---
name: "Roland Gift"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roland-gift"
fi1m_id: "roland-gift"
imdb_id: "nm0317558"
tmdb_id: 185224
wikidata_id: "Q952724"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T21:14:16.063303+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."
---

# Roland Gift

## Identity

Roland Gift

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roland-gift
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roland-gift
- **IMDb ID:** nm0317558
- **TMDB ID:** 185224
- **Wikidata ID:** Q952724
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Gift, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952724, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317558/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/185224

Actor. Born 28 May 1962 in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 May 1962, Sparkhill, Birmingham, England
- **Also known as:** Fine Young Cannibals
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Gift, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q952724, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317558/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/185224

## Biography

Roland Gift is a British singer, songwriter and actor. He was the lead vocalist of the band Fine Young Cannibals, formed in 1984, and earlier fronted the ska band Akrylykz.

Gift made his screen acting debut in *Sammy and Rosie Get Laid* (1987). He appeared as a band member in *Tin Men* (1987) and portrayed Johnnie Edgecombe in *Scandal* (1989). On television he played Xavier St. Cloud in five episodes of *Highlander: The Series* (1992–1997). His stage work includes the role of Romeo in a 1990 Hull Truck Theatre production of *Romeo and Juliet*.

He was born Roland Lee Gift on 28 May 1961 in Sparkhill, Birmingham.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Scandal* (1989), Fi1m 66, as Johnnie Edgecombe — [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Meet the Richardsons* (2020), series, as Roland Gift
- *Brakes* (2017), as Rhys
- *Ten Minutes Older: The Cello* (2002), as Co-Pilot (segment "Addicted to the Stars")
- *The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife* (2001), as Bernard Ivens
- *Highlander: Unholy Alliance* (1994), as Xavier St. Cloud
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, as Xavier St. Cloud
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Ken Marston
- *Scandal* (1989), as Johnnie Edgecombe — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)
- *Sammy and Rosie Get Laid* (1987), as Danny / Victoria
- *Tin Men* (1987), as Band Member · Original Music Composer
- *Fine Young Cannibals: Live at The Ritz*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Roland Gift of the Fine Young Cannibals (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/5555607/gallery-b208a2574328.jpg) Roland Gift of the Fine Young Cannibals (2022) — Dudley Council from England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/MUSICOM_2022_%2852223024589%29.jpg/1280px-MUSICOM_2022_%2852223024589%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Roland Gift](https://film.one/media/person/5555607/gallery-e3aeda2b8691.jpg) Roland Gift — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Roland_Gift.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Roland Gift](https://film.one/media/person/5555607/gallery-f36acda2ed47.jpg) Roland Gift — Image via TMDB

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