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Timothy W. V. McMullan (born 1963) is a British actor, notable for his stage, television and film work. He is best known for playing Atticus Pünd in the BBC mystery dramas Magpie Murders and Moonflower Murders.

Career

McMullan's stage work includes a 2008 adaptation of The Misanthrope alongside Damian Lewis and Keira Knightley along with the 2003 adaptation of His Dark Materials. In 2009 he was in Dominic Dromgoole's Shakespeare's Globe production of As You Like It and worked for Complicite. In 2016, again for Dromgoole, he was Prospero in The Tempest at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

In 2017 McMullan played Sir Toby Belch in a production of Twelfth Night on the Olivier stage at the Royal National Theatre.

In July 2020 Deadline announced that PBS' Masterpiece would adapt Anthony Horowitz's Magpie Murders novel into a six-part drama series and air it in the US, and on BritBox in the UK. Horowitz prepared the script and Masterpiece produced the series along with Jill Green and Eleventh Hour Films. McMullan was signed to portray the character of Atticus Pünd after actor Timothy Spall pulled out of the production due to scheduling issues.

Filmography

Television

References

1. Billington, Michael (18 December 2009). "The Misanthrope: Comedy Theatre, London". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
2. Billington, Michael (26 February 2016). "The Tempest review – Dromgoole's farewell lets language work its magic: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
3. Petski, Denise (21 July 2020). "'Magpie Murders' Drama Series Adaptation Set On PBS' Masterpiece". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
4. Hallemann, Caroline (23 July 2020). "The 'Magpie Murders' Is Being Made into a TV Show". Town & Country. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
5. "Masterpiece to Co-Produce Magpie Murders | PBS". Masterpiece. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
6. Kanter, Jake (21 May 2021). "Timothy Spall Pulls Out Of PBS/BritBox Series 'Magpie Murders' & Is Replaced By Tim McMullan; Daniel Mays Joins Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

External links

• Tim McMullan at IMDb

• Living people
• People educated at Aldro
• Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• English male stage actors
• English male television actors
• English male film actors
• English male voice actors
• 20th-century English male actors
• 21st-century English male actors
• 1963 births