---
name: "Chris McGlade"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-mcglade"
fi1m_id: "chris-mcglade"
imdb_id: "nm8821929"
tmdb_id: 4081577
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:03:32.461606+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."
---

# Chris McGlade

## Identity

Chris McGlade

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-mcglade
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-mcglade
- **IMDb ID:** nm8821929
- **TMDB ID:** 4081577
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8821929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4081577

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Ken Loach](https://film.one/person/ken-loach.md), [Paul Laverty](https://film.one/person/paul-laverty.md), [Rebecca O'Brien](https://film.one/person/rebecca-obrien.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8821929/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4081577

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*I, Daniel Blake*](https://film.one/film/i-daniel-blake.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Old Oak*](https://film.one/film/the-old-oak.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Chris McGlade is a British actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for his roles in two films directed by Ken Loach: as Vic in *The Old Oak* (2023) and as At the Sawmill in *I, Daniel Blake* (2016). He has also appeared on stage in the West End production of *Billy Elliot the Musical*.

McGlade began performing stand-up comedy in 1988, starting in working men’s clubs and pubs in the North East of England. He later appeared as a comedian on television, including *Stand Up Britain* (2002), and has written and performed a one-man show titled *Forgiveness* (2025), which draws on personal experience.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Old Oak* (2023), Fi1m 65, as Vic — [page](https://film.one/film/the-old-oak.md)
- *I, Daniel Blake* (2016), Fi1m 82, as At the Sawmill — [page](https://film.one/film/i-daniel-blake.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *The Old Oak* (2023), as Vic — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-old-oak.md)
- *I, Daniel Blake* (2016), as At the Sawmill — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/i-daniel-blake.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/chris-mcglade