Vincent Friell
Acting
Biography
Vincent Friell (January 7, 1960 – April 14, 2024) was a Scottish actor best known for his leading role in the 1985 film Restless Natives. Other credits included Silent Scream, Trainspotting, The Angels' Share and Still Game.
Born: January 7, 1960
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known For
Trainspotting
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Restless Natives
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals.
Silent Scream
A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Fast Romance
The interweaving stories of seven very different people in the cosmopolitan city of Glasgow who decide that, in their pursuit of love, it is time to try something new. Little do they know that after one night of speed dating their lives will take dramatic new twists - and we'll be there to witness each and every one of them.
Knockback: 2
Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
End of the Line
Life in a Scottish New Town
Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People
A drama documentary on the life and work of Italian communist Antonio Gramsci. Produced for Channel 4 in 1987, it was directed by the Scottish filmmaker Mike Alexander and starred John Sessions in scenes from Gramsci's life. Brian Cox provided the narration.
Blood Red Roses
A woman looks back on her life as a political activist in Scotland from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Filmography
as Diane's Father
as PO
as Giovanni Lay
as Fitter
as Will
as Verne Prisoner
as Tommy