Peter Mullan is a veteran Scottish actor and filmmaker. Mullan has a vast body of work but is probably best known for his portrayal of Joe in the 1988 Ken Loach film My Name is Joe. For this work, he won the highly prized Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. A few years later, in 2011, the Sundance Film Festival awarded Mullan a World Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Breakout Performances for his role as Joseph in Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur (2011). His feature film work over the last several decades stretches across every genre, including roles in Riff-Raff (1991), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), Miss Julie (1999), Young Adam (2003), Children of Men (2006), The Red Riding Trilogy (2009), War Horse (2011) The Vanishing, the Harry Potter film series (2010–11) and The Vanishing (2018).
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Peter Mullan is a veteran Scottish actor and filmmaker. Mullan has a vast body of work but is probably best known for his portrayal of Joe in the 1988 Ken Loach film My Name is Joe. For this work, he won the highly prized Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival. A few years later, in 2011, the Sundance Film Festival awarded Mullan a World Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Breakout Performances for his role as Joseph in Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur (2011). His feature film work over the last several decades stretches across every genre, including roles in Riff-Raff (1991), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), Miss Julie (1999), Young Adam (2003), Children of Men (2006), The Red Riding Trilogy (2009), War Horse (2011) The Vanishing, the Harry Potter film series (2010–11) and The Vanishing (2018).
Mullan’s work behind the camera as a director has also collected prestigious awards. He received a Golden Lion at 59th Venice International Film Festival for helming The Magdalene Sisters. Feature film Neds (2010) saw Mullan take the gong for Best Picture at the San Sebastian Film Festival. He also picked up Best Director and Best Writer for Neds at the Baftas in Scotland in 2011.
In television, Mullan has recently appeared in Jason Bateman’s Netflix series Ozark, HBO’s Westworld, and Netflix series Cursed and BBC’s Mum, which saw him nominated for a BAFTA. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Matt Micham in Gerard Lee and Jane Campion’s acclaimed miniseries Top of the Lake in 2013. Back in 2008, Mullan took the lead role in the ITV series The Fixer.
