
Adrian McLoughlin
Acting
Biography
Adrian McLoughlin (born 1947, London) is a British stage, television and film actor who began his career in 1983. He is best known for his 2017 role as Joseph Stalin in the Armando Iannucci film The Death of Stalin. He has worked many times with Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, beginning with the part of Reg in a revival of The Norman Conquests. He has also worked with him at the Royal National Theatre in House & Garden and on tour throughout the UK in several of his plays. In addition, he has appeared at the Orange Tree Theatre in Ayckbourn’s Private Fears in Public Places which then went on to feature in the Brits Off Broadway Festival in New York in 2005. In 2009 he also appeared in Taking Steps written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn, again at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond. In 2014 he appeared at the Arcola Theatre in a production of The Rivals directed by Selina Cadell. McLoughlin has set up his own theatre company Vital Signs Productions, which concentrates on producing plays featuring older people. He is also co-owner and director of the drama based training company Role Plays for Training Ltd.
Filmography
16 credits
Alice, Through the Looking
Movie • 2021
PC Dum

Fist
Movie • 2023
Gordon

Empire of Light
Movie • 2022
Bill

The Death of Stalin
Movie • 2017
Josef Stalin

Terry
Movie • 2020
Terry

Nipplejesus
Movie • 2015
Tommy

Thunderpants
Movie • 2002
Bob Rodgers

Last of the Summer Wine
TV • 1973
Mervyn

Kingdom
TV • 2007
Mervin Smith

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Station Official

New Tricks
TV • 2004
Barry Drake

A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Shoe Repair Man

Black Earth Rising
TV • 2018
Cyclist

After Life
TV • 2019
5 Card Man

Jam and Jerusalem
TV • 2006
Will the Foreman

Little Napoleons
TV • 1994
Paul Pickering