Bryan Larkin

Born in Glasgow, Scotland and raised by his parents in East Kilbride, his mother was a midwife and his father was a Royal Air Force Police mechanic and prosthetic engineer. At a young age he started lifting weights and became a competitive junior Scottish bodybuilder, winning several championships in his late teens.He enrolled in evening acting classes and joined a local drama group before attending drama school in Glasgow. Shortly after he started work in the theatre, touring with Harold Pinter's classic, 'The Birthday Party', in the role of the menacing McCann followed by Jerry in Edward Albee's 'A Zoo Story', and Tambo in the world premiere of 'The Ringer', to rave reviews.He soon progressed to numerous T.V and film roles and making his own short films, notably _Scene. (2006)_ (qv) playing a hapless actor trapped in a movie within a movie, for which he won his first BAFTA Award. A variety of diverse roles followed in American and British independent films, depression-era caper/heist _The Red Machine (2009)_ (qv) then the self-penned _Running in Traffic (2009)_ (qv) as the grief-stricken, drug dealing, Cullen, alongside 'Kenneth Cranham' (qv) for which he won his second BAFTA and Trailblazer awards. He demonstrated his leading man versatility in the action heist _Battleground (2012)_ (qv) and then again as the aged Bruce Callaghan in _To Our Bright White Hearts (2016)_ (qv) before gaining over 40 lbs of muscle for the towering Russian, Dolokhov in _Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013)_ (qv)His career has been marked by playing on the duality of vulnerable but tough types. He often showing a depth and complexity to an otherwise two-dimensional character. _Let Us Prey (2014)_ (qv) as the brutal but broken cop Jack Warnock opposite 'Liam Cunningham' (qv) and for Starz _Outlander (2014)_ (qv).He appeared opposite 'Ciarán Hinds' (qv) and 'Douglas Henshall' (qv) in _Shetland (2013)_ (qv) He was casting in his first Hollywood movie with 'Gerard Butler' (qv) in _London Has Fallen (2016)_ (qv) as SAS Lieutenant Will Davies. He caught to attention of casting director 'Mike Leeder' (qv) and 'Donnie Yen' (qv) and was chosen to play the lead antagonist, Ernest Hunter opposite Yen and 'Andy Lau' (qv) in the gangster epic _Chasing the Dragon (2017)_ (qv)Inspired by Hong Kong's landscape and energy, he created the hitman trilogy _Dead End (2017)_ (qv) and subsequently , tt9313926 & _Dead End - Dead Man Walking (2020)_ (qv). winning over 40 international film festival awards.He has made his mark in video games and motion capture, including _Blood & Truth (2019)_ (qv) , _Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)_ (qv) and sequel _Horizon: Forbidden West (2021)_ (qv) with numerous other titles released in 2021.Also 2021 he will appear as Wiglaf in season finale of _Vikings (2013)_ (qv) and quarantine short _Everything was fine (2021)_ (qv)::anonymous