Jamie Dornan could find himself going up against his father when looking for acting roles after Professor Jim Dornan landed a small part in Marcella.
The retired obstetrician and gynaecologist, who once considered acting as a career, appears in the third series of the ITV drama, which stars Anna Friel and was shot in Belfast.
Professor Dornan appears as a deputy chief constable in the second episode of the latest season alongside Ray Panthaki, who plays DI Rav Sangha, Eugene O'Hare, who stars as Eddie Lyons, and Orla Mullan, who plays DS Roz MacFarlene.
He told Sunday Life: "It (the role) was pure chance. I was dining with my cousin at General Merchants on the Newtownards Road about two years ago when the director asked his companion who I was because I was familiar-looking.