Jimmy Nail

Date of Birth: 16 Mar 1954
Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 12 (Actor), 1 (Director), 3 (Writer)
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The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina. (imdb)
"Strange Fruit" had everything that makes a legendary rockband: Money, Fame, Success, Groupies, a Singer who died of drugs and even a divine ending, when lightning struck the stage during an open-air. (imdb)
A man discovers that his sister was a werewolf, and helps an investigator track down a gang of the monsters through the United States and eastern Europe. (imdb)
The story begins when three aliens get a bit hacked off at their 'friend' Bernard, who keeps making a prat of himself playing space ball. It is while he is playing space ball that the others start playing around with the space ship controls. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by... (imdb)
A virgin, presumably because she's fearful of sexually consummating her pending marriage, has terrifying nightmares, only the demons in them converge with the real world and gruesome, gory murders result. This British flicker has plenty of monsters and hideous make-up for shock lovers. (John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again)
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked and he finds himself all alone on a tropical island. With a few tools he manages to rescue from the wreck he has to learn to support himself until help arrives.
When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, Diamond sets out to unravel the mysterious plot. (imdb)
Sting performs songs from his album The Last Ship in an intimate live performance recorded earlier this year at the Public Theatre, New York. Inspired by the shipbuilding community of Wallsend in the north east of England where Sting was born and raised, the songs form part of his forthcoming Broadway play. For his first new work in a decade he and his band, many of whom hail from the north east, are joined by actor and singer Jimmy Nail.
Crocodile Shoes II (1996) - TV Mini-Series
Crocodile Shoes II showed Jed trying to prove he didn't kill his manager Ade Lynn (James Wilby). During Crocodile Shoes II Shepperd was also sent to prison, became engaged to Wendy and was nearly killed in an accident. (en.wikipedia.org)
Crocodile Shoes (1994) - TV Mini-Series
Jimmy Nail as a factory worker who becomes a country and western singer. The show's eponymous theme tune "Crocodile Shoes" became a chart hit for Nail as did the album of the same name. (en.wikipedia.org)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) - TV Series
The adventures of a gang of British workmen abroad. Combines black and white humour with moments of drama, poignancy and drunkenness. (imdb)
Spender (1991) - TV Series
Spender was one of the more remarkable TV detectives of the 1990s. The series featured a large amount of back story for the main characters with many episodes dealing with Spender's domestic life, his family and circumstances. Some of the storylines were surprisingly dark; one episode featured the death of Spender's wife at the hands of a ruthless gangster, another on the kidnap of one of his daughters. (en.wikipedia.org)