Ken Stott

Ken Stott

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
Birthdayoct. 19, 1954
BiographyKenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play Broken Glass at Royal National Theatre. He portrayed the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014).

His most notable roles in UK television include the title character DI John Rebus in the crime fiction-mystery series Rebus (2000–2007) and DCI Red Metcalfe in Messiah (2001–2005). He played Edward 'Eddie' McKenna in the Scottish BBC miniseries Takin' Over The Asylum (1994) co-starring with David Tennant, and Ian Garrett in the 2014 BBC TV mini-series The Missing alongside James Nesbitt.

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Known For

A Mug's Game
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A Mug's Game

as Martin McCaffrey
All Good Things
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All Good Things

as Lawrence Wilson
Fortitude
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Fortitude

as Erling Munk
Irvine Welsh's Crime
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Irvine Welsh's Crime

as DCS Bob Toal
Messiah
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Messiah

as DCI Red Metcalfe
Rebus
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Rebus

as DI John Rebus
Rhodes
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Rhodes

as Barney Barnato
Takin' Over the Asylum
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Takin' Over the Asylum

as Eddie McKenna
The Key
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The Key

as Billy
The Missing
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The Missing

as Ian Garrett
The Runaway
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The Runaway

as Joey
The Vice
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The Vice

as D.I. Pat Chappel
War & Peace
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War & Peace

as Osip Alexeevich Bazdeev
Your Cheatin' Heart
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Your Cheatin' Heart

as Fraser Boyle

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