Stuart McQuarrie

Stuart McQuarrie
McQuarrie in Love Me Tender 1997
Born	(1963-03-19) 19 March 1963 (age 62) Scotland, United Kingdom
Alma mater	Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

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
	28 Days Later	Sergeant Farrell
2003	Young Adam	Bill
	The Deal	Scottish MP 1
2007	Nobody's Perfect	Ken	Short film
2008	Hush	Thorpe
	Franklyn	Clunes
2009	Three Moments in Heaven	Richard	Short film
2010	Another Year	Tom's colleague
	Isle of Dogs	Billy
	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
	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
	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"
	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
	Staying Alive	Justin Gregson	Series 2 Episode 4
	Bugs	Donaldson	Episode "Happy Ever After?"
1998	Earth	Flt Lt Gerry Llewellyn	Episode "The Last War"
	The Echo	Barry	Series 1 Episodes 1, 2
	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
	The Way We Live Now	Lord Nidderdale
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
	Marian, Again	Jim	Television film
	The Golden Hour	Insp Simon Padden	Television miniseries
	A Very Social Secretary	Boris Johnson	Television film
	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"
	The Whistleblowers	Hugh Quarrie	Episode "Pandemic"
	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"
	Lip Service	Hugh	6 episodes
	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
	The Hollow Crown	Vernon	Episodes "Henry IV Part 1", "Henry IV Part 2"
2017	Prime Suspect 1973	Jeremy Dunford	Episode 5
	Harlots	Doctor	Series 1 Episode 5
	My Country	Caledonia	Television film
2018	Ordeal by Innocence	Doctor	Episode 3
	Strangers	Interviewer	Episode 7
	Outlander	Tim Baird	Episode "Savages"
2019	The Crown	George Thomson	Episodes "Coup", "Tywysog Cymru"
	Elizabeth Is Missing	Peter	Television film
2020	The Singapore Grip	Dr Brownley	Episodes "The Human Condition", "Survival Instinct"
	Des	Ronald Moss	Episode 1
2021	Foundation	Lunden	5 episodes
2022	Shetland	Murry Rankin
2023	The Rig	Colin Murchison	Recurring role
	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		[4]
	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		[5]
1994	The Slab Boys Trilogy	Spanky	Tim Supple	Young Vic		[6]
1996	Shining Souls	Charlie	Ian Brown	Traverse Theatre		[7]
1997	The Government Inspector	Dobchinhsky	Jonathan Kent	Almeida Theatre		[8]
1997	Shining Souls	Charlie	Chris Hannan	The Old Vic		[9]
1998	Cleansed	Tinker	James Macdonald	Royal Court Theatre
1998	Our Country's Good		Max Stafford-Clark	International tour (Out of Joint Theatre Company)		[10]
1999	The Taming of the Shrew	Christopher Sly, Petruchio	Lindsay Posner	The Pit, Barbican Centre (RSC)		[11]
2002	Ivanov	Mikhail Borkin	Katie Mitchell	National Theatre		[12]
2003	Scenes From the Big Picture	Harry Foggarty	Peter Gill	National Theatre		[13]
2003	Scenes From the Big Picture	Harry Foggarty	Peter Gill	National Theatre		[14]
2004	The Dark	John	Anna Mackmin	Donmar Warehouse		[15]
2005	The God of Hell	Frank	Kathy Burke	Donmar Warehouse		[16]
2006	Realism	Stuart McQuarrie	Anthony Neilson	Royal Lyceum Theatre	Nominated for Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2006-7, Best Male Performance	[17]
2008	Happy Now?	Carl	Thea Sharrock	National Theatre		[18]
2008	Relocated	Art	Anthony Neilson	Royal Court Theatre		[19]
2009	marble		Jeremy Herrin	Abbey Theatre, Dublin		[20]
2010	Wanderlust	Alan	Simon Godwin	Royal Court Theatre		[21]
2011	Clybourne Park	Dan/Russ	Dominic Cooke	Wyndham's Theatre		[22]
2012	King James Bible Readings	Reader: The Gospel According To Luke	James Dacre	National Theatre		[23]
2012	Detroit	Ben	Austin Pendleton	National Theatre		[24]
2012	Ding Dong the Wicked	A Man Who Is A Wreck/An Overweight Man	Dominic Cooke	Royal Court Theatre		[25]
2012–2013	In the Republic of Happiness	Dad/middle aged man	Dominic Cooke	Royal Court Theatre		[26]
2013	Emil and the Detectives	Mr Snow	Bijan Sheibani	National Theatre		[27]
2015	Here We Go	Ensemble	Dominic Cooke	National Theatre		[28]
2016	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Sturdyvant	Dominic Cooke	National Theatre		[ citation needed ]
2017	My Country: A Work In Progress	Caledonia	Rufus Norris	National Theatre, UK tour		[29]
2018	Creditors	Gustav	Stewart Laing	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh		[30]
2018–2019	Sweat	Stan	Lynette Linton	Donmar Warehouse, Gielgud Theatre		[31]
2019	The Antipodes	Danny M2	Annie Baker, Chloe Lamford	National Theatre		[32]
2022	The House of Shades	Alastair	Blanche McIntyre	Almeida Theatre		[33]

References

1. "Stuart McQuarrie". hamiltonhodell.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
2. Charles Spencer (17 August 2006). "Charles Spencer reviews Realism at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012.
3. "Ines de Castro Traverse, Edinburgh". heraldscotland.com. 10 July 1989. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
4. Taylor, Paul (28 August 1992). "Theatre - The racket sport: Paul Taylor reviews Simon Donald's new play The Life of Stuff at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh". The Independent . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
5. "The Life of Stuff". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
6. Taylor, Paul (2 October 1994). "Theatre - The triumph of the demotic: Paul Taylor on The Slab Boys Trilogy, a welcome return to form for the Young Vic". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
7. Cooper, Neil (11 August 1996). "Theatre Review: Shining Souls Traverse Theatre". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
8. "The Government Inspector". theatricalia.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
9. Wolf, Matt (6 December 1997). "Shining Souls". variety.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
10. "Our Country's Good". Out of Joint Theatre Company. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
11. "RSC Performances: The Taming of the Shrew". Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
12. "Ivanov". National Theatre Archive. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
13. Wolf, Matt (20 April 2003). "Scenes From the Big Picture". variety.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
14. Wolf, Matt (20 April 2003). "Scenes From the Big Picture". Variety . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
15. Billington, Michael (24 March 2004). "The Dark". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
16. Billington, Michael (27 October 2005). "The God of Hell". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
17. Gardner, Lyn (17 August 2006). "Realism". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
18. "Happy Now?". National Theatre Archive. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
19. "Relocated". Royal Court Theatre. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
20. "marble". Irish Independent. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
21. Billington, Michael (18 September 2010). "Wanderlust". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
22. Fisher, Philip. "Clybourne Park". www.britishtheatreguide.info. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
23. "King James Bible". Apple Podcasts . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
24. "Detroit". National Theatre Archive. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
25. Billington, Michael (5 October 2012). "Ding Dong the Wicked – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
26. "In the Republic of Happiness". Royal Court Theatre. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
27. Billington, Michael (5 December 2013). "Emil and the Detectives – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
28. "Here We Go". National Theatre Archive. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
29. Billington, Michael (12 March 2017). "My Country: A Work in Progress review – Carol Ann Duffy tackles Brexit". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
30. Simpson, Hugh (2 May 2018). "Creditors". www.alledinburghtheatre.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
31. Lukowski, Andrzej (8 February 2019). "'Sweat' review". Time Out . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
32. Billington, Michael (31 October 2019). "The Antipodes review - Annie Baker searches for the sting in the tail". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
33. "The House of Shades". Almeida Theatre.

External links

• Stuart McQuarrie at IMDb