Ken Stott
Scottish stage, television and film actor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kenneth 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).
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 Stott at the Hobbitcon II convention in Bonn, Germany 2014 | |
| Born | Kenneth Campbell Stott (1954-10-19) 19 October 1954 (age 69) Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1974–present |
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Nina Gehl (m. 2016) |
| Children | 1 |
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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.