# Stuart McQuarrie

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. He became a highly popular actor amongst Edinburgh theatre goers before moving to London, 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). 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".
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).

## Performances

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Trainspotting | Gavin and US Tourist | |
| 1997 | The Life of Stuff | Leonard | |
| 2002 | The Honeytrap | Jeremy | |
| 2002 | 28 Days Later | Sergeant Farrell | |
| 2003 | Young Adam | Bill | |
| 2003 | The Deal | Scottish MP 1 | |
| 2007 | Nobody's Perfect | Ken | Short film |
| 2008 | Hush | Thorpe | |
| 2008 | Franklyn | Clunes | |
| 2009 | Three Moments in Heaven | Richard | Short film |
| 2010 | Another Year | Tom's colleague | |
| 2010 | Isle of Dogs | Billy | |
| 2010 | 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 | |
| 2019 | 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 |
| 1994 | 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" |
| 1995 | 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 |
| 1997 | Staying Alive | Justin Gregson | Series 2 Episode 4 |
| 1997 | Bugs | Donaldson | Episode "Happy Ever After?" |
| 1998 | Earth | Flt Lt Gerry Llewellyn | Episode "The Last War" |
| 1998 | The Echo | Barry | Series 1 Episodes 1, 2 |
| 1998 | 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 |
| 2001 | The Way We Live Now | Lord Nidderdale | Television miniseries |
| 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 |
| 2005 | Marian, Again | Jim | Television film |
| 2005 | The Golden Hour | Insp Simon Padden | Television miniseries |
| 2005 | A Very Social Secretary | Boris Johnson | Television film |
| 2005 | 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" |
| 2007 | The Whistleblowers | Hugh Quarrie | Episode "Pandemic" |
| 2007 | 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" |
| 2012 | Lip Service | Hugh | 6 episodes |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2016 | The Hollow Crown | Vernon | Episodes "Henry IV Part 1", "Henry IV Part 2" |
| 2017 | Prime Suspect 1973 | Jeremy Dunford | Episode 5 |
| 2017 | Harlots | Doctor | Series 1 Episode 5 |
| 2017 | My Country | Caledonia | Television film |
| 2018 | Ordeal by Innocence | Doctor | Episode 3 |
| 2018 | Strangers | Interviewer | Episode 7 |
| 2018 | Outlander | Tim Baird | Episode "Savages" |
| 2019 | The Crown | George Thomson | Episodes "Coup", "Tywysog Cymru" |
| 2019 | Elizabeth Is Missing | Peter | Television film |
| 2020 | The Singapore Grip | Dr Brownley | Episodes "The Human Condition", "Survival Instinct" |
| 2020 | Des | Ronald Moss | Episode 1 |
| 2021 | Foundation | Lunden | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Shetland | Murry Rankin | 5 episodes |
| 2023 | The Rig | Colin Murchison | Recurring role |
| 2023 | The Tower | DCI Jim Fedden | Series 2 Episodes 1, 4 |
Theatre :
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Venue/Producer | Notes |
| | 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 | |
| | Hardie and Baird | Mr Hugh | Ian Brown | Traverse Theatre | |
| 1992 | The Life of Stuff | Leonard | Simon Donald | Traverse Theatre | |
| | 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 | |
| 1994 | The Slab Boys Trilogy | Spanky | Tim Supple | Young Vic | |
| 1996 | Shining Souls | Charlie | Ian Brown | Traverse Theatre | |
| 1997 | The Government Inspector | Dobchinhsky | Jonathan Kent | Almeida Theatre | |
| 1997 | Shining Souls | Charlie | Chris Hannan | The Old Vic | |
| 1998 | Cleansed | Tinker | James Macdonald | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 1998 | Our Country's Good | | Max Stafford-Clark | International tour (Out of Joint Theatre Company) | |
| 1999 | The Taming of the Shrew | Christopher Sly, Petruchio | Lindsay Posner | The Pit, Barbican Centre (RSC) | |
| 2002 | Ivanov | Mikhail Borkin | Katie Mitchell | National Theatre | |
| 2003 | Scenes From the Big Picture | Harry Foggarty | Peter Gill | National Theatre | |
| 2003 | Scenes From the Big Picture | Harry Foggarty | Peter Gill | National Theatre | |
| 2004 | The Dark | John | Anna Mackmin | Donmar Warehouse | |
| 2005 | The God of Hell | Frank | Kathy Burke | Donmar Warehouse | |
| 2006 | Realism | Stuart McQuarrie | Anthony Neilson | Royal Lyceum Theatre | Nominated for Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2006-7, Best Male Performance |
| 2008 | Happy Now? | Carl | Thea Sharrock | National Theatre | |
| 2008 | Relocated | Art | Anthony Neilson | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 2009 | marble | | Jeremy Herrin | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | |
| 2010 | Wanderlust | Alan | Simon Godwin | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 2011 | Clybourne Park | Dan/Russ | Dominic Cooke | Wyndham's Theatre | |
| 2012 | King James Bible Readings | Reader: The Gospel According To Luke | James Dacre | National Theatre | |
| 2012 | Detroit | Ben | Austin Pendleton | National Theatre | |
| 2012 | Ding Dong the Wicked | A Man Who Is A Wreck/An Overweight Man | Dominic Cooke | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 2012–2013 | In the Republic of Happiness | Dad/middle aged man | Dominic Cooke | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 2013 | Emil and the Detectives | Mr Snow | Bijan Sheibani | National Theatre | |
| 2015 | Here We Go | Ensemble | Dominic Cooke | National Theatre | |
| 2016 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Sturdyvant | Dominic Cooke | National Theatre | |
| 2017 | My Country: A Work In Progress | Caledonia | Rufus Norris | National Theatre, UK tour | |
| 2018 | Creditors | Gustav | Stewart Laing | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | |
| 2018–2019 | Sweat | Stan | Lynette Linton | Donmar Warehouse, Gielgud Theatre | |
| 2019 | The Antipodes | Danny M2 | Annie Baker, Chloe Lamford | National Theatre | |
| 2022 | The House of Shades | Alastair | Blanche McIntyre | Almeida Theatre | |