Tam Dean Burn

Tam Dean Burn (born 1958 in Leith, Scotland) is a Scottish actor who has played a wide range of roles on stage and screen. On television this includes multiple roles on long-running detective series Taggart, and on BBC Scotland's soap opera River City, where he played gangster Thomas McCabe.[1]

Education and family

He trained in Acting at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. He is the brother of drummer Russell Burn, of Edinburgh band The Fire Engines. Both played together in the band The Dirty Reds.

Politics

In the 1992 General Election, he contested the Glasgow Central seat, standing for the Communist Party of Great Britain (PCC). He received 106 votes, 0.4% of all votes cast, and finished last.[2][3]

Acting career

His theatrical roles include being the narrator of the 2009 play Year of the Horse, about artist Harry Horse.[4] He starred on stage in Irvine Welsh's Headspace, in 1997.[5] In 2016 he played Captain Edgar in August Strindberg's Dance of Death at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. In 2018 he narrated Tommy Smith’s jazz version of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofieff with text specially adapted by Liz Lochhead. The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra recorded the piece live on 24 February 2018 at Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Charity work

He is also involved in work for young people. In 2014, he toured Scotland by bicycle, reading all 195 of Julia Donaldson's stories to children.[6][7] He has campaigned to protect the Children's Wood in Kelvinside, Glasgow from property developers.[8]

2019 stabbing

In March 2019, Burn was stabbed during an assault after appearing at an event at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh.[9]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Local Hero	Roddy
1995	3	The Elder
1996	The Leading Man	Henry
1998	The Acid House	Alec	(segment "A Soft Touch")
1999	Miss Julie	Servant
1999	Mauvaise Passe	Naked Husband
2002	Doctor Sleep	Gas Man
2003	Skagerrak	Dr. Meisling
2003	Young Adam	Black Street Barman
2011	Perfect Sense	Husband at Grave
2011	War Horse	Medic in Trench
2012	Shell	Trucker
2012	Riot on Redchurch Street	Jerry Graff
2013	City of Tales	The Officer
2016	Moon Dogs	Davey
2018	Outlaw King	John Macdougall of Argyll
2018	Only You	Mike
2019	The Victim		TV Series

References

1. Beverley Lyons (20 September 2012). "Ten years of River City revealed". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
2. "Fortitude actor Tam Dean Burn 'stabbed' after poetry event | UK News | Sky News". News.sky.com. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
3. Conrad, Jack. "Election 92". In the Enemy Camp: Using parliament for revolution. November Publications. p. 69. ISBN 1874123047.
4. "Tam Dean Burn wants to restore Harry Horse's reputation as an artist after the controversy over his death. But won't his show reopen old wounds?". The Scotsman. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
5. Spencer, Charles (19 July 1997). "A Headstate you wouldn't care to be in". Telegraph. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
6. KELLY APTER (9 June 2014). "Tam Dean Burn burning up the miles to tell stories". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
7. David Pollack (11 June 2014). "Tam Dean Burn set to take on Julia Donaldson's ouvre in The Marathon Storytelling Cycle Challenge". The List. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
8. Kelly Apter (27 May 2016). "Nature Festival at The Children's Wood". The List. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
9. "Actor Tam Dean Burn stabbed after poetry event - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

External links

• The British Theatre Guide: Tam Dean Burn
• Tam Dean Burn at IMDb