John Gordon Sinclair
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Image:Gregory's Two Girls - DVD cover.jpg John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in Gregory's Girl (1981), when he was 19 years old. He reprised the role nearly two decades later in Gregory's Two Girls. He is sometimes credited as John Gordon-Sinclair.
He has continued to act on stage and screen. Other roles include parts in Goodbye Mr Steadman, Mad About Alice and Roman Road. He recently appeared in the West End in the highly successful The Producers. He was also in both the radio and television sitcom An Actor's Life For Me
He appeared in the 1982 Scottish World Cup squad number 5 (in the UK) hit "I Have a Dream" which was written and performed by BA Robertson. It featured John Gordon Sinclair speaking his recollection of a dream about Scottish football success.
Sinclair was engaged to West End singing star Ruthie Henshall but the engagement did not come to fruition.
He played Dan Weir in Espedair Street, the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the Iain Banks novel, as well as playing the lead part of Dr. Finlay in the Radio 4 series entitled Adventures of a Black Bag.
[edit] Triva
- John played one of the main characters in the Tesco TV adverts from the late 90's, early 00's along side Prunella Scales and Jane Horrocks.
