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Stuart McQuarrie (born 19 March 1963) is a Scottish actor who has performed extensively in theatre. In television he has appeared in Taggart (1990), Rab C. Nesbitt (1992), London's Burning (1994), Bugs (1997), Earth (1998), Silent Witness (2010), The Hollow Crown (2016), Foundation (2021), Shetland (2022), The Rig (2023). In film he has played Sergeant Farrell in 28 Days Later (2002), he was david Saddler in Blood (2012), Mr. Turner (2014), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), The Nest (2020), White Bird (2024).
McQuarrie trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow.[1] He became a highly popular actor amongst Edinburgh theatre goers before moving to London,[2] where he has played prominent roles in more controversial, new dramas by playwrights such as Sarah Kane and Anthony Neilson, amongst others. In 2006 McQuarrie returned to Edinburgh, where he played himself in the critically acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland production of Realism by Anthony Neilson, for which he won the Glasgow Herald Angel award and was nominated for Best Male Actor by CATS (Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland).[1] Charles Spencer of the Daily Telegraph wrote: "Stuart McQuarrie plays Stuart, bringing a delightful, rueful quality to a man who can't make a piece of toast without burning it, or have a sexual fantasy without his mother interrupting the scenario".[2]
In television he has appeared in Taggart (1990), Rab C. Nesbitt (1992), London's Burning (1994), Bugs (1997), Earth (1998), Silent Witness (2010), The Hollow Crown (2016), Foundation (2021), Shetland (2022), The Rig (2023).[1]
In film he has played Sergeant Farrell in 28 Days Later (2002), he was david Saddler in Blood (2012), Mr. Turner (2014), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), The Nest (2020), White Bird (2024).[1]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Trainspotting | Gavin and US Tourist | |
1997 | The Life of Stuff | Leonard | |
2002 | The Honeytrap | Jeremy | |
2002 | 28 Days Later | Sergeant Farrell | |
2003 | Young Adam | Bill | |
2003 | The Deal | Scottish MP 1 | |
2007 | Nobody's Perfect | Ken | Short film |
2008 | Hush | Thorpe | |
2008 | Franklyn | Clunes | |
2009 | Three Moments in Heaven | Richard | Short film |
2010 | Another Year | Tom's colleague | |
2010 | Isle of Dogs | Billy | |
2010 | Burke & Hare | Magistrate | |
2012 | Blood | David Saddler | |
2013 | Closer to the Moon | Dumitru Dămăceanu | |
2014 | Mr. Turner | Ruskin's father | |
2015 | Coach | Dad | Short film |
2016 | Billionaire Ransom | Thomas Herrick | |
2017 | Daphne | Adam | |
2018 | The Hurricane Heist | Niles | |
2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Dr Siebertz | |
2019 | Terminator: Dark Fate | Craig | |
2020 | The Nest | Jim | |
2024 | White Bird | Pastor Luc |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1987 | The Continental | Jock | Television film |
1990 | City Lights | Colin | Episode "Old Friends" |
1990–2007 | Taggart | Jack Lynch, Dave Jobson, Garage mechanic | 5 episodes |
1992 | Rab C. Nesbitt | DSS Clerk | Episode "Ethics" |
1993 | I, Lovett | Black Cloud | Episode "Romance" (voice) |
1994 | London's Burning | Magic | Series 7 Episode 13 |
1994 | Doctor Finlay | Dr Dean McKenna | Episode "Old Flames" |
1994–1995 | The High Life | Struan Byre | Episodes "Pilot" (1994), "Choob" (1995) |
1995 | Hamish Macbeth | D.S. Cronk | Episode "The Big Freeze" |
1995 | The Peter Principle | David Edwards | Episode "Pilot" |
1995–2017 | Casualty | Andrew Hayes, Tony Malvin | Episodes "All's Fair" (1995), Series 32 Episode 12 (2017) |
1997 | Love Me Tender | Billy | Television film |
1997 | Staying Alive | Justin Gregson | Series 2 Episode 4 |
1997 | Bugs | Donaldson | Episode "Happy Ever After?" |
1998 | Earth | Flt Lt Gerry Llewellyn | Episode "The Last War" |
1998 | The Echo | Barry | Series 1 Episodes 1, 2 |
1998 | Butterfly Collectors | Frank Faulkner | Television film |
1998–2010 | Silent Witness | Derek Tripp, Alastair Rogers | 4 episodes |
1999 | Four Fathers | Spud Starkie | |
1999 | Trial by Fire | Ian Watmough | Television film |
2001 | The Way We Live Now | Lord Nidderdale | Television miniseries |
2001 | The Way We Live Now | Lord Nidderdale | Television miniseries |
2003 | The Deal | Scottish MP 1 | Television film |
2004–2006 | Life Begins | Guy | Recurring role |
2005 | Nathan Barley | Man at bar | Series 1 Episode 5 |
2005 | Marian, Again | Jim | Television film |
2005 | The Golden Hour | Insp Simon Padden | Television miniseries |
2005 | A Very Social Secretary | Boris Johnson | Television film |
2005 | The Ghost Squad | Keith Warren | Episode "Greater Good" |
2006 | Rebus | Martin Cowan | Episode "The Black Book" |
2006–2009 | The Bill | Anthony Walker, DCI Bruce Matthews | 3 episodes |
2007 | Peep Show | Gym manager | Episode "Gym" |
2007 | The Whistleblowers | Hugh Quarrie | Episode "Pandemic" |
2007 | Extras | Shop manager | Episode "The Extra Special Series Finale" |
2010 | Any Human Heart | Wallace Douglas | Series 1 Episode 1 |
2012 | Hustle | DS Rivet | Episode "Eat Yourself Slender" |
2012 | Lip Service | Hugh | 6 episodes |
2012 | Blackout | Eddie Dayton | 3 episodes |
2014 | Babylon | Oliver Philpot | Episode "London" |
2015 | We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story | Tom Sloan | Television film |
2016 | Dickensian | Reverend Chadband | Episode 14 |
2016 | The Hollow Crown | Vernon | Episodes "Henry IV Part 1", "Henry IV Part 2" |
2017 | Prime Suspect 1973 | Jeremy Dunford | Episode 5 |
2017 | Harlots | Doctor | Series 1 Episode 5 |
2017 | My Country | Caledonia | Television film |
2018 | Ordeal by Innocence | Doctor | Episode 3 |
2018 | Strangers | Interviewer | Episode 7 |
2018 | Outlander | Tim Baird | Episode "Savages" |
2019 | The Crown | George Thomson | Episodes "Coup", "Tywysog Cymru" |
2019 | Elizabeth Is Missing | Peter | Television film |
2020 | The Singapore Grip | Dr Brownley | Episodes "The Human Condition", "Survival Instinct" |
2020 | Des | Ronald Moss | Episode 1 |
2021 | Foundation | Lunden | 5 episodes |
2022 | Shetland | Murry Rankin | 5 episodes |
2023 | The Rig | Colin Murchison | Recurring role |
2023 | The Tower | DCI Jim Fedden | Series 2 Episodes 1, 4 |
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