs. Predator, in both of which Salmon's character meets a grisly end (in fact, a very similar end in both; both characters are sliced into small, crisscrossed chunks). He reprised his role as One in the 2012 film Resident Evil: Retribution, alongside Michelle Rodriguez and Oded Fehr.

Salmon also played Oonu, squad leader of the Skybax in the 2002 mini-series Dinotopia. His other film credits include Captives (1994), Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask (a documentary directed by Isaac Julien in which Salmon plays the French psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon) (1996), The Wisdom of Crocodiles (1998), Fanny and Elvis (1999) and My Kingdom (2001).

In 2007, Salmon appeared in the season finale of the ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl, playing a client of the protagonist, a call girl named Hannah Baxter.

In the 2008 film Clubbed, a film about nightclub bouncers in Coventry in the 1980s, Salmon plays one of the main characters, Louis. In the same year he appeared in The Bank Job as Hakim Jamal.

In 2009, Salmon appeared in the UK version of the popular American drama Law & Order, as barrister Doug Green in the episodes "Buried" and "Community Service".

In 2012, Salmon appeared in Death in Paradise, as killer/businessman Leon Hamilton/Vincent Carter

He starred in the British thriller film Exam, directed by Stuart Hazeldine.

Salmon was one of the celebrity contestants on the tenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff. He was eliminated as a result of the "dance-off" in Week 5, in which he competed against Richard Arnold.

In 2015, he played a fictional version of himself in the Netflix series, Master of None alongside Aziz Ansari's main character.

On 9 May 2015 Salmon gave a reading at VE Day 70: A Party to Remember in Horse Guards Parade, London.

Personal life

Salmon is a patron of the African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust and the Richard House Children's Hospice and an ambassador for The Prince's Trust. He is also the chairman of governors at St Anne's Nursery. He is involved in the Notting Hill Carnival and is the dance captain of the Fox Carnival Band.

Salmon married Fiona Hawthorne in 1988 and the couple have four children: Sasha, Rudi, Eden and Ben.

In September 2010, Salmon was invited by his friend Samuel L. Jackson to Switzerland for Shooting Stars Benefits 2010 Golf Tournaments. The golf competition raised money for the Samuel L. Jackson Foundation and the Swiss Red Cross to go towards a new hospital in Takéo Province, one of Cambodia's poorest provinces. In 2009 he became a co-founder of Cage Cricket with Trevor McArdle and Lawrence Prittipaul.


Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Captives Towler
1995 All Men Are Mortal Chas
1997 Tomorrow Never Dies Charles Robinson
1998 Immortality Martin
1999 The World Is Not Enough Charles Robinson
1999 Fanny and Elvis Alan
2001 My Kingdom The Chair
2002 Resident Evil One
2002 Die Another Day Charles Robinson
2003 The Statement Father Patrice
2004 Freeze Frame Detective Mountjoy
2004 Alien vs. Predator Maxwell Stafford
2005 Match Point Ian
2008 The Bank Job Hakim Jamal
2008 Credo Dr. Reynolds
2008 Clubbed Louis
2008 Punisher: War Zone Paul Budiansky
2008 Blood: The Last Vampire Powell
2009 Exam The Invigilator
2009 K Vaughn
2010 Freestyle Carter
2010 Shank Boogie
2010 Just for the Record Maynard Stark
2010 Devil's Playground Peter White
2010 Stalker Leo Fox
2011 Moving Target Ralph
2011 High Chicago Sam
2011 How to Stop Being a Loser Dennis
2012 Resident Evil: Retribution One
2015 The Rapture Jean-Paul
2015 Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie Sergeant Gabriel/Archangel Gabriel
2016 London Has Fallen Chief Inspector Kevin Hazard
2016 Criminal Warden

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Prime Suspect 2 Detective Sergeant Bob Oswald
1993 Lovejoy Rathbone Episode 5.4: "The Kakiemon Tiger"
1993 Between the Lines Eric Hutchinson Episode 2.7: "The Fifth Estate"
1994 Murder Most Horrid Lambert Episode 2.1: "Overkill"
1994 Soldier Soldier Colour Sgt. Dennis Ryan Episode 4.2: "Away Games" / Episode 4.3: "Damage"
1995 All Men Are Mortal Chas
1995 Shine on Harvey Moon Noah Hawksley
1995 Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask Frantz Fanon Documentary
1996 Silent Witness Sebastian Bird Episode 1.3: "Long Days, Short Nights: Part 1" / Episode 1.4: "Long Days, Short Nights: Part 2"
1996 Tales from the Crypt Jimmy Picket Episode 7.6: "Cold War"
1997 No Child of Mine Paul TV Movie
1997 Band of Gold Raymond Episode 3.5: "Tainted Love: Part One" / Episode 3.6: "Tainted Love: Part Two"
2001 Mind Games DCI Ricky Grover TV Movie
2001 Judge John Deed Willy Radcliff Episode 1.0: "Exacting Justice" / Episode 1.1: "Rough Justice"
2002 Dinotopia Oonu TV Mini-Series
2002 The Red Phone: Manhunt Cooper TV Movie
2002 Murder in Mind Alex Treeve Episode 3.7: "Justice"
2003 Red Phone 2 Cooper TV Movie
2003 Keen Eddie Superintendent Nathanial Johnson Main role
2004 Trial & Retribution Colin Thorpe Episode 8.1: "Blue Eiderdown: Part 1" / Episode 8.2: "Blue Eiderdown: Part 2"
2004 Hex David Tyrel Main role
2005 Sea of Souls Peter Locke Episode 2.5: "Empty Promise: Part 1" / Episode 2.6: "Empty Promise: Part 2"
2006 Bad Girls Dr. Rowan Dunlop Series 8
2006 Little Miss Jocelyn Episode 1.6
2006 The Outsiders Trainer TV Movie
2007 Party Animals Stephen Templeton
2007 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Mitchell Episode 1.8
2008 Doctor Who Dr. Moon Episode 4.8: "Silence in the Library" / Episode 4.9: "Forest of the Dead"
2008-2009 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Note Makoti Episode 1.0: "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" / Episode 1.6: "A Real Botswana Diamond"
2009-2014 Law & Order: UK Doug Greer 4 episodes
2009 The Omid Djalili Show 007 Episode 2.2 / Episode 2.4 / Episode 2.5
2009 Merlin Aglain Episode 2.3: "The Nightmare Begins
2009 Annihilation Earth Raja Rahim Bashir TV Movie
2010 Strike Back James Middleton Episode 1.1: "Iraq: Part One" / Episode 1.2: "Iraq: Part Two" / Episode 1.3 "Zimbabwe: Part One" / Episode 1.4: "Zimbabwe: Part Two"
2010 Rev. Leon Episode 1.5
2010 MI-5 Alton Beecher Episode 9.4 / Episode 9.6
2010-2016 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Hudson 6 episodes
2011 Death in Paradise Vincent Carter Episode 1.5
2011-2012 Single Ladies Jerry Waters 7 episodes
2012-2014 Arrow Walter Steele 14 episodes
2012-2014 Some Girls Rob Bennett 11 episodes
2013 Rita Colin Paige TV Movie
2013 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Graham Episode 3.10: "U-KO'ed"
2014 24: Live Another Day General Coburn 7 episodes
2015 No Offence Det. Superintendent Darren Maclaren Main role
2015 The Musketeers Tariq Alaman Episode 2.3: "The Good Traitor"
2015 A.D. The Bible Continues Gabra 2 episodes
2015-present Limitless Jared Sands Recurring Character
2015 Master of None Colin Salmon Episode 1.5: "The Other Man"

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