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Birth Name: Colin R. Salmon
Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 6 December, 1961
Ethnicity: African-Jamaican
Colin Salmon is a British actor. His roles include the films Captives , All Men Are Mortal , Tomorrow Never Dies , The Wisdom of Crocodiles , The World Is Not Enough , My Kingdom , Resident Evil (2002), and its sequel, Resident Evil: Retribution ; Die Another Day , The Statement , Freeze Frame (2004), Alien vs. Predator , Match Point , The Bank Job , Clubbed , Punisher: War Zone , Blood: The Last Vampire , Exam (2009), Shank , High Chicago , How to Stop Being a Loser , London Has Fallen , Criminal (2006), Mortal Engines , Nobody (2021), and its sequel, Nobody 2 ; Zone 414 , Prey for the Devil , and Hammarskjöld ; the shows Prime Suspect , Shine on Harvey Moon , Silent Witness , Keen Eddie , Hex , Bad Girls , Party Animals , Law & Order: UK , Strike Back , The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret , Single Ladies , Arrow , Some Girls , 24: Live Another Day , No Offence , Limitless , Tracey Ullman’s Show , Sofia the First , Krypton , EastEnders , Changing Ends , and The Lazarus Project ; the made-for-tv movies Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask , No Child of Mine , and Mind Games ; and the mini-series Dinotopia .
He is the son of Sylvia, a nurse, and Frank Salmon. His father was born in Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica. His mother was born in England, to Jamaican parents. Colin was raised in Luton, Bedfordshire. He is married to visual artist Fiona Hawthorne, with whom he has four children.
Colin’s maternal grandfather was named John T. W. Brudenell.
Colin’s maternal grandmother was named Gertrude E. Roberson.