Calum MacPherson is a UK based actor and musician. Having misspent his youth playing drums in several Cambridge based bands he gained a place at the Webber Douglas Academy in London in the mid 80's.After a brief return to music he worked steadily in Provincial and West End Theatre before a break out role in Backup - a 1995 BBC police drama series. He continues to work mainly in TV , as a character actor in many well respected shows.. In early 2016 he returned to Paris to play 'The Big Fella ' an odious but likeable villain in Versailles # 2.He describes himself as 'a middle aged face puller' on his twitter feed.