# Alan McKenna (actor)

Alan McKenna is a British actor, known for his role as Patrick McGuire in the BBC soap opera Doctors. He has also portrayed Tony Andrews in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Gus Malcolm in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

## Career

McKenna portrayed Patrick McGuire in the BBC soap opera Doctors on a recurring basis in 2000, 2003 and from 2010 to 2012. McKenna's other TV work includes Yorkshire Television's The Brides in the Bath, Waking the Dead, The Bill, Judge John Deed, Spooks, Lead Balloon, Waterloo Road, and Life Begins. McKenna also appeared as a recurring character in Little Miss Jocelyn, as well as playing Detective Inspector Phil Crabtree in the 2014 crime drama Happy Valley. He voiced various characters in the video game Titanfall. In 2015, he played Rhodri Probert in the ITV TV series Midsomer Murders episode 17.2 "Murder by Magic". He also wrote, produced and starred in the underwater action film Pressure. Then in 2023, he was cast in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Gus Malcolm.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | An American Werewolf in Paris | Lycanthrope | |
| 2003 | Plunge: The Movie | Richard | |
| 2004 | Blessed | Detective Connors | |
| 2005 | Zemanovaload | Tom Gaviscon | |
| 2006 | Second in Command | Cpt. John Baldwin | |
| 2007 | Dangerous Parking | Motorway Cop | |
| 2009 | Malice in Wonderland | Griffin | |
| 2010 | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Policeman | |
| 2010 | 4.3.2.1. | Mr. Jones | |
| 2011 | 5 Days of War | Alexander Lomaia | |
| 2011 | 7 Lives | Office Salesman | |
| 2011 | The Somnambulists | Man 9 | |
| 2012 | Deviation | Tough Cop | |
| 2012 | Offender | Officer Al | |
| 2012 | Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler | Voice | |
| 2013 | Belle | Harry | |
| 2013 | Wayland's Song | Detective A. Jones | |
| 2014 | Here With Me | Suicidal man | short film |
| 2014 | ABCs of Death 2 | Bob | |
| 2015 | Pressure | Hurst | |
| 2016 | Without Name | Eric | |
| 2017 | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Interpol Agent | |
| 2018 | Macbeth | Ross | |
| 2019 | The Corrupted | Isaac Gale | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000, 2009 | The Bill | Danny Maier / Joe Linus | 2 episodes |
| 2000, 2003, 2010–2012 | Doctors | Patrick McGuire | Recurring role |
| 2001 | Bad Girls | PO Latham | Episode: "Back from the Brink" |
| 2001 | Perfect | Tony Hollaway | Television film |
| 2003 | Loving You | John | Television film |
| 2003 | Waking the Dead | Martin Lovell | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Crooked Man | Alex Simpson | Television film |
| 2003 | The Brides in the Bath | D.I. Arthur Neil | Television film |
| 2003, 2006 | Holby City | Tris Hodges / Josh Jackson | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | England Expects | Housing Officer | Television film |
| 2005 | Ahead of the Class | Simon Linder | Television film |
| 2005 | Judge John Deed | Paul Peacock | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Ian Fleming: Bondmaker | Mortuary Attendant | Television film |
| 2006 | Hotel Babylon | Airline Pilot | Episode #1.6 |
| 2006 | Spooks | Lee MacKenzie | Episode: "Gas and Oil: Part 1" |
| 2006 | Life Begins | Roger Tonding | Episode #3.6 |
| 2006–2007 | EastEnders | Tony Andrews | Recurring role |
| 2007 | Lead Balloon | Policeman | Episode: "Giraffe" |
| 2007 | Britney: Off the Rails | Narrator | Television film |
| 2008 | Paradise or Bust | Narrator | 5 episodes |
| 2009 | Waterloo Road | Mr. Parker | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Inspector George Gently | Maurice Hilton | Episode: "Gently Through the Mill" |
| 2009 | Criminal Justice | Desk Sergeant | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | New Tricks | Mick Shaw | Episode: "Dark Chocolate" |
| 2011 | I Shouldn't Be Alive | Lincoln Hall | Episode: "Left for Dead on Everest" |
| 2012–2014 | DCI Banks | Dr. Burns | 4 episodes |
| 2013 | Law & Order: UK | Dr. Holdsworth | Episode: "Tracks" |
| 2013 | Doc Martin | Sergeant Pledge | Episode: "Listen with Mother" |
| 2014 | Silk | PC Adam Butcher | Episode #3.1 |
| 2014 | Happy Valley | Phil Crabtree | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Chasing Shadows | Graham Legg | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Midsomer Murders | Rhodri Probert | Episode: "Murder by Magic" |
| 2015 | Arthur & George | Inspector Campbell | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Broken | Tom Fitzsimmons | Episode: "Christina" |
| 2018 | Coronation Street | Ronan Truman | 6 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | Save Me | DCI Ian Thorpe | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | The Spanish Princess | Sir Richard Pole | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Treadstone | Dr. Sachs | Episode: "The McKenna Erasure" |
| 2020 | Moving On | Patrick | Episode: "Home" |
| 2020 | The Liberator | Colonel Bart Abrams | Episode: "One Word: Anzio" |
| 2022 | No Return | Brendan | 2 episodes |
| 2023-2024 | Emmerdale | Gus Malcolm | Regular role |