Alastair Mackenzie

This article is about the Scottish actor. For other people with similar names, see Alistair Mackenzie (disambiguation).

Alastair Mackenzie
Born	(1970-02-08) 8 February 1970 (age 55) Trinafour, Scotland
Spouse	Susan Vidler
Children	2
Relatives	David Mackenzie (brother)

Alastair John Mackenzie (born 8 February 1970) ^[1] is a Scottish actor and writer.

Early life

Alastair Mackenzie was born in Trinafour, near Perth, and educated at Westbourne House School and Glenalmond College in Perthshire. ^[2] He left home at the age of 18 and moved to London.

Career

Mackenzie played the young laird Archie MacDonald in the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen . ^[3]

Personal life

He lives in Islington with his partner, Scottish actress Susan Vidler, with whom he has two children: a daughter, Martha, born in December 1999 and a son, Freddie, born in September 2004. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

His brother is director David Mackenzie, with whom he co-founded Sigma Films.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Dragonworld	John McGowan	Direct-to-video
1995	Mouth to Mouth	Oswaldo	Original title: Boca a boca
1997	California Sunshine	Andy	Short film
1998	Horsehair	Mick	Short film
2002	The Last Great Wilderness	Charlie
	One Minute	Energyman	Short film
2004	A Life in the Day	Narrator	Short film
2005	Snuff-Movie	Justin / Andy / Freddy / Peter
2007	Reichenbach Falls	Jack Harvey	TV film
2008	The Edge of Love	Anthony Devas
	New Town Killers	Jamie Stewart
2010	Monster Mutt	Monty
2011	Perfect Sense	Virologist
	You Instead	Mark
2012	Candle to Water	Vaughn
2013	The Sweeter Side of Life	Benny Christophe	TV film
	Company of Heroes	Chambliss	Direct-to-video
	Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker	Ambassador Hillman	TV film
	10ml I.V.	Doc	Short film
2015	Redistributors	Michael Manning
2016	Terminally Happy	Louis	Short film
	93 Days	Dr. David Brett-Major
	Redistributors	Michael Manning
2018	Peterloo	General Sir John Byng
	Outlaw King	John of Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl
2019	Backdraft 2	Captain White
2022	The Deal	Michael
2023	Object Permanence	Barry

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Lovejoy	Freddy	Episode: "Day of Reckoning"
	Soldier Soldier	Tim	Episode: "Further Education"
1995	Game On	Chris	Episode: "Fame"
1996	Hamish Macbeth	Gavin Robb	Episode: "In Search of a Rose"
	Chef!	Businessman	Episode: "Lessons in Talking"
1997	Snap	Jed	Episode: "Finger of Fame"
1999	Psychos	Dr. 'Shug' Nevin	Series regular; 6 episodes
2000–2003	Monarch of the Glen	Archie MacDonald	Series regular; 43 episodes
2002	French and Saunders	Archie MacDonald	Episode: "Celebrity Christmas Puddings"
2003	Strange	Rich	Mini-series; 2 episodes [6] [7]
2004	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Ferguson	Episode: "Death on the Nile"
2005	The Brief	Michael Galbraith	Episode: "The Architect's Wife"
2006	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	Athaulf	Episode: "The Fall of Rome"
	The Shell Seekers	Richard Lomax	Min-series; 2 episodes
2008	M.I. High	Bruce Boardman	Episode: "Greenfinger"
2009	Murdoch Mysteries	Inspector Edward Scanlon	Episode: "Snakes and Ladders"
	The Mentalist	Dr. Royston Daniel	Episode: "Russet Potatoes"
2010	Lewis	Sebastian Anderson	Episode: "Your Sudden Death Question"
2011	Moving On	Mick	Episode: "Donor"
	Black Mirror	Martin	Episode: "The National Anthem"
2012	Skins	Gregory South	Episode: "Mini"
	Lip Service	Thomas Delaware	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 5"
2013	Borgen	Jeremy Walsh	Series regular; 8 episodes
	Agatha Christie's Marple	Colonel Hillingdon	Episode: "A Caribbean Mystery"
2013–2014	Dracula	Lord Rothcroft	Series regular; 6 episodes
2015	Wolf Hall	William Brereton	Series regular; 6 episodes
	A.D. The Bible Continues	James the Just	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2016	Midsomer Murders	Felix Lancaster	Episode: "Habeas Corpus"
2016–2017	Cold Feet	Jamie Moore	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2017	The Loch	Craig Petrie	Series regular; 6 episodes
2018–2021	Unforgotten	Ex-DCI John Bentley	Series regular; 9 episodes
2019	Death in Paradise	Ewan Boyd	Episode: "Beyond the Shining Sea"
	Deep Water	Guy Riverty	Series regular; 6 episodes
2022	The Crown	Richard Aylard	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	Professor T.	Simon Lanesborough	Series regular; 6 episodes
2022–2025	Andor	Perrin Fertha	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2023	Vigil	Wg Cdr Anthony Chapman	1 episode [8]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2005	The Gigli Concert	J.P.W. King	Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
2009	The Priory	Ben	Royal Court Theatre, London
2014	Tiger Country	John	Hampstead Theatre, London

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2026	007 First Light	Q	Voice and motion capture

As writer

Year	Title	Notes
2002	The Last Great Wilderness

References

1. "Alastair John Mackenzie personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
2. "Borgen's Alastair Mackenzie on his TV comeback". The Scotsman. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
3. "Why Archie abdicated".
4. "Interview: David and Alastair Mackenzie, film director and actor/screenplay writer - Scotsman.com".^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Laird in the city".
6. "Strange - Universal Channel". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
7. "Strange - A Television Heaven Review". Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
8. "Vigil season 2 cast: Meet the characters in BBC thriller". Radio Times . Retrieved 16 April 2024.

External links

• Alastair Mackenzie at IMDb