---
name: "Victor McGuire"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-mcguire"
fi1m_id: "victor-mcguire"
imdb_id: "nm0570302"
tmdb_id: 4318
wikidata_id: "Q7926149"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 March 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-24T02:59:34.544803+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."
---

# Victor McGuire

## Identity

Victor McGuire

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/victor-mcguire
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** victor-mcguire
- **IMDb ID:** nm0570302
- **TMDB ID:** 4318
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7926149
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_McGuire, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7926149, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4318

Actor. Born 17 March 1964 in Liverpool, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 March 1964, Liverpool, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 52 (2), 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 71 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,301m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_McGuire, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7926149, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570302/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4318

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Phantom of the Opera*](https://film.one/film/the-phantom-of-the-opera.md) (49)

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## Biography

Victor McGuire is an English actor born on 17 March 1964 in Tuebrook, Liverpool. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School after attending the Everyman Youth Theatre.

McGuire is best known for his television roles as Jack Boswell in the series *Bread* (1986–1991) and Ron Wheatcroft in *Goodnight Sweetheart* (1993–1999, 2016). His film credits include Gary in *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998) and Piangi in *The Phantom of the Opera* (2004). He has also appeared in *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), *The Woman in Black* (2012) and *Chernobyl* (2019).

On stage, McGuire has performed in West End productions including *Chicago* as Amos Hart and *Fiddler on the Roof* as Lazar Wolf. He has appeared in numerous other television series such as *Trollied* (2012–2017) as Ian.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Responder* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Trevor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-responder.md)
- *Chernobyl* (2019), Fi1m 86, as Garanin — [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Bar Patron — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *The Black Dahlia* (2006), Fi1m 56, as Bill Koenig — [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-dahlia.md)
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (2004), Fi1m 49, as Piangi — [page](https://film.one/film/the-phantom-of-the-opera.md)
- *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), Fi1m 78, as Gary — [page](https://film.one/film/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *A Small Light* (2023), series, as Grootendorst
- *Cell 8* (2022), series, as Ruben Frey
- *The Responder* (2022), series, as Trevor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-responder.md)
- *Kate & Koji* (2020), series, as Mr Mulholland
- *The Personal History of David Copperfield* (2019), as Creakle
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, as Garanin — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *Peterloo* (2018), as Deputy Chief Constable Nadin
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Phil Sirkin
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Amateur Radio Operator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), as Bar Patron — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *The Lock-In* (2015), as Dave
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, as Oswald
- *No Offence* (2015), series, as Paddy Kenny
- *Far from the Madding Crowd* (2015), as Bailiff Pennyways
- *World Without End* (2012), series, as Mark Webber
- *The Woman in Black* (2012), as Gerald Hardy
- *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), as Andy
- *Trollied* (2011), series, Actor
- *The Task* (2011), as Big Daddy
- *Midsummer Madness* (2007), as Mike
- *The Black Dahlia* (2006), as Bill Koenig — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-black-dahlia.md)
- *Hellraiser: Hellworld* (2005), as Police Officer #1
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (2004), as Piangi — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/the-phantom-of-the-opera.md)
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, Actor
- *Being April* (2002), series, as Richard
- *Thunderpants* (2002), as Mr. Smash
- *A Many Splintered Thing* (2000), series, Actor
- *Sunburn* (1999), series, as Barry Gage
- *Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels* (1998), as Gary — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels.md)
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Dave Green
- *Sorry About Last Night* (1995), as Michael
- *Health and Efficiency* (1993), series, as Dr. Phil Brooke
- *Goodnight Sweetheart* (1993), series, as Ron Wheatcroft
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Shaun Carter
- *All Good Friends: The Case of the Handless Corpse* (1992), as Andy Maher
- *Sean's Show* (1992), series, Actor
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Brian Parker
- *2Point4 Children* (1991), series, as Dr. Brook
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Father Frank
- *Bread* (1986), series, as Jack Boswell
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Robin of Sherwood* (1984), series, as James
- *Brookside* (1982), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Victor McGuire](https://film.one/media/person/164342/gallery-c808a50f34f2.jpg) Victor McGuire — Jack1956, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Victor_Maguire_November_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Victor McGuire](https://film.one/media/person/164342/gallery-d3ae49780618.jpg) Victor McGuire — Image via TMDB

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