Greg McHugh
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5 January 1980 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, writer |
Greg McHugh (born 5 January 1980) 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, Scotland on 5 January 1980. His father was a civil servant, and his mother a teacher. McHugh has two elder 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 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.
McHugh played Josh Elvey in the TV movie Not Safe for Work.
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 appeared on Red Nose Day 2011 reporting the fund-raising going on throughout Scotland for Comic Relief.
McHugh was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA as writer of Gary: Tank Commander.
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