Philip D McQuillan

Education

About me

Will be appearing in DANGLING by Abi Hood

@ The Southwark Playhouse 9 - 26

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/224279077


Monologue Slam Winner 2016:
See monologue here: https://youtu.be/SIkt1V6KxJA

Spotlight Link: http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/1/M138586.html

Update 2017 Showreel: https://youtu.be/R8-rszDBpfE

Philip is a young, northern actor, who grew up in Bradford and trained for 3 years on the BA Acting course at Birmingham School of Acting, graduating in 2010. He moved to London and immediately joined City Actors Management.
Philip has already worked in theatres across the country, playing Rudge in ‘The History Boys’ at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick and has toured nationally.

He’s also enjoyed working in London, he played the lovably eccentric and painfully shy Luke in the original cast production and transfer of Paines Ploughs’ ‘Jumpers for Goalposts’ written by Tom Wells at The Bush Theatre. In great contrast he played Dan White in the verbatim play ‘Execution of Justice’ at Southwark Playhouse, a challenging performance as the man on trial for the assassination of Harvey Milk.

Recent screen credits include playing gauche tag-along boyfriend Tim in feature film ‘Making It’ and the totally weird and terribly sad Andy in feature film ‘Dumpee’ directed by Sasha Collington.

Philip continues to enjoy great new writing projects and hopes to carry on working in the great regional theatres the UK has to offer. Philip is a diverse actor with a suberp range but has a wonderful skill at bringing out dark comedy in writing.
Additional skills:
Skiing, Football, Cricket
Additional information:
Jumpers for Goalposts: 

Independent: 

 'the superb Philip Duguid-McQuillan’s Luke, new recruit and 19 year old librarian whose lashes flutter and whose whites of the eye flash when he talks not through affection but bashfulness as he forces out hilariously erratic but oddly accurate notions such as that the sensation of falling in love is “a bit like having a stroke. But in a good way.”  Unreservedly recommended.'

Daily Mail:

 'Duguid-McQuillan turns in an enormously engaging performance — eyes darting nervously, stammering in embarrassment — transforming private agony into something mesmerising.'

Yorkshire Post:

 'Philip Duguid-McQuillan is a constant delight' 

British Theatre Guide: 

'Philip Duguid-McQuillan—an impressive performance as a character ‘too unselfish even to shoot at goal’. Luke’s comic and touching baring of his soul is a highlight'.

Gareth James Culture & Travel Blog: 

'Philip Duguid-McQuillan is simply extraordinary as naive, lonely, socially inept 19-year-old virgin Luke. There is a moment when he reads from his diary when I was laughing out loud and crying at the same time.'

History Boys: 

The Stage: '...& Phillip Duguid-Mcquillan as the comic Rudge give the most rounded performances but this is a great team.'

Execution of Justice: 

LoveTheatre: 'There are some wonderful moments.  Philip Duguid-McQuillan shines as the accused during an emotionally-charged taped interview confession at the police station.' 

Skills

Accents/Dialects	American - General, English - General, English - London, English - Northern England, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Yorkshire & Humber, Irish, New York, Northern Irish, Scottish, Southern American, US South (Deep South, Dixie, Delta), US West Coast (California, Portland)
Vocal Types	Baritone
Organisations / Memberships	Equity (UK)