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BBC News
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
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The Dark Knight actor Colin McFarlane receives honorary degree
An actor who starred in The Dark Knight and voiced characters in Bob the Builder and Peppa Pig has received an honorary degree from his alma McFarlane was recognised for his "outstanding contributions to the arts and his role in championing men's health issues" when he returned to Loughborough University on graduated with a BA in Drama in 1983 and has since played a variety of roles on stage, television and film, including Gotham City police commissioner Gillian B Loeb in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins and The Dark is an advocate of men's health awareness and publicly shared his prostate cancer diagnosis in 2023 to encourage others to get checked. McFarlane is known as the voice of The Cube on the ITV has also appeared in Liam Neeson film The Commuter, the Doctor Who universe and Outlander, and voiced characters in Supertato and Hey Duggee. The 63-year-old said: "I feel very lucky to be able to come back and be recognised for the work I've done. It's a wonderful full circle moment."This is where it all began, where the dreams began."My younger self wouldn't believe that one day I'd be in a Batman movie, work with Liam Neeson, become the voice of an iconic game show, produce, direct and write, be offered lovely roles in Hollywood, and make my parents proud."And the bonus is that this has given me a platform to help other people. That wasn't something that was in my dream, but dreams evolve."
BBC News
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Voice of ITV's The Cube Colin McFarlane saved my life
A theatre director has thanked actor Colin McFarlane for saving his life after talking about prostate Lincolnshire-based actor, who has appeared in The Dark Knight and Doctor Who, announced he had prostate cancer on the BBC Breakfast sofa in June 2023. Femi Elufowoju Jr, a friend and colleague, said hearing McFarlane's story encouraged him to get checked, which led him to also being an interview alongside McFarlane, Elufowoju said: "This man here has literally saved my life and I wouldn't be sitting here today if I hadn't seen that item on television." The British-Nigerian director, who was awarded an OBE for his services to drama, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December said he had returned from visiting his father, who was ill in Nigeria, when he saw McFarlane announcing his diagnosis on BBC Breakfast."I just knew that I needed to make it my next appointment as early as possible because up to that point I had no intention whatsoever," he said."If I hadn't seen Colin, it would've got to a stage where it would've been too late." Elufowoju, who has worked with McFarlane many times, said he was going for blood tests every three months and was getting an MRI every six months."There was a sense of optimism from the get go that we have caught it early and that we are going to manage this," the director to charity Prostate Cancer UK, one in eight men are affected by prostate cancer. For black men, the risk doubles to one in said: "I'm really lucky I caught it early, so I thought if I'm lucky and I know so much about this, I need to try and share this knowledge."The actor, who is also the voice of ITV's The Cube, said he was now going for blood tests every three months and had an MRI once a year. "The satisfaction you get from someone like Femi coming to you saying 'you've literally saved my life'... that's what drives me," he said. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
