Colin Salmon (born 6 December 1962) is an English actor known for playing the fictional character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films.
Salmon was born in Bethnal Green, London, England, the son of Sylvia Ivy Brudenell Salmon, a nurse. He grew up in Luton and attended Ramridge Primary School and Ashcroft High School. He supports Luton Town Football Club. Salmon married Fiona Hawthorne in 1988; the two have four children: Sasha, Rudi, Eden a...
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Colin Salmon (born 6 December 1962) is an English actor known for playing the fictional character Charles Robinson in three James Bond films.
Salmon was born in Bethnal Green, London, England, the son of Sylvia Ivy Brudenell Salmon, a nurse. He grew up in Luton and attended Ramridge Primary School and Ashcroft High School. He supports Luton Town Football Club. Salmon married Fiona Hawthorne in 1988; the two have four children: Sasha, Rudi, Eden and Ben.
On leaving school, Salmon became the drummer in the punk rock band The Friction, which he formed along with three friends from Ashcroft High School. The band released a 7-inch EP, a live cassette, and a cassette-EP, and performed regularly around Luton in 1979 and 1980. Salmon also briefly worked with another band, the Tee Vees.Colin Salmon plays Trumpet and has his own jazz quartet playing at venues such as The Dorchester Grill Room and at events such as The Cheltenham Jazz Festival (UK)
Salmon is known to be tall and aristocratic...
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