Editing Fish (singer) (section)

==Acting==
Fish was offered and accepted a part in the 1986 film ''[[Highlander (film)|Highlander]]'', for which Marillion were also offered the soundtrack, but he eventually had to turn it down owing to his tour commitments with the band.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wall |first=Mick |title=Appetite for Destruction: Legendary Encounters with Mick Wall|year=2010|publisher=Orion|isbn=978-1-4091-2169-5}}</ref> Fish first appeared on terrestrial television as himself in the "More Bad News" episode of the series ''[[The Comic Strip Presents...]]'' in 1988.

His first acting role was as a guest star in an episode of ''[[Zorro (1990 TV series)|Zorro]]'' called "The Newcomers" (aired 10 February 1991) but a more prominent role was as the thug Ferguson alongside [[John Sessions]] in ''Jute City'', a four-part 1991 BBC drama based on a group of [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] ruffians.

In 1994, he appeared in ''[[Chasing the Deer]]'', a film set during the [[1745 Jacobite rebellion]], as Angus Cameron. He also missed out on a role in ''[[Braveheart]]''. He spent two days with [[Mel Gibson]] in London who kept asking him to be involved but he was committed to touring his ''[[Suits (album)|Suits]]'' album instead.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.getreadytorock.com/rock_stars/fish.htm | title= Interview: FISH | publisher=Get Ready to Rock! | first=Jason | last=Ritchie | access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref>

In 1998, he appeared as David Lawson in series 14, episode 44 of the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] series ''[[The Bill]]'', titled "Manhunt", and played Derek Trout, a record producer in the series ''[[The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star]]''.

He appeared as Barry Judd in a 2000 episode of the TV detective series ''[[Rebus (2000 TV series)|Rebus]]'' alongside [[John Hannah (actor)|John Hannah]]. Later that year he appeared in episode number 48, "Skin Deep", of the popular Scottish detective television programme ''[[Taggart]]''.

In 2001, he auditioned (unsuccessfully) for the [[James Bond]] film ''[[Die Another Day]]''. He then went on to appear in two episodes of ''[[Snoddy]]'', a short-lived Scottish television sitcom.

In 2004, Fish played Finlay Price in the TV movie ''[[Quite Ugly One Morning]]'' alongside [[James Nesbitt]], [[Eddie Marsan]] and [[Annette Crosbie]].

Fish appeared as Old Nick, a [[camp (style)|camp]] [[homosexuality|homosexual]], in the 2002 crime comedy film ''[[9 Dead Gay Guys]]''.

In the 2005 film ''[[The Jacket]]'', Fish appeared alongside [[Adrien Brody]] and [[Keira Knightley]] as a patient in a mental institution, Jimmy Fleischer, and he played Uncle Jimmy in the 2012 comedy drama ''Electric Man''.