Vincent Friell
Actor · 1960 – 2024 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Movies10
Movie8.0DramaCrimeHeroin 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.
Trainspotting
1996 · 10K votes
Movie6.9DramaComedyRobbie is a Glasgow boy locked in a family feud who just wants a way out. On community service, he meets Rhino, Albert and Mo. Little did Robbie imagine that turning to drink might change their lives, leading them to the distilleries of the Scottish Highlands and the biggest gamble of his life.
The Angels' Share
2012 · 638 votes
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Missing examines the experience of those left behind when a loved one disappears without warning or explanation.
Missing
2007
Movie6.8ComedyCrimeTwo 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.
Restless Natives
1985 · 34 votes
MovieA 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.
- Movie10.0DramaCrime
DC Lenny Milton (Winstone) is not as ambitious as his best friend and popular boss DCI Michael Love (Dunbar), but the pair are drinking partners and their wives and children are close. However, this goes very wrong over the space of 7 days, when Milton is approached by the police complaints division asking him to go undercover and investigate allegations of corruption against his friend. Milton finds this difficult at first and tries to dismiss the evidence building up. But as his suspicions begin to take shape his position appears to be in danger.
Tough Love
2000 · 1 votes
Movie5.6HorrorCrimeA biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Silent Scream
1990 · 8 votes
- MovieDrama
A priest is transferred to Edinburgh where he becomes involved with a pirate television station supporting Scottish independence.
Movie9.0DramaThrillerAlan 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.
Knockback: 2
1985 · 1 votes
Movie4.0ComedyRomanceThe 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.
Fast Romance
2011 · 2 votes