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Alastair Duncan | |
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| Born | Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Other names | Neil Duncan |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, real estate broker |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Alastair Duncan is a Scottish actor and real estate broker. He is best known for his voice-work in animation, films and video games.
Duncan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father is named Archibald Alexander Macbeth Duncan. Following his family's naming tradition, his name would have been Alastair David Macbeth Duncan, but his father decided to simply give him the legal name Alastair Duncan. [1]
Duncan's breakout role (then credited as "Neil Duncan") was as Peter Livingstone, side-kick to Mark McManus' Taggart in Scottish television's eponymous detective series. [1]
Leaving the show after the first two series, Duncan then appeared in the 1988 television adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles , starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.[ citation needed ]
Duncan's next key role was in the 1992 science fiction film Split Second. He continued with guest roles on television series, such as Babylon 5, All-American Girl , and The Marshal . He also appeared in television films, such as Trick of the Eye and Tower of Terror . [2]
Since the early 2000s, he has been doing voiceover work, including films like Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts and video games like Warlords Battlecry , Legacy of Kain: Defiance , X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse , Tomb Raider: Legend , Tomb Raider: Anniversary , Final Fantasy XIV , Mass Effect , Infinity Blade II , Infinity Blade III , Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor , as well as animated television series: Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman and Adrian Toomes in Marvel's Spider-Man .[ citation needed ]
His most notable television guest appearances include episodes of Tracey Takes On... , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Charmed , Angel and Leverage .
Duncan was one of 400 actors considered for the lead role in the international hit series Highlander: The Series but lost out to Adrian Paul. He later guest-starred in the fifth season's episode "Dramatic License" as immortal Terence Coventry.[ citation needed ]
In 2011, Duncan appeared in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . Duncan has also provided his voice for How to Train Your Dragon 2 and acted in the HBO series Westworld. [2] He has also voiced and performed motion capture for the Norse god Mimir in 2018's God of War and its sequel God of War Ragnarök. [3] [4]
In 1994, after beginning to find regular work as an actor, Duncan relocated from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles, California. According to one interview, he happened to move two weeks before the Northridge earthquake. [1]
Duncan was married to actress Anna Gunn, but the couple divorced in 2009. [5] [6] They share two daughters. [7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992 | Split Second | Det. Dick Durkin | Credited as Neil Duncan |
| 1992 | Absent Without Leave | Awkward Squad | |
| 1994 | Sleeping with Strangers | Daniel | |
| 2005 | The Batman vs. Dracula | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video [8] |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Greger | |
| 2015 | Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video [8] |
| Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem | Alfred Pennyworth | ||
| Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants | Alfred Pennyworth, Mad Hatter | ||
| 2021 | Batman: The Long Halloween | Alfred Pennyworth | |
| 2024 | Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part One [9] | Alfred Pennyworth |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1985–94 | Taggart | DS Peter Livingstone | 16 episodes |
| 1989 | Saracen | Simon Bleasdale | Episode: "Tooth and Claw" |
| About Face | Jamie | Episode: "Mrs. Worthington's Daughter" | |
| 1991 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Captain Black | Episode: "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor" |
| Screen Two | Jonathon Parker | Episode: "The Laughter of God" | |
| 1992 | Medics | Greg Maxwell | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co | Paul Dailey | Episode: "Past Imperfect" |
| Trick of the Eye | Simon | Television film | |
| Blossom | Graham | 2 episodes | |
| All-American Girl | Calvin Whitaker | Episode: "Educating Margaret" | |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Rainey | Episode: "Natural Law" |
| The Home Court | Paul | Episode: "Time Flies" | |
| 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Sgt. Colin Baxter | Episode: "Southern Double-Cross" |
| Dead Man's Walk | Capt. Billy Falconer | Television film | |
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Sordis | Episode: "Mercenary" | |
| Highlander: The Series | Terence Coventry | Episode: "Dramatic License" | |
| 1996–99 | Tracey Takes On... | Euan McCloud, Capt. Philip "Pip" St. Aubyn | 14 episodes |
| 1997 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Perion | Episode: "Been There, Done That" |
| Babylon 5 | Latimere | Episode: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" | |
| Tower of Terror (1997 film) | Gilbert London | Television film | |
| 1998 | Buddy Faro | Eric / Jeffrey Mendelbaum | Episode: "Now You See Him, Now He's Dead" |
| 1999 | Seven Days | Russian Captain | Episode: "Last Breath" |
| Norm | Paul | Episode: "While You Weren't Sleeping" | |
| Thanks | Edward Randolph | Episode: "Tobacco" | |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Pierre Curie | Episode: "Aging, Not So Gracefully" | |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Eliot Grayson | Episode: "Too Many Cooks" |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Collins | 2 episodes | |
| The Three Stooges | Theatre Manager | Television film | |
| Angel | Collins | Episode: "Sanctuary" | |
| 2001 | Providence | Graham Hollings | 4 episodes |
| Charmed | Alaster | Episode: "Brain Drain" | |
| 2002 | Maybe It's Me | James | Episode: "The Fever Episode" |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Haley's Father | Episode: "Beach House" |
| Miss Match | Ian | Episode: "Bad Judgement" | |
| 2004 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Odin | Voice, episode: "A Kick in the Asgard" |
| 2004–08 | The Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, 50 episodes [8] |
| 2007 | Mad Men | George Pelham | Episode: "Marriage of Figaro" |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Francis Slocombe | Episode: "The Red Box" |
| Leverage | President Edwin Ribera | Episode: "The San Lorenzo Job" | |
| 2011 | Castle | Reginald Easley | Episode: "Lucky Stiff" |
| 2013 | Bones | Heinrich Gloeckner | Episode: "The Secrets in the Proposal" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Graham Deveraux | Episode: "Last Supper" | |
| Regular Show | Mordecai's Dad, Pilgrim | Voice, episode: "The Thanksgiving Special" [8] | |
| 2014 | NCIS | Peter Velo | Episode: "So It Goes" |
| 2015 | The Grinder | Lord Chief Justice Pugue | Episode: "Buckingham Malice" |
| 2016 | Westworld | Cottage Father | Episode: "The Adversary" |
| 2017–18 | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Additional Voices | 13 episodes |
| 2017–19 | Spider-Man | Adrian Toomes / Vulture, Goblin King, additional voices | Voice, 10 episodes [8] |
| 2018 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Avengers Assemble | Adrian Toomes / Vulture | Voice, episode: "Vibranium Curtain" [8] |
| 2020 | Stillwater | Goose | Voice, episode: "The Haircut/Paper Wings" |
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