Alex Macqueen | |
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![]() Alex Macqueen at the 68th BFI London Film Festival premiere of That Christmas on 19 October 2024 | |
Born | Alexander Tulloch Macqueen 30 November 1973 Epsom, Surrey, England |
Alma mater | Collingwood College, Durham Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Years active | 2003–present |
Alexander Tulloch Macqueen (born 30 November 1973) is an English actor and writer. He has appeared on television, film, and radio in the UK in productions such as Holby City , Doctor Who, Hut 33 , Peep Show , The Thick of It , Keeping Mum , Fate: The Winx Saga , and The Inbetweeners . He also guest-starred in The Durrells in series 4.
Alexander Tulloch Macqueen was born on 30 November 1973 [1] in Epsom, Surrey.[ citation needed ]
He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, from 1990 to 1992 [2] and left to receive a first in English literature at Collingwood College at Durham University. [1]
He went on to study for a M.Phil at Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating in 1998. [3]
Macqueen played sarcastic consultant anaesthetist Keith Greene in 75 episodes of Holby City between May 2005 and July 2010. [2] He appeared as the Rt Hon Julius Nicholson, Lord Nicholson of Arnage, the bawdy and persistently peckish "blue-skies advisor" to the Prime Minister in political satire The Thick of It television series [4] and also played Sir Jonathan Tutt, the British Ambassador to the UN, in the spin-off film In the Loop ; [5] both were directed by Armando Iannucci. [6] He also acted in the Comic Relief special of Mr Bean in 2007 as a vicar. He played Kevin Sutherland in E4's comedy, The Inbetweeners . [2] In 2010, he starred as Howard, an anti-speed bump community campaigner in two episodes of Outnumbered on BBC One. [7] [8]
He appeared in the Comedy Central / BBC collaboration, Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire , [5] in which he played Barnabus, the sidekick to the Chancellor Dongalor, played by Matt Lucas. He starred as Roy Tunt in The Hide , [5] which premiered on FilmFour in February 2009. He won the award for Best Actor at the Marbella Film Festival in 2009 for this role.[ citation needed ]
Macqueen acted in a series of videos on YouTube as Clive Rudloe, a character who claims to be "the world's number one DJ". The videos are spoofs created by real-life DJs Above and Beyond. [9] In late 2009, he starred in several episodes of The News at Bedtime on BBC Radio 4, in a variety of supporting roles. [10] In 2010, he appeared as the publisher Malcolm Dodds in Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger . That year he also had a small role in the comedy film Four Lions . In 2011, was in "The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror . [5]
In 2012, he appeared in a Doctor Who spin-off UNIT: Dominion , [5] published by Big Finish Productions, in a role described as "the Other Doctor" who is revealed to be the Doctor's long-term adversary The Master; the storyline establishes that Macqueen's Master is intended to be from a point between the Masters portrayed by Eric Roberts and Derek Jacobi. He reprised this role in 2014 for Dark Eyes 2 , Dark Eyes 3, Dark Eyes 4 and again in 2016 alongside Geoffrey Beevers, who had played an earlier incarnation of the Master, in The Two Masters. In 2021, Macqueen returned to the role in Masterful, a story published to celebrate the Master's 50th anniversary. He again returned to the role in The Stuff of Legend, an audio drama which was also staged as a live theatrical performance at Cadogan Hall in September 2024. [11]
Macqueen had a lead role as Edmund in Julia Davis's black period comedy Hunderby , opposite Davis and Alexandra Roach. [5]
He played the role of Hove in the 2015 BBC series Pompidou , [5] starring alongside Matt Lucas. He played Luke, the senior doctor in the six-part ITV comedy The Delivery Man . [12] In 2015, he also played the royal crier in Cinderella . In 2016, he acted opposite Sir Michael Caine in the film Youth , and played the role of Patrick Jarvis MP in series 3 of Peaky Blinders . [5]
In 2019, he appeared in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans and in 2022, he starred as Stephen Gardiner in Becoming Elizabeth . [5]
In 2023, he starred as Tindall in the Apple TV+ series Hijack , alongside Idris Elba and Neil Maskell. [5]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | The Emperor's Wife | Dr. Lambroso | |
2005 | Buried Alive | — | |
Keeping Mum | Train Ticket Collector | ||
2006 | Dad | Son | Short film |
2007 | Magicians | Stooge | |
2008 | The Hide | Roy Tunt | |
Tu£sday | Mr Jacobs | ||
2009 | In the Loop | Sir Jonathan Tutt | |
A Very British Cult | Terry | Short film | |
2010 | Four Lions | Malcolm Storge MP | |
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Malcolm Dodds | ||
Bonded by Blood | Prison Governor | ||
Bistro | Waiter | Short film | |
2011 | Chalet Girl | Macolm | |
Anuvahood | Edward | ||
The Inbetweeners Movie | Kevin Sutherland | ||
Pitch Black Heist | Isaac | Short film | |
2012 | Gambit | Mr Dunlop | |
2013 | I Give It a Year | Minister | |
Jack the Giant Slayer | Tour Guide | ||
Dr Easy | Superintendent | Short film | |
One Chance | Dr Thorpe | ||
Too Leach | Jeffrey | Short film | |
2014 | Fear of Water | Charles | |
Crocodile | Andy | Short film | |
The Inbetweeners 2 | Kevin Sutherland | ||
2015 | Slow West | Rupert Cavendish | |
Cinderella | Royal Crier | ||
Dare to Be Wild | Nigel Hogg | ||
Youth | Queen's Emissary | ||
Not Sophie's Choice | Daddy | Short film | |
Just Desserts | Dennis | Short film | |
2016 | Domestic Policy | — | Short film |
2017 | The Intelligence Explosion: How to Stop a Robot from Turning Evil | Dennis | Short film |
Son of Perdition | The Man | Short film | |
The Overcoat | The VIP | Short film | |
2018 | Slaughterhouse Rulez | Lambert | Credited as Alexander Macqueen |
All Is True | Sir Thomas Lucy | ||
2019 | Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans | Sycophantus | |
2020 | Downhill | Charlie | |
2021 | School's Out Forever | Mr. Bates | |
2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Mr. Stubbins | |
2024 | That Christmas | Mr. Forrest (voice) | |
2025 | Tornado | The Laird |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Keen Eddie | Gates | Episode: "Eddie Loves Baseball" |
2004 | Family Business | Photographer | 1 episode |
Murder City | Ian Payne | Episode: "Big City Small World" | |
Outlaws | Clerk | 2 episodes | |
2005 | Dead Man Weds | Scientist | 1 episode |
Einstein's Big Idea | Chater | TV film documentary | |
Peep Show | Jury foreman | Episode: "Jurying" | |
2005–2009 | The Thick of It | Julius Nicholson | 5 episodes |
2005–2010 | Holby City | Keith Greene | 75 episodes |
2006 | Mayo | Administrator | Mini-series |
All in the Game | Dr Phelps | TV film | |
Casualty | Dr Keith Greene | Episode: "All at See" | |
The Wind in the Willows | Clerk | TV film | |
2006–2008 | Pulling | Ian | 2 episodes |
2007 | The Afternoon Play | Simon | Episode: "The Real Deal" |
The IT Crowd | Vicar | Episode: "Return of the Golden Child" | |
Christmas at the Riviera | Barry | TV film | |
2008 | Delta Forever | Alex | Episode: "Pilot" |
Trexx and Flipside | Immigration officer | Episode: "B-Ice's New Clothes" | |
The Wrong Door | Captain Justice | 6 episodes | |
Lead Balloon | Brendan | Episode: "Spikey" | |
2008–2010 | The Inbetweeners | Kevin Sutherland | 5 episodes |
2009 | Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | Barnabus | 6 episodes |
Comedy Showcase | Neil | Episode: "The Amazing Dermot" | |
2010 | Outnumbered | Howard | 2 episodes |
Hotel Trubble | Z Dogg's manager | Episode: "Catz 'N' Doggz" | |
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Hotel manager | 2 episodes | |
Miranda | Librarian | Episode: "Before I Die" | |
2011 | Come Fly with Me | Nut allergy passenger | 1 episode |
Campus | Bank manager | Episode: "The Culling Fields" | |
Lewis | Dr Julius Fisher | Episode: "The Mind Has Mountains" | |
Rock & Chips | Bernard Bird | Episode: "The Frog and the Pussycat" | |
Holy Flying Circus | BBC Head of Rude Words | TV film | |
Black Mirror | Special Agent Callett | Episode: "The National Anthem" | |
This Is England '88 | Fay's dad | Mini-series | |
2012 | The Cricklewood Greats | Tim Dempsey | TV film |
Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story | TV director | TV film | |
Mr Stink | A news reporter | TV film | |
2012–2015 | Hunderby | Edmund | 10 episodes |
2013 | Plebs | Brother Quintus | Episode: "Saturnalia" |
Playhouse Presents | Marco | Episode: "Stage Door Johnnies" | |
2014 | Trying Again | Martin | 6 episodes |
2015 | Pompidou | Hove | 6 episodes |
The Delivery Man | Mr Luke Edward | 6 episodes | |
Together | Ashley | 6 episodes | |
2016 | Drunk History: UK | Hardy | 1 episode |
Hoff the Record | Kurt | Episode: "Rehab" | |
Peaky Blinders | Patrick Jarvis MP | 3 episodes | |
2017 | Hospital People | Jeremy Lace | Episode: "The Hospital Awards" |
Babs | Peter Charlesworth | TV film | |
Eric, Ernie and Me | Bill Cotton | TV film | |
2018 | Silent Witness | Guy Bernhardt | 2 episodes |
High & Dry | Newton | 2 episodes | |
Sally4Ever | David | 5 episodes | |
2019 | Road to Brexit | Charles Braxton | TV film |
The Durrells | Colonel Ribbindane | 1 episode | |
2020 | The Trial of Christine Keeler | Mervyn Griffith-Jones | 2 episodes |
Fate: The Winx Saga | Ben Harvey | 6 episodes | |
Hilda | Alvin | 13 episodes | |
2022 | Becoming Elizabeth | Stephen Gardiner | 6 episodes |
2023 | Extraordinary | Head teacher | Episode: "The Jen Show" |
Hijack | Tindall | Recurring role | |
Here We Go | Dermot | Episode: "Mum's Classic Family Christmas" | |
2025 | The Feud | Nick | Filming [13] |