Colin Salmon

About:

Colin Salmon began his acting career in 1992 with the role of Sergeant Oswalde opposite Helen Mirren, in the second of her hugely successful series of television films Prime Suspect. He went on to star in many British television shows including Shine on Harvey Moon (1995) and Soldier, Soldier (1996) before landing the role of M’s Chief of Staff, Charles Robinson in the 1997 Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies, the first of Pierce Brosnan’s Bonds. Amongst many other starring roles on television and in film, he repeated the role of Robinson in two further Bond movies, The World is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002) prompting high speculation that on Brosnan’s retirement from the role he would take over as the first black James Bond.

He has since starred in several more hit television series including, Hex (2005), Bad Girls (2006) and Party Animals (2007). Amongst an almost bewildering number of movie roles destined to hit screens in the next year, he has recently finished filming the much awaited movie version of Alexander McCall Smith’s The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency which will be released in 2008.

He is patron of the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust working to increase the register of bone marrow donors for leukaemia sufferers of African, African Caribbean and mixed race descent. The trust’s website is www.aclt.org
He is married with four children and presumably for the reason that he was born in Luton, is a keen supporter of Luton Town F.C.

Selected Filmography:

Prime Suspect
Shine on Harvey Moon
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)