John Gordon Sinclair
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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 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 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.
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. 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.
He most recently appeared in the West End in the highly successful The Producers.
He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1995 for Best Actor in a Musical for his 1994 performance in "She Loves Me"
[edit] Personal life
Sinclair was engaged to West End singing star Ruthie Henshall but the engagement did not come to fruition.
