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Greg McHugh
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Greg McHugh
Homepage
https://www.pbjmanagement.co.uk/artists/greg-mchugh
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1980-01-05,
Gender
Male
Biography
Greg McHugh is a Scottish actor and writer. He is the creator, writer and star of the BBC1 comedy series Gary: Tank Commander. He also played Howard in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat. Greg McHugh was born in Morningside, Edinburgh, on 5 January 1980. His father was a civil servant, and his mother a teacher. McHugh has two older brothers. McHugh attended St Peter's RC primary school and then St Thomas of Aquin's High School. He studied business at the University of Stirling and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Initially, McHugh had intended to study sports science but found it too difficult. McHugh's native accent is a softer variation of the Edinburgh accent. McHugh can be seen briefly on screen in the Still Game episode "Faimly" as a friend or relative visiting the patient in the bed beside Winston Ingram. In 2010, McHugh appeared in the episode "Don the Musical" of the English sitcom How Not to Live Your Life. He played Randy, a local actor of amateur dramatics who played the Tom Cruise character, Charlie Babbitt, in a musical version of Rain Man. He was in two 2010 episodes of Rab C. Nesbitt as Liam O'Hagan. The episodes were "Muse" and "Candy." McHugh was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA as writer of Gary: Tank Commander. Between 2011 & 2016, McHugh starred as Howard in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat. McHugh appeared in the 2013 Bad Education Christmas special as Bonehead, a homeless man. In 2014, McHugh appeared in the BBC film Marvellous playing the part of Malcolm, the long-time friend of Neil Baldwin. From 6 December 2014 to 11 January 2015, McHugh starred as the character of Smee in the pantomime production of Peter Pan at the King's Theatre, Glasgow. In 2016, 2017 & 2020, he appeared as Eddie Scott in the Cumbria-based BBC1 drama The A Word.

Filmography

6.5

Two Doors Down
2013-12-31

3.5

Kicking Off
2015-09-30

7.163

Marvellous
2014-09-25

0

Phone Home
2012-04-03

0

Faithful
2025-03-31

Ooh the Banter!

0

Ooh the Banter!
2022-12-31

A Discovery of Witches

7.8

A Discovery of Witches
2018-09-14

Gary: Tank Commander

6.2

Gary: Tank Commander
2009-10-21

6.743

Dates
2013-06-10

7.157

Fresh Meat
2011-09-21

6.7

Guilt
2019-10-24

Richard Osman's House of Games

6

Richard Osman's House of Games
2017-09-04

How Not to Live Your Life

7.611

How Not to Live Your Life
2008-08-12

7.92

The A Word
2016-03-22

7.177

Man Vs Bee
2022-06-24

A Discovery of Witches

7.8

A Discovery of Witches
2018-09-14

6.6

Traitors
2019-02-17

8

Only Child
2024-11-21

0

Dog Squad
2022-11-07

Super Happy Magic Forest

0

Super Happy Magic Forest
2024-10-07

6.7

Guilt
2019-10-24