Peter Mullan
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
He was interested in directing films at the age of 19 and he made
several shorts. As he wasn't admitted to the National Film School, he
decided to dedicate himself to acting, and made his debut in the
theatre in 1988 before moving to cinema and television. Fame came with
the parts he played in such films as Riff-Raff (1991) by Ken Loach, Braveheart (1995) by
Mel Gibson and Trainspotting (1996) by Danny Boyle, but above all when he won for best
leading actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 for My Name Is Joe (1998), once
again by Loach. The Magdalene Sisters (2002) is the second feature-length film he has
directed. He also directed a few episodes of the BBC TV series,
Cardiac Arrest (1994), which earned him a best director nomination from the Royal
Television Society.
