Person
Ken Stott
Acting · Born 1954-10-19 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
Kenneth "Ken" Campbell Stott is an acclaimed Scottish stage, television and film actor. Best known to international audiences for portraying the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), he has earned widespread recognition in the United Kingdom for his intense, morally ambiguous roles in television crime dramas and West End theatre productions.
Known for
Silent Witness
1996
Screen Two
Redfern
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Balin
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Balin
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Balin
Fortitude
Erling Munk
King Arthur
Marius Honorius
War and Peace
Bazdeev
Secret Army
Baroja
The Vice
DI Pat Chappel
Filmography
- 2021CrimeDCS Robert Toal
- 2021The DigCharles Phillips
- 2019Flour Power
- 2019StrikeThe Boss (voice)
- 2018The MercyStanley Best
- 2016100 StreetsTerence
- 2016Café SocietyMarty Dorfman
- 2016Scotland The Promised LandNarrator (Voice)
- 2016War and PeaceBazdeev
- 2015An Inspector CallsArthur Birling
- 2015Man UpBert Patterson
- 2015FortitudeErling Munk
- 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesBalin
- 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugBalin
- 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyBalin
- 2011The RunawayJoey
- 2011One DayStephen Mayhew
- 2010ToastDad
- 2008Send In The Dogs
- 2008The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianTrüffeljäger
- 2008Hancock & JoanTony Hancock
- 2007Charlie Wilson's WarZvi
- 2006Dounreay: The Atomic DreamSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2005CasanovaDalfonso
- 2005The Girl in the CaféChancellor
- 2005The Mighty CeltGood Joe
- 2005Uncle AdolfAdolf Hitler
- 2004King ArthurMarius Honorius
- 2004SpivsJack
- 2003Promoted to GloryMike
- 2003The Key
- 2003I'll Sleep When I'm DeadTurner
- 2001MessiahDCI Red Metcalfe
- 2000RebusInspector John Rebus
- 2000The Miracle MakerSimon Peter (voice)
- 1999DockersTommy Walton
- 1999The Debt CollectorGary Keltie
- 1999Vicious CircleMartin Cahill
- 1999Plunkett & MacleaneThief Taker General Chance
- 1999The ViceDI Pat Chappel
- 1997The BoxerIke Weir
- 1997Stone, Scissors, PaperRedfern
- 1997Fever PitchTed, the Headmaster
- 1996Saint-ExPrevot
- 1996RhodesBarney Barnato
- 1996Silent Witness
- 1996A Mug's GameMcCaffrey
- 1995Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful LifeWoland the Knifeman
- 1994Shallow GraveDetective Inspector McCall
- 1994Takin' Over the AsylumEddie
- 1994Being HumanGasper Dias
- 1993Bad CompanyJoe Hickey
- 1993Anna Lee: HeadcaseBernie Schiller
- 1991All Good ThingsLawrence Wilson
- 1990Your Cheatin' Heart
- 1990Your Cheatin' HeartFraser Boyle
- 1988For Queen & CountryCivil Servant
- 1986The Singing DetectiveUncle John
- 1985Screen TwoRedfern
- 1983The Beggar's OperaJeremy Twitcher
- 1982King LearCuran
- 1977Secret ArmyBaroja
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