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'Kenneth Campbell Stott' (born 1955, Edinburgh) is a Scottish film and television actor, particularly known in the United Kingdom for his many roles in the latter medium. His father was a Scot and his mother was Sicilian.
For three years in his youth he was a member of a band called Keyhole, members of which later went on to form the Bay City Rollers. After attending Mountview Theatre School in London, Stott began working in the theatre for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of twenty, but for some years his earnings from acting were minimal and he was forced to support himself by also working as a double glazing salesman. This is echoed in the character he plays in ''Takin' Over the Asylum''.
He appeared in small roles in BBC series such as ''The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare'' (''King Lear'', 1982), ''Secret Army'' (1985) and Dennis Potter's ''The Singing Detective'' (1986). He also starred in an advert for the British COI's Drinking And Driving Wrecks Lives campaign, playing a fireman. He eventually began to earn starring roles on television in the 1990s.
His highest-profile television roles have included the leading character, DCI Red Matcalfe, in the BBC crime drama series ''Messiah'' (BBC One, 2001-05); DI Chappell in ITV police drama ''The Vice'' (1999-2003); as a drunk who fantasises about finding redemption by joining the Salvation Army in ''Promoted to Glory'' (ITV, 2003); as Adolf Hitler in ''Uncle Adolf'' (ITV, 2005) and as a fictional Chancellor of the Exchequer in Richard Curtis's ''The Girl in the Café'' (BBC One, 2005). As of 2006 he is starring in the detective series ''Rebus'', a television adaptation of the Ian Rankin novels.
In film, he has tended to play mostly supporting parts, such as DI McCall in ''Shallow Grave'' (1994), Ted in ''Fever Pitch'' (1997) and Marius Honorius in ''King Arthur'' (2004). However, he has had occasional starring roles on the big screen, most notably opposite Billy Connolly and Iain Robertson in ''The Debt Collector'' (1999).
Stott has also continued to act in the theatre, and in 1997 was nominated in the best actor category at the Laurence Olivier Awards for his role in the play '''Art''' in 1996.
Aged thirty, Stott married a director's assistant named Elizabeth, and they had one child, Bill, in 1985. However, the marriage later broke up and Stott's current partner is the actress Di Sherlock.
In 2007, Ken stared in the third episode of ITV1's ''You Don't Know You're Born''.
In 2008, he will provide the voice for Trufflehunter, a badger loyal to Prince Caspian in ''.
He is a keen supporter of The Scottish Football club Heart of Midlothian F.C.
★ Ken Stott at the Internet Movie Database.
★ The Ken Stott Appreciation Site
For three years in his youth he was a member of a band called Keyhole, members of which later went on to form the Bay City Rollers. After attending Mountview Theatre School in London, Stott began working in the theatre for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the age of twenty, but for some years his earnings from acting were minimal and he was forced to support himself by also working as a double glazing salesman. This is echoed in the character he plays in ''Takin' Over the Asylum''.
He appeared in small roles in BBC series such as ''The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare'' (''King Lear'', 1982), ''Secret Army'' (1985) and Dennis Potter's ''The Singing Detective'' (1986). He also starred in an advert for the British COI's Drinking And Driving Wrecks Lives campaign, playing a fireman. He eventually began to earn starring roles on television in the 1990s.
His highest-profile television roles have included the leading character, DCI Red Matcalfe, in the BBC crime drama series ''Messiah'' (BBC One, 2001-05); DI Chappell in ITV police drama ''The Vice'' (1999-2003); as a drunk who fantasises about finding redemption by joining the Salvation Army in ''Promoted to Glory'' (ITV, 2003); as Adolf Hitler in ''Uncle Adolf'' (ITV, 2005) and as a fictional Chancellor of the Exchequer in Richard Curtis's ''The Girl in the Café'' (BBC One, 2005). As of 2006 he is starring in the detective series ''Rebus'', a television adaptation of the Ian Rankin novels.
In film, he has tended to play mostly supporting parts, such as DI McCall in ''Shallow Grave'' (1994), Ted in ''Fever Pitch'' (1997) and Marius Honorius in ''King Arthur'' (2004). However, he has had occasional starring roles on the big screen, most notably opposite Billy Connolly and Iain Robertson in ''The Debt Collector'' (1999).
Stott has also continued to act in the theatre, and in 1997 was nominated in the best actor category at the Laurence Olivier Awards for his role in the play '''Art''' in 1996.
Aged thirty, Stott married a director's assistant named Elizabeth, and they had one child, Bill, in 1985. However, the marriage later broke up and Stott's current partner is the actress Di Sherlock.
In 2007, Ken stared in the third episode of ITV1's ''You Don't Know You're Born''.
In 2008, he will provide the voice for Trufflehunter, a badger loyal to Prince Caspian in ''.
He is a keen supporter of The Scottish Football club Heart of Midlothian F.C.
| Contents |
| Filmography |
| External links |
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | '' | Trufflehunter (voice) |
| 2006 | ''Rebus'' | DI John Rebus |
| 2005 | ''Casanova'' | Dalfonso |
| '' | DCI Red Metcalfe | |
| ''The Girl in the Cafe'' | Chancellor | |
| ''The Mighty Celt'' | Good Joe | |
| ''Uncle Adolf'' | Adolf Hitler | |
| 2004 | '' | DCI Red Metcalfe |
| ''King Arthur'' | Marius Honorius | |
| ''Spivs'' | Jack | |
| 2003 | ''Promoted to Glory'' | Mike |
| ''The Key'' | Billy | |
| ''The Vice'' | D.I Pat Chappel | |
| ''I'll Sleep When I'm Dead'' | Turner | |
| 2002 | '' | DCI Redfern 'Red' Metcalfe |
| 2001 | ''Messiah'' ( Messiah I: The First Killings) | D.C.I Redfern 'Red' Metcalfe |
| 2000 | ''The Miracle Maker'' | Simon Peter (voice) |
| 1999 | ''Dockers'' | Tommy Walton |
| ''The Debt Collector'' | Gary Keltie | |
| ''Plunkett & Macleane'' | Chance | |
| ''Vicious Circle'' | Martin Cahill | |
| 1997 | ''The Boxer'' | Ike Weir |
| ''Stone, Scissors, Paper'' | Redfern | |
| ''Fever Pitch'' | Ted, the Headmaster | |
| 1996 | ''Saint-Ex'' | Prevot |
| ''Silent Witness'' | Sergeant Bob Claire | |
| ''A Mug's Game'' | McCaffrey | |
| ''Rhodes'' | Barney Barnato | |
| 1994 | ''Takin' Over the Asylum'' | Eddie |
| ''Shallow Grave'' | Detective Inspector McCall | |
| 1993 | '' | |
| '' | Bernie Schiller | |
| ''Franz Kafka's Its a Wonderful Life'' | Woland the Knifeman | |
| 'Being Human'' | Gasper Diez | |
| 1990 | ''Your Cheatin' Heart'' | Fraser Boyle |
| 1988 | ''For Queen and Country'' | Civil Servant |
| 1986 | ''The Singing Detective'' | Uncle John |
| 1985 | ''Taggart'' | Dr. MacNaughten |
| 1983 | ''The Beggar's Opera'' | Jemmy Twitcher |
| 1982 | ''King Lear'' | Curan |
| 1977 | ''Secret Army'' | Baroja |
External links
★ Ken Stott at the Internet Movie Database.
★ The Ken Stott Appreciation Site
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