Rab Affleck
- Actor
Rab Affleck began his film career in a rather unusual way. In his
younger days, he earned his living as a tradesman (time-served), but
also fought as a semi-professional boxer. So good was he, he even
fought for the British Heavyweight title. However, it was his
experience of bare knuckle fighting that brought him to the attention
of the producers of Crossing the Line (1990) starring the pre-Schindler's List (1993) Liam Neeson. He was
initially asked to advise on the 'sport' but after several meetings it
was decided to cast him in a prominent role, as Cutty Dawson. Since
then, he has generally typecast as the archetypal Scottish hard man,
but has also done comedy in BBC's Screen One production, Down Among the Big Boys (1993), where
he played a character with the name of Bungalow!
