Adam Rayner
Adam Rayner
Adam Rayner, born on 28 August 1977 in Shrewsbury, is an English actor, who has appeared on television in Mistresses, At Home with the Braithwaites and Making Waves. He has also appeared on stage in The Rivals, Romeo and Julietand Much Ado About Nothing...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth28 August 1977
long guy gone
Long gone are the days of the stylised old James Bond films with Roger Moore karate chopping his way through the bad guys - audiences are not going to buy it anymore. The genre has got quite serious now.
motivation real sometimes
Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.
cloak dagger thriller
'Homeland' is a thriller with a lot of cloak and dagger spy stuff, which is one of the things that makes it so much fun.
bit
We shot a bit of 'Hunted' in Tangier, and you are in a very, very different world. It's very difficult to blend in over there.
british eastern far half middle
I'm actually half Brit and half American. I have a British father and an American mother, but as far as I'm aware, no Middle Eastern blood.
great high huge job life points save
I had some great high points and thought: 'This is fantastic. I'm going to be a huge star.' Then something happens, and you can't get a job to save your life.
none proved shows
I've done shows that aired on American TV, but none of them proved to be successful, so yes, no one here knows who I am.
drama gives great next people taking trying
That's the great thing about university: you've got people around you who are taking a risk and trying things out themselves. It gives you the confidence to try and take it to the next step, which was drama school.
al barry chap eastern fictional grown married middle second since trained
So my character on 'Tyrant' is a chap called Barry Al Fayeed, and he is the second son of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator. But, he has grown up since he was young in America. He's trained as a doctor. He's married a beautiful American girl, had two kids, so he's very much an American.
certainly definitely feels great pull spent time towards
I certainly have a sliver of me, which is definitely American, and feels a great pull towards where I spent time when I was very young, which is in California.