The third of four siblings (two older brothers, one younger sister), McFadden was born in Glasgow to Irish immigrants from County Donegal. STRICTLY winner Joe McFadden has thought of the perfect follow up to Holby City - playing legendary Scots detective Taggart in a remake of the series. We were having to do three dances, so we were all a bit exhausted.“I felt it was going to be a great show.
When he was 12 years old, his drama teacher first noticed his acting talent and suggested him for a small role in Taggart, a Scottish detective TV show. It was Mark McManus, Jim McPherson and Blythe Duff. He began acting at 12 years old when a talent scout from the detective show 'Taggart' visited his school, Holyrood Secondary and invited him to play the role of the son of a murder victim. “Every single Monday when I was shown the steps I thought this was the week I was going home because I couldn’t do it. There was actually a wrap party on a boat, which was amazing.“Now I look back and think how awful I was.
He started his acting career as a theatre artist and appeared in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and the ‘Rainbow Kiss.’ What else has Joe McFadden … Winning the show, at a stroke, made the former Holby City star the hottest name in showbiz.However, it was anything but an overnight success as the Glaswegian actor’s first steps to glory were taken exactly 30 years ago.And he’s told iN10 how he’ll never forget his earliest days, cringing when he recalls an early role in Taggart.Joe was just 12 when he got the part in the iconic STV cop show.“I was really lucky to get that job because you’ve no idea what you want to do at that age,” says Joe.“As a kid in Glasgow, going to the school I did, I didn’t know anyone who had acted before.“Taggart was such a huge show that I just remember being in awe of everyone. “I suppose I was,” he concedes, before moving things on with an embarrassed laugh. The 42 year old who is currently in Scotland to star in the live Strictly shows at the SSE Hydro … He began acting at 12 years old when a talent scout from the detective show 'Taggart' visited his school, Holyrood Secondary and invited him to play the role of the son of a murder victim. The day itself, he insists, wasn’t as nerve-racking as you might imagine.“It was actually a really nice day. It was Mark McManus, Jim McPherson and Blythe Duff.“We were filming at the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988 and it was so exciting. Joe McFadden was born Joseph Martin McFadden in Glasgow, Scotland to Irish parents. I was proud just to get to go out there with the other three finalists as their level of dancing was phenomenal.”While his ever more spectacular routines had seen Joe installed as the bookies’ favourite, not once did he ever think he was going to win.“I think you could tell that from my reaction when we actually won it,” he reveals. But it’s still the same old place.“It brought back lovely memories, wandering the corridors and thinking back to the plays I did. Taggart was Joe Mcfadden’s very first job, at the tender age of 12. WATCH the Strictly winners being announced! A young Joe McFadden “Taggart was such a huge show that I just remember being in awe of everyone. “To work with Bill Paterson and Peter Capaldi was amazing, but I did think I was going to get shown up as I still didn’t really know what I was doing next to them.“It was so well received and people still come up to me in the street 20 years on and say they enjoyed it.”Self-effacing, engaging and open, Joe is every bit as easy going in person as he was every week on Strictly.His routines with professional partner Katya Jones won over the nation until he made the final and eventually came out on top over Debbie McGee, Alexandra Burke and Gemma Atkinson.On that magical Saturday night he was probably the most famous person in the country. Joe McFadden was born Joseph Martin McFadden in Glasgow, Scotland to Irish parents. See high school TV and movie icons then and now, from "Looking for something to watch? Secondary School in Glasgow, where a drama teacher recognised his talent and recommended him for a part in Scottish detective show Taggart. And people I was there with are still friends now in London.”Get a round-up of stories from The Sunday Post every week You see young actors now that are amazing in shows like Stranger Things but back then I’d never really thought about how to act.“People post clips of it and I can’t bear to watch.”It was the best part of a decade before the young Scot really reckoned acting was something that could be a long-term viable career.By that time he had spent five years on the shores of Loch Lomond learning his trade as Gary McDonald in the soap Take The High Road.And acclaimed BBC drama The Crow Road, based on Iain Banks’ book, helped set Joe on his way.“I can still remember reading the scripts and being so hooked,” he recalls. Taggart was a Television in Scotland Detective fiction television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. He was educated at Holyrood R.C. To be expected to go out and do it on a Saturday night felt completely overwhelming.“Each week I’d prepare my exit speech as I was sure I’d be going home.”Even the famous cantilever move in the Argentine tango – where Katya lifted him from the floor – was “really risky because it had gone wrong a lot of the time in rehearsals”.But Joe’s dedication and world champion Katya’s refusal to accept anything but perfection drove the pair on to glitterball glory.The pair have been happily reunited for the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour which started on Friday.Joe’s three fellow finalists as well as Susan Calman, Davood Ghadami and Jonnie Peacock will be performing alongside him at big arenas all across the country.Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Darcey Bussell will be doing the judging.It includes four shows at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow from February 2 to 4.“It’s such a great spectacular with Craig directing it,” says Joe.“Seeing the people who voted for us is lovely as is getting together with everyone again.“Glasgow is the venue I’m looking forward to the most as all the pro dancers always say the audience there is the best.”There is, of course, a real homecoming feeling for Joe who says he’d love to get back working with the National Theatre of Scotland again or fulfil a dream of appearing at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow now he’s left Holby City.He doesn’t get back to Glasgow as often as he’d like but his passion for his home town shines through, something that was evident when he paid a visit to his old school during the Strictly run.Holyrood Secondary in Glasgow was where it all began with drama teacher Camille Skilling recommending him for the Taggart role.“My dad used to live opposite the main gates and I’d looked in for years wondering what it was like and whether it was any different.“It had changed a bit, with a diner in the middle of the playground and a different uniform.
Further, he also does a voice-over for Bauer Media on their Scottish stations. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. And if people had seen the dance on the Monday they would have said the same thing.“It was such a steep learning curve with a whole new set of challenges. Joseph McFadden is a Scottish actor most known for his roles in Holby City, Small Faces, Take the High and Heartbeat. Joe, who recently left the hospital soap was a guest on STV2s Late Show with Ewen Cameron when he told the presenter he’d be right up for the famous crime role. He auditioned after a school teacher recommended him.
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