Duncan Pow

Duncan Pow
Born (1977-10-08) 8 October 1977 (age 47)
Edinburgh, Scotland
EducationThe Blue School, Wells
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Leeds Metropolitan University
OccupationActor
Years active2005-present
Spouse
Yuridia Ortega Correa
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(m. 2016)​
[1][2]

Duncan Pow (born 8 October 1977) is a Scottish actor. He is known in the United Kingdom for television roles in the Sky 1 series Dream Team,[3] and the BBC One series Holby City.[4] He is known internationally for his role as Ruescott Melshi in the Star Wars film Rogue One and the Disney+ prequel series Andor.[5]

Early life

Pow was born in Edinburgh, and moved to Wells, England, when he was eleven. Pow attended The Blue School, Wells,[6] going on to study mathematics at the University of Edinburgh and multimedia technology at Leeds Metropolitan University where he received a first class honours degree.[6]

Career

Pow began his acting career in 2005 appearing in a Channel 4 TV miniseries titled Psycho.[7] Also he 2005, he first appeared in the Sky 1 drama series Dream Team as the character Liam MacKay. Pow appeared in 61 episodes until the show ended in 2007.'[3]

From 2008 until 2010, Pow played a starring role in the medical drama Holby City, a series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was announced on 6 November 2007 that Pow had been cast in the role of Linden Cullen, when series producer Diana Kyle described the new character as "dishy... good-looking and sexy." In the context of the show, Linden was introduced as the new head of the hospital's Acute Assessment Unit at the end of the ninth series. He made his first appearance in the episode "Stolen", broadcast on 15 January 2008. The character was the head of Holby City Hospital's surgical admissions ward.

In an interview a year into his time in this leading role on the show, Pow commented: "I don't think I've ever enjoyed a job as much. It is a pleasure to get up every morning and spend my days working at Holby. From the producers, writers, and production staff through to the crew and the cast, everyone is lovely to work with and the atmosphere is always positive and good fun. What more could I wish for? I'm getting paid to do something I love [...] Linden is a very complex character to play and getting your teeth into him has been a dream, any actor would relish the opportunity, I just feel lucky and privileged that it was me that was given the chance."[8]

In 2009, Linden was voted Holby City fans' "Favourite Newcomer of Series 10", receiving 58.5% of the vote.[9] Pow commented on his character's popularity and award win: "I try not to think too much about Linden and how he is viewed by fans." I think it's great that you guys voted Linden as best newcomer and that he has been well received but I guess the fact he has a fan base is down to Tony McHale, Diana Kyle and the writing team for coming up with such an interesting character, and Tony, Diana, Liz Stoll and Julia Crampsie for giving me the opportunity to play him."[8] Discussing the feedback he receives from viewers about Linden, Pow explained that people "like his honesty and dedication to others," commenting that "he's quite selfless, I guess, and that is an incredibly endearing quality".[8]

He was killed off at the end of the twelfth series on 12 October 2010. Pow appeared in 137 episodes of the show.[3]

Afterwards, Pow appeared in more television programmes in the UK and US, including The Wrong Mans (2013),[10] Waterloo Road (2013), Law & Order: UK (2014),[11] 24: Live Another Day (2014),[12] Humans (2015),[13] The Night Manager (2016),[14] and Black Mirror (2016).[15]

Throughout his career, Pow has appeared in independent films. In 2016, he played the role of Ruescott Melshi in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).[16] The character is a sergeant in the Special Forces of the Alliance to restore the Republic and helps Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso.

After his first appearance in the Star Wars franchise, Pow has continued his career in television, appearing in Playground (2017),[17] Henry IX (2017),[18] Silent Witness (2018),[19] The Salisbury Poisonings (2020),[20] La Fortuna (2021),[21] and Halo (2022).[22] He also appeared in the video game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019), before reprising his role as Melshi in Andor (2022).[23] In the series, Melshi and Andor meet for the first time as fellow inmates on level 5 of the Imperial factory facility on Narkina 5, and breakout together to later join the Rebel Alliance.[24] The character first appears in episode 8 "Narkina 5", first aired on Disney+ on October 26 2022. Pow appears again in episode 9 "Nobody's Listening!", episode 10 "One Way Out", and episode 11 "Daughter of Ferrix".[25]

The decision to bring Pow back to the Star Wars franchise was made by Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor. As reported by series writer Beau Willimon in an interview with Collider "I remember Tony talking about how much he enjoyed working with that actor and was looking for an opportunity to bring Melshi back... I don't remember who said it out loud first, but what if Melshi's in that prison? And it's like, "Oh, my god.""[26] Gilroy stated "I love the character. Duncan Pow, who plays Melshi, was a great hang on Rogue, and I just really liked him. So I was just like, "How can we get him back in?"".[27]

Personal life

Charity work and support

Pow is a supporter of the children's cancer charity, CLIC Sargent having experience of the charity's work through personal circumstances. When his cousin, Westley Hendry, died of cancer aged 16, the family was supported by CLIC Sargent and he has since been an active supporter[citation needed]. He won a Holby City special edition of the BBC quiz show The Weakest Link and raised £8,600 for the charity.[28] Pow ran the 2008 Great South Run in Portsmouth[29] for CLIC Sargent and completed the Flora London Marathon for CLIC Sargent in 2009.[30]

Pow is the patron of the Leon Heart Fund, which was named after Leon Montanari and helps children and families who visit the University Hospital of Wales' Paediatric Cardiology Department.[31] He has helped raise money for the cancer charity by appearing on the ITV show This Morning several times.[31]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Here's to Big Bear Joe Short film
2014 The Journey Jason
Blackwood Lee
2015 The Chameleon Detective Eigner
2016 Dark Signal Nick Keller
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Ruescott Melshi
2021 Dune Hawat Officer Uncredited

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2005 Psycho Kevin Episode: "Kill Me If You Can"
2005–2007 Dream Team Liam Mackay 61 episodes
2008–2010 Holby City Linden Cullen 136 episodes
2010 Doctors Gary Sneddon Episode: "Father to the Man"
2013 Waterloo Road Frankie McGregor Episode: "Father Figure"
The Wrong Mans Petr 2 episodes
2014 Doctors Patrick Borley Episode: "White Van"
Law & Order UK David Winkleman Episode: "Flaw"
24: Live Another Day Captain Greg Denovo 3 episodes
Lovesick Gareth Episode: "Bethany"
2015 Humans Dr. Sanzen Episode: "1.8"
Unforgotten Tom 3 episodes
Serial Thriller Detective Eigner 2 episodes
2016 The Night Manager Charles Narramore Miniseries; Episode: "1.2"
Black Mirror Garrett Scholes Episode: "Hated in the Nation"
Suspicion JD Douglas Episode: "A Daughter Disappears"
2017 Playground Mike 10 episodes
Henry IX Byron 3 episodes
Trust Me Rob Beasley 2 episodes
2018 Silent Witness Gary Hadlow 2 episodes
Flowers Dennis 2 episodes
2019 The Rook Damien Soames Miniseries; Episode: "Chapter 1"
The Last Czars Yakov Yurovsky 3 episodes
2019–2020 Traces Patrick Monk 2 episodes
2020 The Salisbury Poisonings Dr. James Haslam Docudrama;
3 episodes
2021 La Fortuna Tony 5 episodes
2022 Halo John's Father 5 episodes
Andor Ruescott Melshi 4 episodes [32]
2023 For Her Sins Rob 4 episodes
2023 Colosseum Trajan Docudrama; 2 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Karels Sekuclic Deep State DLC
2023 Diablo IV Additional voices
2024 Still Wakes the Deep Muir, Douglas

References

  1. ^ "Star Wars actor who grew up in Lockerbie gets married in Moffat". Daily Record. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. ^ Liptrott, Sharon (2 October 2020). "Remembering Dumfries and Galloway's Star Wars links as cinema reopens after lockdown". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Dream Team". IMDb. 7 October 1997. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Holby City". IMDb. 12 January 1999. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Rogue One". IMDb. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Interview". Harchester United. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Psycho", IMDb, 23 August 2005, retrieved 9 November 2022
  8. ^ a b c "Duncan Pow Interview". Holby Gazette. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  9. ^ "2008 holby.tv Awards". The Casualty Files. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  10. ^ "The Wrong Mans". IMDb. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Flaw". IMDb. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  12. ^ "24: Live Another Day", IMDb, 5 May 2014, retrieved 9 November 2022
  13. ^ "Episode #1.8", IMdb, 16 August 2015, retrieved 9 November 2022
  14. ^ Bier, Susanne (26 April 2016), Episode #1.2, The Night Manager, retrieved 9 November 2022
  15. ^ "Hated in the Nation". IMDb. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Rogue One", IMDb, 16 December 2016, retrieved 10 November 2022
  17. ^ "Playground". IMDb. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Henry IX". IMDb. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Silent Witness", IMDb, 21 February 1996, retrieved 10 November 2022
  20. ^ "The Salisbury Poisonings". IMDb. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  21. ^ "La Fortuna". IMDb. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Halo". IMDb. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Andor". IMDb. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Ruescott Melshi". StarWars.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  25. ^ "Duncan Pow". IMDb. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  26. ^ Lovitt, Maggie (9 November 2022). "How 'Andor' Reintroduced 'Rogue One's Rebel Sergeant Melshi". Collider. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  27. ^ Davids, Brian (9 November 2022). "'Andor' Creator Tony Gilroy Talks Luthen Rael's Future and Being Surprised by Certain Easter Eggs". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  28. ^ admin. "Weakest Link Special". www.holby.tv. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  29. ^ admin. "Duncan Pow Interview". www.holby.tv. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  30. ^ "Marathon Results of Duncan J Pow". marathonview.net. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  31. ^ a b "Duncan Pow". The Leon Heart Fund. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  32. ^ Lovitt, Maggie (9 November 2022). "How 'Andor' Reintroduced 'Rogue One's Rebel Sergeant Melshi". Collider. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

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