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Recipient of the Argyll Educational Trust Award 2012-2014, Winner of the Nurturing Talent Fund 2019, Best Actor 2021 (TIFF India) for my portrayal of Sandy Thomson in Solstice, Best Feature Film 2021 (Argenteuil Film Festival), Best Actor 2024 (for actor in a leading role for my portrayal of Paul Goul inThe Last Hope: Independent Film Awards and Lulea International Film Festival).

 

Currently appearing as Ian in Series 1 and 2 of 'Ian's Gone Postal' (itunes/Spotify).

 

I have performed with highly respected companies such as The National Theatre of Scotland, the BBC, Scottish Opera, Scottish Opera Connect Chorus, Youth Music Theatre UK, West End Stage, and Scottish Youth Theatre.

 

Performances include working across platforms (stage, screen, online, radio), for the BBC for a year in 2014, with Scottish Opera in the Commonwealth Games Cultural Programme in 2014 and also in two productions with ACS which ran throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016. Also with ACS I played the title role of Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestakov on stage in Glasgow in 2016 in an adaptation of Gogol's 'The Government Inspector'. Since then I have performed in numerous productions: film, theatre, musicals, operas, commercial projects and as the lead in a podcast series.

 

I am an actor with a passion for film, TV and theatre. I do also enjoy opera, musical theatre and actor musicianship. I am a confident presenter on TV, radio and at live events.

 

I have had the good fortune to have made a lot of friends in each of the companies I have worked with, which includes the production teams, creatives as well as fellow actors. I have a good work ethic and am reliable.

 

I can be based in Scotland, London and Yorkshire and am also happy to travel.
 

Personal Details

  • Height: 6'1

  • Eyes: Brown/Hazel

  • Hair: Dark Brown

  • Build: Slim

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Professional MEMBERSHIPs

Spotlight ID (and link to showreel)

9215-0165-3271
 

Equity

MANDY.com
 

BASSC
Actor/Combatant: Unarmed/Rapier Dagger (Distinction)

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TRAINING

  • MA Acting (Classical and Contemporary Text) at the
    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

  • Owning Shakespeare Feb - Apr 2023 (Rob Myles)

  • Professional Diploma in Stage and Screen Performance, 
    Acting Coach Scotland
    Including: Screen Acting (Mel Churcher, Patrick Tucker), Theatre Acting Fundamentals (Graham McLaren), Martial Arts (George Johnston)
    This is a customised HND (SCQF Level 8) professional full time course.

  • Hybrid Fight Academy with George Johnston

  • Scottish Opera, Connect Chorus, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 

  • Youth Music Theatre UK (YMT:UK), 2012, 2013, 2014

  • Frantic Assembly, Physical Theatre Workshop 

  • Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Audition Technique (Angela Darcy and Donald Pirie), and Musical Theatre (Claire Mackenzie and Stephen Mullan)

  • West End Stage Summer School, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London

  • Ballet West, Beginners ballet, contemporary, tap, jazz dance

  • Performance Related Qualifications: Diploma in Stage and Screen Performance (SQA Level 8), British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat (BASSC) Rapier/Dagger/Unarmed (Distinction), Highers in Music (Voice, Guitar), Drama and English at grade A plus Advanced Higher Music Performance (Voice,Trumpet), NPA Musical Theatre (SQA Level 6), Grade 8 Musical Theatre in Production (Trinity College London) for Ali and Nino and Soul Music (YMT UK), 

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Accents

  • English* (native)

  • Scottish* (native)

  • General American

  • RP

  • Irish

  • Yorkshire (East/West)

  • South London

  • General Australian

 

SKILLS

  • Actor (Stage and Screen)

  • TV Presenter (TV/Online)

  • Singing (Tenor/Baritone/Falsetto) including pop, musical theatre and opera

  • Improvisation

  • BASSC Actor/Combatant: Unarmed/Rapier Dagger (Distinction)

  • Martial Arts (Kali, Salat, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Kickboxing, MMA and Hybrid)

  • Musical Theatre (Grade 8 Distinction/NPA Level 6)

  • Music: Guitar (Intermediate), Bugle (Intermediate), Trumpet (Grade 4),
    Ukulele (basic) 

  • Song Writing (Guitar)

  • Movement, Dance, Physical Theatre

  • Air Rifle Shooting

  • Archery

  • Cycling

  • Swimming

  • Stone skimming

  • Yoga

  • Video Gaming

  • Car Driving Licence

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more information
For more information and downloads:
Credits/Showreel please click here
Headshots please click here

Performance Images please click here

Contact me please click here

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