Stuart McQuarrie

Stuart McQuarrie
McQuarrie in Love Me Tender 1997
Born (1963-03-19) 19 March 1963 (age 61)
Scotland, UK
OccupationActor

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). His other notable appearances include 28 Days Later (2002), Blood (2012), Mr. Turner (2014), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), The Nest (2020), and White Bird (2024).

Biography

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), 28 Days Later (2002), Blood (2012), Mr. Turner (2014), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), The Nest (2020), and White Bird (2024).[1]

Performances

Film
Year Title Role Notes
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
Television
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
Theatre
Year Title Role Director Venue/Producer Notes Ref.
The Snow Queen Jack Alan Liddyard Dundee Rep
Hay Fever Sandy Tyrell Hugh Hodgart Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Glass Menagerie Gentleman Caller Ian Wooldridge Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Merchant of Venice Gratiano Ian Wooldridge Royal Lyceum Theatre
Charley's Aunt Charley Ian Brown Royal Lyceum Theatre
Death of a Salesman Happy Ian Wooldridge Royal Lyceum Theatre
Mother Courage Swiss Cheese Ian Wooldridge Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Slab Boys Alan Downie Ian Wooldridge Royal Lyceum Theatre
Look Back in Anger Cliff Ian Wooldridge Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Country Wife Mr Dorilant Hugh Hodgart Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Comedians Ged Murray Ian Wooldridge Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Bevellers Charlie Kenny Ireland Royal Lyceum Theatre
Arsenic and Old Lace Mortimer Ben Twist Royal Lyceum Theatre
Good Morning, Bill Bill Hugh Hodgart Royal Lyceum Theatre
Laurel and Hardy Oliver Richard Baron Royal Lyceum Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Ian Brown TAG Theatre Company
City Lights Barrett Ron Bain PDB
Loose Ends Spud Ian Brown Traverse Theatre
Clocked Out Dodie Ben Twist Traverse Theatre
1989 Ines de Castro Pedro Ian Brown Traverse Theatre [3]
Hardie and Baird Mr Hugh Ian Brown Traverse Theatre [4]
1992 The Life of Stuff Leonard Simon Donald Traverse Theatre [5]
The House Among the Stars Edouard Ian Brown Traverse Theatre
The Thrie Estaites Tom Fleming Edinburgh Festival
Macbeth Ross Michael Boyd Tron Theatre, Dundee Rep
1993 The Life of Stuff Leonard Matthew Warchus Donmar Warehouse [6]
1994 The Slab Boys Trilogy Spanky Tim Supple Young Vic [7]
1996 Shining Souls Charlie Ian Brown Traverse Theatre [8]
1997 The Government Inspector Dobchinhsky Jonathan Kent Almeida Theatre [9]
1997 Shining Souls Charlie Chris Hannan The Old Vic [10]
1998 Cleansed Tinker James Macdonald Royal Court Theatre
1998 Our Country's Good Max Stafford-Clark International tour (Out of Joint Theatre Company) [11]
1999 The Taming of the Shrew Christopher Sly, Petruchio Lindsay Posner The Pit, Barbican Centre (RSC) [12]
2002 Ivanov Mikhail Borkin Katie Mitchell National Theatre [13]
2003 Scenes From the Big Picture Harry Foggarty Peter Gill National Theatre [14]
2003 Scenes From the Big Picture Harry Foggarty Peter Gill National Theatre [15]
2004 The Dark John Anna Mackmin Donmar Warehouse [16]
2005 The God of Hell Frank Kathy Burke Donmar Warehouse [17]
2006 Realism Stuart McQuarrie Anthony Neilson Royal Lyceum Theatre Nominated for Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2006-7, Best Male Performance [18]
2008 Happy Now? Carl Thea Sharrock National Theatre [19]
2008 Relocated Art Anthony Neilson Royal Court Theatre [20]
2009 marble Jeremy Herrin Abbey Theatre, Dublin [21]
2010 Wanderlust Alan Simon Godwin Royal Court Theatre [22]
2011 Clybourne Park Dan/Russ Dominic Cooke Wyndham's Theatre [23]
2012 King James Bible Readings Reader: The Gospel According To Luke James Dacre National Theatre [24]
2012 Detroit Ben Austin Pendleton National Theatre [25]
2012 Ding Dong the Wicked A Man Who Is A Wreck/An Overweight Man Dominic Cooke Royal Court Theatre [26]
2012–2013 In the Republic of Happiness Dad/middle aged man Dominic Cooke Royal Court Theatre [27]
2013 Emil and the Detectives Mr Snow Bijan Sheibani National Theatre [28]
2015 Here We Go Ensemble Dominic Cooke National Theatre [29]
2016 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Sturdyvant Dominic Cooke National Theatre [30]
2017 My Country: A Work In Progress Caledonia Rufus Norris National Theatre, UK tour [31]
2018 Creditors Gustav Stewart Laing Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh [32]
2018–2019 Sweat Stan Lynette Linton Donmar Warehouse, Gielgud Theatre [33]
2019 The Antipodes Danny M2 Annie Baker, Chloe Lamford National Theatre [34]
2022 The House of Shades Alastair Blanche McIntyre Almeida Theatre [35]

References

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