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

CREDITS
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
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.
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
Television Appearances
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
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
Movies
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
Specials
Jemmy Twitcher, The Beggar's Opera, BBC, 1983
Billy, The Key, BBC, 2003
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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