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name: "Tom Urie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-urie"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T06:41:55.042219+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."
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# Tom Urie

Actor. Born 1 January 1969 in Paisley, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, Paisley, Scotland, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7817907, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1146882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226814

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Illusionist*](https://film.one/film/the-illusionist.md) (78)

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## Biography

Tom Urie is a Scottish actor and musician. He is best known for playing Bob O'Hara, also called Big Bob, in the BBC Scotland soap opera *River City* from 2009 to 2014 and in 2016.

His film credits include *The Illusionist* (2010) as Additional Voices, *Burke & Hare* (2010) as Heart Attack Man, and *T2 Trainspotting* (2017) as Big Bear. He also appeared as Gordie Gemmell in the BBC Scotland drama *Guilt* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Illusionist* (2010), Fi1m 78, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-illusionist.md)

## Also known for

- *T2 Trainspotting* (2017), Big Bear
- *Burke & Hare* (2010), Heart Attack Man
- *Guilt* (2019), Gordie Gemmell

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