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Ian Edmund Bannen was a Scottish actor born in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, in 1928. He worked as a stage, film, and television actor, with a career spanning from 1951 to 1999. Bannen was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and spoke English. He is described as a character actor and occasional leading man.
Bannen received the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He died in 1999 at Loch Ness following an accidental car collision. He is buried in Fort Augustus.
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Film & TV
Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Ian Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish character actor and occasional leading man.
Known for
- Taliesin Jones — Billy2002
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies — Matt Moss (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)2002
- Best — Sir Matt Busby2000
- To Walk with Lions — Terence Adamson1999
- Waking Ned — Jackie O'Shea1998
- Something to Believe In — Don Pozzi1998
- Original Sin — Gabriel Dauntsey1997
- Dead Sea Reels1996
- Braveheart — Robert Bruce Sr.1995
- A Pin for the Butterfly — Grandpa1995
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Airdrie
- Place of death
- Loch Ness
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Ian Bannen 1966.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- cause of death
- car collision
- date of birth
- 1928-06-29
- date of death
- 1999-11-03
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- manner of death
- accidental death
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- Commons category
- Ian Bannen
- ethnic group
- Scottish people
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
- birth name
- Ian Edmund Bannen
- place of burial
- Fort Augustus
- member of
- Royal Shakespeare Company
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