Adrian Dunbar (born 1 August 1958) is an Irish actor, director, and singer, known for his television and theatre work.

[1] Dunbar is best known for playing Superintendent Ted Hastings in all six series of the hit BBC crime drama Line of Duty (2012–21).

2024 Kiss Me Kate on stage Notable film work includes My Left Foot (1989), The Crying Game (1992), and deleted scenes in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999), whilst TV guest appearances include Inspector Morse, Cracker, A Touch of Frost, Silk, Scott & Bailey, Silent Witness and Inside No.

Raised in a Catholic family, he was educated at St Joseph's College in Enniskillen, before attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

He has also had leading roles in the films Triggermen, Shooters, How Harry Became A Tree (with Colm Meaney), Richard III and Widows' Peak.

He starred alongside fellow Northern Irish actor Ciarán McMenamin in the remote rainforests of north-west Tasmania.

Dunbar is also a theatre director and has staged productions for the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival.