Carter Ferguson
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Carter Ferguson is a Scottish based fight director and actor
, with over 500 professional credits including 140 episodes of the Scottish soap opera River City
in which he appeared as Harry Black. Carter has directed a 3 part web series made for £1000 set in the world Of 28 Days Later. Called "The Rage", the series was "a bit of fun" hommaging Danny Boyle's work. He has just released his first feature film, Fast Romance, a romantic comedy which was distributed through Cineworld Cinemas in 2011.
As a fight director he has worked in Scottish film, TV and theatre for 16 years. Ferguson directed fight sequences for feature films including 16 Years of Alcohol with Kevin McKidd
, and the soon to be released Outpost 2 - Black Sun. He has directed sequences with David Tennant, on the BBC series Single Father and on Case Histories with Jason Isaacs and many more.
Fergusonn is also the regular fight director at Glasgow's Citizen's Theatre: Hamlet
was recently described by The Times
as having "the most convincing sword fight seen on stage in years."
As an actor he has appeared regularly in River City, shared scenes with Helena Bonham Carter in Women Talking Dirty
, and worked with Brian Cox and Johnny Lee Miller on the feature film Complicity
. He also arrested the aforementioned David Tennant as another cop in Single Father.
As an Associate Director with Scottish Youth Theatre
, he has directed Tall Tales for Small Wonders, The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil
, Waking Shadows and Merlin, The Wild Boy.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, with over 500 professional credits including 140 episodes of the Scottish soap opera River City
River City
River City is a Scottish television soap opera, first broadcast in Scotland on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002. River City storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch in Glasgow...
in which he appeared as Harry Black. Carter has directed a 3 part web series made for £1000 set in the world Of 28 Days Later. Called "The Rage", the series was "a bit of fun" hommaging Danny Boyle's work. He has just released his first feature film, Fast Romance, a romantic comedy which was distributed through Cineworld Cinemas in 2011.
As a fight director he has worked in Scottish film, TV and theatre for 16 years. Ferguson directed fight sequences for feature films including 16 Years of Alcohol with Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd is a Scottish television and film actor and director. Before playing the role of Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy, McKidd starred as Lucius Vorenus in the historical drama series Rome, and provided the voice of Captain John "Soap" Mactavish in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the sequel...
, and the soon to be released Outpost 2 - Black Sun. He has directed sequences with David Tennant, on the BBC series Single Father and on Case Histories with Jason Isaacs and many more.
Fergusonn is also the regular fight director at Glasgow's Citizen's Theatre: Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
was recently described by The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
as having "the most convincing sword fight seen on stage in years."
As an actor he has appeared regularly in River City, shared scenes with Helena Bonham Carter in Women Talking Dirty
Women Talking Dirty
Women Talking Dirty is a 1999 Scottish comedy film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Gina McKee. It is an adaptation of the novel, Women Talking Dirty, written by Isla Dewar who wrote the screenplay as well.- Premise :...
, and worked with Brian Cox and Johnny Lee Miller on the feature film Complicity
Complicity (film)
Complicity is a 2000 film based on the novel Complicity by Iain Banks. The screenplay was written by Bryan Elsley. It was directed by Gavin Millar...
. He also arrested the aforementioned David Tennant as another cop in Single Father.
As an Associate Director with Scottish Youth Theatre
Scottish Youth Theatre
Scottish Youth Theatre is Scotland's national youth theatre company for ages 3–25. It is core funded by the Scottish Arts Council.Scottish Youth Theatre has headquarters in Glasgow but work throughout Scotland...
, he has directed Tall Tales for Small Wonders, The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil
The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil
The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil is a play written in the 1970s by the popular Liverpudlian playwright John McGrath. From 1973, beginning at a venue in Aberdeen, it was performed in a touring production in community centres around Scotland by 7:84 and other community theatre groups...
, Waking Shadows and Merlin, The Wild Boy.