---
name: "Brian Milligan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-milligan"
fi1m_id: "brian-milligan"
imdb_id: "nm0589665"
tmdb_id: 1728055
wikidata_id: "Q83468362"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T21:19:12.399073+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Milligan

## Identity

Brian Milligan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-milligan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-milligan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0589665
- **TMDB ID:** 1728055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q83468362
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Milligan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83468362, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1728055

Actor. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1997–2013
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (1), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 73 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $19m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Milligan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83468362, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1728055

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Hunger*](https://film.one/film/hunger.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian Milligan is a Northern Irish actor. He played Davey Gillen in the 2008 film *Hunger*.

He grew up in Belfast and attended Lagan College. His screen debut was as Ned in *The Boxer* (1997), followed by a role in the television series *Safe and Sound* (1996). He trained at drama school in England and performed on stage at the Royal National Theatre in London.

Milligan is known for roles in *Leap Year* (2010), *Strike Back* (2010), *The Fall* (2013–2014) as James Tyler, *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017), *Quantico* (2015–2018), *Blue Lights* (2023) and *The Veil* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, entertainmentdaily.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Fall* (2013), Fi1m 73, as James Tyler — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-2013.md)
- *Hunger* (2008), Fi1m 86, as Davey Gillen — [page](https://film.one/film/hunger.md)
- *The Boxer* (1997), Fi1m 68, as Ned — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gay Agenda 33* (2025), Actor
- *Split Decisions* (2025), Actor
- *Sins of the Cloth* (2024), as Father Matthew
- *The Veil* (2024), series, as Patrick
- *A Particular Friend* (2023), as Father Matthew
- *Blue Lights* (2023), series, as Fowler — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/blue-lights.md)
- *My Left Nut* (2020), series, as Jimmy Campbell, Mick's dead father
- *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017), as Jerome
- *Quantico* (2015), series, as Little Bobby
- *The Fall* (2013), series, as James Tyler — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-2013.md)
- *The Back of Beyond* (2012), as Samuel
- *One Man and His Dog* (2010), as Alien Jesus
- *Strike Back* (2010), series, as Teague
- *Leap Year* (2010), as Bobbo
- *Hunger* (2008), as Davey Gillen — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hunger.md)
- *The Boxer* (1997), as Ned — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *Safe And Sound* (1996), series, as Kevin McShane
- *Jump Out*, Actor

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