Anthony "Tony" Curran (born 13 December 19691) is a Scottish actor. Apr 11, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Stephanie Calvert. Most of the episode was filmed in Trogir, Croatia, and many of the sets were modelled after Van Gogh paintings. Curran played the painter Vincent Van Gogh, in the Doctor Who episode "Vincent and the Doctor", written by Richard Curtis. Curran appeared in the BBC television series This Life. [8] Though it was a subject he knew "quite a lot" about, he still read a 200-page biography of Van Gogh, which was more research than he normally would have done if working on other projects; he took Van Gogh very seriously. Many of the art types people consider “perfect” usually mean neat strokes and relatable or exact depictions of things of the world around us. The Krafayis is fatally impaled on Vincent's easel when it tries to lunge at Vincent. Curran portrayed Vincent van Gogh in the science fiction television series Doctor Who. I can’t hang that up on my walls, it’ll scare the customers half to death. #DoctorWho [5] Moffat told Curtis that it needed to "start quicker" and that the meeting with the Doctor and Vincent was "dull" and needed to be something "cute" like Curtis had done in his films. [10] Curtis enjoyed the experience, commenting that it was "fun" to work within boundaries rather than doing it all himself. Tony Curran as Vincent van Gogh: A partial costume, comprising: a woven straw hat, with beige/green-coloured fabric band; a blue-coloured cotton checked shirt; a pair of blue and grey pinstriped trousers and a brown and blue checked wool coat (4) Footnotes. [33] He compared it unfavourably with the third series episode "The Shakespeare Code" in being centred round a historical "tormented artist" but wrote that it lacked that episode's "narrative drive", with "a serious plot hole" in Van Gogh's ability to see the creature and that the Krafayis was "the most pointless monsters ever to appear in the series' long history". [7] Curtis had enjoyed the show's historical episodes and felt comfortable writing one. [3] However, he did praise Curran's "great performance" along with the episode's treatment of depression, concluding like Wollaston that he enjoyed the episode despite his misgivings. His children helped him come up with some ideas. As of April 2021, he is 51 years old and stands at 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 meters). He is a frequent and popular participant in the annual Dressed to Kilt event in New York City, run by Friends of Scotland in celebration of Tartan Week. That’s not a bad deal. That panel was the interview with Tony Curran, who played Vincent Van Gogh in the Season 5 episode of Doctor Who titled Vincent and the Doctor. Vincent and the Doctor - Wikipedia It was directed by Stephen Norrington and starred Sean Connery (in his final live-action film role to date), Naseeruddin Shah, Peta Wilson, Tony Curran, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, Jason Flemyng and Richard Roxburgh. Anthony "Tony" Curran (born 13 December 1969) is a Scottish actor. [32] Dan Martin on the same paper's regular Doctor Who blog was more critical, writing that its "main problem [was] that it doesn't feel much like a Doctor Who story" and would have worked better if "the middle section with the monster had been stripped out". I'm sure not just kids, but other people as well who maybe don't know that much about van Gogh. [8] Curtis's original title for the episode was "Eyes That See the Darkness", but he said this was vetoed. [2] Some of the sets were intended to reference paintings, such as Van Gogh's bedroom. Mal. On the surface, it is a bright and abstract collection of fanciful forms, but close inspection reveals it to depict a slope with tree trunks and roots. Customer Services (UK) Customer services Bonhams. He has been married to Mai Curran since August 13, 2011. He was positive toward Curran and Gillan and that the episode "finally gave us a three-dimensional Amy Pond", but thought the "usually excellent" Smith "didn't get much to work with". [8], Curtis asked Moffat to criticise "anything and everything" and later said he was very honest. In April, 2009 Curran revealed to the Daily Record newspaper that he is playing the role of Lieutenant Delcourt, in The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, due to be released in 2011. Maitre d’ (Nik Howden): It wouldn’t be a bad deal if the painting were any good. Or should we count this as three Vincent van Goghs because of the image behind them? Career Highlights: Movies And Television Shows Curran played the role of Datak Tarr on the Syfy series Defiance and in 2014, he costarred with Diana Vickers in the thriller film Awaiting. After initially feeling distraught that everyone leaves him, Vincent joins the Doctor and Amy at the church to paint it. A young girl is murdered outside the café. Tony Curran as Vincent van Gogh: A partial costume, comprising: 4. Tony recalled that the first convention of any kind that he had done was actually Gallifrey One (back in 2012) and was glad to be back. Dec 31, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by Lou Gebhardt. When writing "Vincent and the Doctor", Curtis put up prints of Van Gogh paintings around the house as well as a board with index cards outlining the plot. Curran portrayed Vincent van Gogh within the science fiction tv sequence Doctor Who. Images of the First and Second Doctors are displayed on the Doctor's mirror device and printout from the TARDIS's typewriter. Another notable part was in 2010 as Vincent Van Gogh, in the TV series “Doctor Who”, appearing in two episodes, “Vincent and the Doctor” and “The Pandorica Opens.” He also featured in popular TV series “Hawaii Five-O” as John O’Toole, and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” as Dr. Tyrell Neth both in 2011. The Doctor and Amy work with Van Gogh to defeat the Krafayis, but in their attempt to have Van Gogh realise his legacy through bringing him to the future they ultimately realise that not all of time can be rewritten and there are some evils which are out of the Doctor's reach. Intrigued by an ominous figure in Vincent van Gogh's painting The Church at Auvers, alien time traveller the Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) go back in time to meet Van Gogh (Tony Curran) and discover that Auvers-sur-Oise has been plagued by an invisible creature, known as the Krafayis, which only Van Gogh can see. [3] In 2016 Curran signed to play 'Callum' in the new E4/Netflix original series Crazyhead. [7] After seeing a read-through performed by leads Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, Curtis made more changes. And a few years before this show, like Vincent, she took her own life. [6] Based on this experience, Moffat asked Curtis to write an episode of Doctor Who. Tony Curran as Vincent on "Doctor Who" (BBC) On Doctor Who , The Doctor ( Matt Smith ) and Amy Pond ( Karen Gillan ) meet post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Discover (and save!) [2] The episode presents these trips as the Doctor's compensation to Amy for her fiancé Rory Williams' death in the previous episode, which Amy herself does not remember since Rory was consumed by a crack in the universe and thus erased from time. The Doctor and Amy travel back in time to meet Vincent Van Gogh and face an … This part costume can be seen during the out door scenes. "[11] The celebrity thing is sort of lost on me, to be perfectly honest. In 1890 Auvers-sur-Oise, they find Vincent, a lonely man, at a café. Curran at the Defiance Panel at the 2013 SDCC, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, "From Red Road to Hollywood Boulevard: Scottish actor Tony Curran on making a good life as a bad guy", "The 10 Most Emotional Episodes of New Who (Part 1)", British Independent Film Award for Best Actor, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Curran&oldid=1020099305, Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Episode: "The Five People You Meet in Hell", Episode: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth? [5][6] Curran also made a cameo appearance in the Doctor Who episode "The Pandorica Opens". 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