Background
He is the son of actor Frank Finlay.
He is the son of actor Frank Finlay.
He trained as an artist at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and then as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. As a writer his first play, The Games Rule (co-written with John Wheatley) was performed in the Royal Shakespeare Company Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon. Subsequent productions include the King"s Head, The New Inn, The Waterman"s Arts Centre, The Chelsea Centre, The Edinburgh Festival, and the Brighton Festival.
The Games Rule has been performed as far away as Sydney, Australia.
Other plays include Richer in Spirit, The Ironing Board Manitoba and Screaming Inside. The inaugural stage production was in the 2012 Brighton Fringe Festival by the Brighton Theatre Collective starring Shane Armstong and featuring the voices of Frank Finlay, Cathy Finlay and James Coombes.
lieutenant was directed by Daniel Finlay. Other writing includes.
Aftermath for Japanese television, The River – a film short and The Treehouse Gang – a children"s television adventure story.
Both were was sold at a gala auction to benefit Child Lincolnshire on 10 October 2002 at Sotheby"s Olympia.