From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Gary McDonald born in London in 1961 is an English actor of Jamaican descent A student at Elliott school in Putney McDonald played football for Wimbledon FC under Dario Gradi He was a member of the Royal Court Theatre from 197980 appearing in various plays at the Court such as Hard time Pressure Heros Welcome and Che Walkers Been so Long In the 1980s he performed with the Talawa Theatre company in The Black Jacobins The Importance of Being Earnest and A Raisin in the Sun with the Black Theatre He appeared at the Royal National Theatre in Macbeth and Black Poppies Rhapsody in Black White and at The Cottlesloe in Blood Wedding Other theatre credits include Scrape of the Black and Mike Leighs Its a Great Big Shame at the Theatre Royal Stratford East His first notable television role came in 1987 when he was cast as Darren Roberts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders He left the role in 1988 He has also appeared in Numb3ers The Bill Between the Lines South of the Border as Captain John Black in Dream Team 19992006 and in Brothers and Sisters among others He has also appeared in various films Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary McDonald actorlicensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia