'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.
Filmography
External links
★
Ken Stott at the
Internet Movie Database.
★
The Ken Stott Appreciation Site
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