“Before I read the 'Bloody Sunday' script, I have to admit I hadn't thought about it that much. There was probably even part of me which assumed there was no smoke without fire. That the Catholics who were shot must have done something to provoke such a response from the army. I was extremely ignorant of the whole situation.”

Northern Irish actor

William James Nesbitt is an actor from Northern Ireland. Active from the late 1980s, he became widely known for his work on stage and screen. He has 117 quotes on the site. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years appearing in stage productions ranging from the musical Up on the Roof to the political drama Paddywack in 1994. He made his feature film debut as talent agent Fintan O'Donnell in Hear My Song in 1991, and later had his breakthrough on television as Adam Williams in the romantic comedy-drama Cold Feet, for which he won a British Comedy Award, a Television and Radio Industries Club Award, and a National Television Award.