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Roland Gift

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22
Aug

Rewind Festival South

Temple Island Meadows, Henley-On-Thames, Ox

From 11:00AM

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Roland Gift (born April 28, 1961 in Birmingham, England) is a British actor and musician. He first became noted as the lead singer of the pop music band Fine Young Cannibals.

In 1987, Gift first began acting, in the movie Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. He also appeared as a lounge singer (singing tunes that were included in the Fine Young Cannibals album entitled The Raw And The Cooked) in the film Tin Men, directed by Barry Levinson. In 1993, he began the first of several appearances as the evil Immortal Xavier St. Cloud in the television series Highlander. He has also appeared in the movies Scandal and The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife.

In 2002, Gift released a self-titled solo album Roland Gift, featuring the single It's Only Money.

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Roland Gift (born April 28, 1961 in Birmingham, England) is a British actor and musician. He first became noted as the lead singer of the pop music band Fine Young Cannibals.

In 1987, Gift first began acting, in the movie Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. He also appeared as a lounge singer (singing tunes that were included in the Fine Young Cannibals album entitled The Raw And The Cooked) in the film Tin Men, directed by Barry Levinson. In 1993, he began the first of several appearances as the evil Immortal Xavier St. Cloud in the television series Highlander. He has also appeared in the movies Scandal and The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife.

In 2002, Gift released a self-titled solo album Roland Gift, featuring the single It's Only Money.

User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.

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