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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Ken Stott Biography (1955-)
Born 1955, in Edinburgh, Scotland; father, a teacher and educational administrator; mother, a lecturer; married Elizabeth (a director; marriage ended); children: Bill. Addresses: Agent: Michael Foster, Artists Rights Group,4 Great Portland St., London W1W 8PA, England.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- 1955
- Edinburgh, Scotland
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Jamy, Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company, Brooklyn Academy Opera House, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City, 1976
- Alexei Salomaten, The White Rose, 1985
- Otto, Through the Leaves, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1985
- Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman, 1990
- Alvaro Mangiacavallo, The Rose Tattoo, 1991
- Kite, The Recruiting Officer, 1992
- Macbryde, Colquhoun and Macbryde, 1992
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The Sea, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1992
- Harry Hyman, Broken Glass, 1995
- Alceste, The Misanthrope, 1995
- Yvan, Art, 1996
- Scotty Scot, Princes Play, 1996
- Frank (title role), Faith Healer, Almeida Theatre, London, 2001
- Appeared as Douglas, Henry IV, Part 1, as Gower, Henry IV, Part2, and in The Merry Wives of Windsor, all Royal Shakespeare Company. Appeared as Willie Nauldie, American Bagpipes; as Sullen, The Beaux Stratagem; as Cloten, Cymbeline; as Nocella, Filumena;as Rosencrantz, Hamlet; as Ali Hakim, Oklahoma; as Antonio, The Tempest; and as Autolycus, The Winter's Tale. Appeared in Jacobowsky and the Colonel,
The Magistrate,
1953, and Three Men and a Horse.
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Film Appearances
- Civil servant, For Queen and Country, Atlantic, 1988
- Detective inspector McCall, Shallow Grave, Gramercy, 1994
- Gasper Dias (some sources spell name Gasper Diez), Being Human, Warner Bros., 1994
- Woland the knifeman, Franz Kafka's "It's a Wonderful Life," 1994
- Pichel, Star Hunter, 1995
- Ike Weir, The Boxer, Universal, 1997
- Prevot, Saint-Ex, 1997
- Ted Thickbroom, Fever Pitch, Phaedra Cinema, 1997
- Gary Keltie, The Debt Collector, Channel Four Films/Dragon Pictures, 1998
- General Chance, Plunkett & Macleane, Gramercy/USA Films, 1999
- Jack, Spivs, Content International, 2003
- Turner, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, Paramount, 2003
- Marcus Honorius, King Arthur, Buena Vista, 2004
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Fraser Boyle, Your Cheatin' Heart, BBC, 1990
- Eddie McKenna, Takin' Over the Asylum, BBC-2, 1994
- McCaffrey, A Mug's Game, BBC, 1996
- Inspector Pat Chappel, The Vice, Independent Television, 1999-2003then BBC America, beginning 2004
- Himself, Grumpy Old Men, BBC, 2003
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Miniseries
- Uncle John, The Singing Detective, BBC, 1986, later PBS, 1988
- Barney Barnotto, Rhodes, BBC, 1996, later PBS, 1998
- Detective chief inspector Red Metcalfe, Messiah (also known as Messiah I: The First Killings), BBC and BBC Northern Ireland, 2001
- Detective chief inspector Red Metcalfe, Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine, BBC and BBC Northern Ireland, 2003
- Detective chief inspector Red Metcalfe, Messiah III: The Promise,BBC and BBC Northern Ireland, 2004
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Movies
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Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (also known as Dark Music), NBC, 1993
- Redfern, Stone, Scissors, Paper, BBC, 1997
- Martin Cahill, Vicious Circle (also known as Cast a Cold Eye), BBC, 1999
- Tommy Walton, Dockers, [Great Britain], 1999
- Voice of Simon Peter, The Miracle Maker, ABC, 2000
- Mike, Promoted to Glory, Independent Television, 2003
- Good Joe, The Mighty Celt, TV3 (Ireland), 2005
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Specials
- Jemmy Twitcher, The Beggar's Opera, BBC, 1983
- Billy, The Key, BBC, 2003
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Episodic
- Baroja, "Child's Play," Secret Army, BBC, 1977
- Dr. MacNaughten, "Murder in Season," Taggart, Scottish Television,1985
- Bernie Schiller, "Headcase," Anna Lee, Independent Television, 1993
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