# Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1958)

Alastair Duncan is a Scottish actor and real estate broker. He is best known for his voice-work in animation, films and video games.

## Early life

Duncan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father is named Archibald Alexander Macbeth Duncan. Following his family's naming tradition, his name would have been Alastair David Macbeth Duncan, but his father decided to simply give him the legal name Alastair Duncan.

## Career

Duncan's breakout role (then credited as "Neil Duncan") was as Peter Livingstone, side-kick to Mark McManus' Taggart in Scottish television's eponymous detective series.
Leaving the show after the first two series, Duncan then appeared in the 1988 television adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
Duncan's next key role was in the 1992 science fiction film Split Second. He continued with guest roles on television series, such as Babylon 5, All-American Girl, and The Marshal. He also appeared in television films, such as Trick of the Eye and Tower of Terror.
Since the early 2000s, he has been doing voiceover work, including films like Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts and video games like Warlords Battlecry, Legacy of Kain: Defiance, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Final Fantasy XIV, Mass Effect, Infinity Blade II, Infinity Blade III, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, as well as animated television series: Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman and Adrian Toomes in Marvel's Spider-Man.
His most notable television guest appearances include episodes of Tracey Takes On..., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Angel and Leverage.
Duncan was one of 400 actors considered for the lead role in the international hit series Highlander: The Series but lost out to Adrian Paul. He later guest-starred in the fifth season's episode "Dramatic License" as immortal Terence Coventry.
In 2011, Duncan appeared in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Duncan has also provided his voice for How to Train Your Dragon 2 and acted in the HBO series Westworld. He has also voiced and performed motion capture for the Norse god Mimir in 2018's God of War and its sequel God of War Ragnarök.

## Personal life

In 1994, after beginning to find regular work as an actor, Duncan relocated from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles, California. According to one interview, he happened to move two weeks before the Northridge earthquake.
Duncan was married to actress Anna Gunn, but the couple divorced in 2009. They share two daughters.

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
| 1986 | The Wallace | William Wallace | Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh | Charles Nowosielski | play by Sydney Goodsir Smith |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Split Second | Det. Dick Durkin | Credited as Neil Duncan |
| 1992 | Absent Without Leave | Awkward Squad | Credited as Neil Duncan |
| 1994 | Sleeping with Strangers | Daniel | Credited as Neil Duncan |
| 2005 | The Batman vs. Dracula | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Greger | |
| 2015 | Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2015 | Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants | Alfred Pennyworth, Mad Hatter | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2021 | Batman: The Long Halloween | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2024 | Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985–94 | Taggart | DS Peter Livingstone | 16 episodes |
| 1989 | Saracen | Simon Bleasdale | Episode: "Tooth and Claw" |
| 1989 | About Face | Jamie | Episode: "Mrs. Worthington's Daughter" |
| 1991 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Captain Black | Episode: "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor" |
| 1991 | Screen Two | Jonathon Parker | Episode: "The Laughter of God" |
| 1992 | Medics | Greg Maxwell | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co | Paul Dailey | Episode: "Past Imperfect" |
| 1994 | Trick of the Eye | Simon | Television film |
| 1994 | Blossom | Graham | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | All-American Girl | Calvin Whitaker | Episode: "Educating Margaret" |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Rainey | Episode: "Natural Law" |
| 1995 | The Home Court | Paul | Episode: "Time Flies" |
| 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Sgt. Colin Baxter | Episode: "Southern Double-Cross" |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Walk | Capt. Billy Falconer | Television film |
| 1996 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Sordis | Episode: "Mercenary" |
| 1996 | Highlander: The Series | Terence Coventry | Episode: "Dramatic License" |
| 1996–99 | Tracey Takes On... | Euan McCloud, Capt. Philip "Pip" St. Aubyn | 14 episodes |
| 1997 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Perion | Episode: "Been There, Done That" |
| 1997 | Babylon 5 | Latimere | Episode: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" |
| 1997 | Tower of Terror | Gilbert London | Television film |
| 1998 | Buddy Faro | Eric / Jeffrey Mendelbaum | Episode: "Now You See Him, Now He's Dead" |
| 1999 | Seven Days | Russian Captain | Episode: "Last Breath" |
| 1999 | Norm | Paul | Episode: "While You Weren't Sleeping" |
| 1999 | Thanks | Edward Randolph | Episode: "Tobacco" |
| 1999 | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Pierre Curie | Episode: "Aging, Not So Gracefully" |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Eliot Grayson | Episode: "Too Many Cooks" |
| 2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Collins | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | The Three Stooges | Theatre Manager | Television film |
| 2000 | Angel | Collins | Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 2001 | Providence | Graham Hollings | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | Charmed | Alaster | Episode: "Brain Drain" |
| 2002 | Maybe It's Me | James | Episode: "The Fever Episode" |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Haley's Father | Episode: "Beach House" |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Ian | Episode: "Bad Judgement" |
| 2004 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Odin | Voice, episode: "A Kick in the Asgard" |
| 2004–08 | The Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, 50 episodes |
| 2007 | Mad Men | George Pelham | Episode: "Marriage of Figaro" |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Francis Slocombe | Episode: "The Red Box" |
| 2010 | Leverage | President Edwin Ribera | Episode: "The San Lorenzo Job" |
| 2011 | Castle | Reginald Easley | Episode: "Lucky Stiff" |
| 2013 | Bones | Heinrich Gloeckner | Episode: "The Secrets in the Proposal" |
| 2013 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Graham Deveraux | Episode: "Last Supper" |
| 2013 | Regular Show | Mordecai's Dad, Pilgrim | Voice, episode: "The Thanksgiving Special" |
| 2014 | NCIS | Peter Velo | Episode: "So It Goes" |
| 2015 | The Grinder | Lord Chief Justice Pugue | Episode: "Buckingham Malice" |
| 2016 | Westworld | Cottage Father | Episode: "The Adversary" |
| 2017–18 | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Additional Voices | 13 episodes |
| 2017–19 | Spider-Man | Adrian Toomes / Vulture, Goblin King, additional voices | Voice, 10 episodes |
| 2018 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Avengers Assemble | Adrian Toomes / Vulture | Voice, episode: "Vibranium Curtain" |
| 2020 | Stillwater | Goose | Voice, episode: "The Haircut/Paper Wings" |
| 2023 | Castlevania: Nocturne | Vaublanc | Voice, 2 episodes |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy | Reborn #1, Cultist #2, Imperial Officer #1 | |
| 2003 | The Hobbit | Kili | |
| 2003 | Legacy of Kain: Defiance | Mortanius, Hylden Lord | |
| 2004 | Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain | Mihai Niculescu | |
| 2005 | Killer7 | Curtis Blackburn | |
| 2005 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown | Additional Voices | |
| 2005 | X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse | Bastion | |
| 2006 | Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams | Mitsunari Ishida | |
| 2006 | Tomb Raider: Legend | Kent | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Penrod | |
| 2007 | Tomb Raider: Anniversary | Qualopec | |
| 2007 | Mass Effect | Nihlus Kryik, Councilor Sparatus, ERCS Guard | |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | Councilor Sparatus, Anto Korragan, Captain Narom, Kylan, Blue Suns Enemies | |
| 2010 | Final Fantasy XIV | Additional Voices | |
| 2010 | God of War: Ghost of Sparta | Soldier #8, Citizen Male #7 | |
| 2011 | Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask | Additional Voices | Credited as Archibald Macbeth |
| 2011 | Ace Combat: Assault Horizon | Lion 2 | |
| 2011 | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | Marlowe's Agents | |
| 2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Captain Veleth | Dragonborn DLC |
| 2011 | Infinity Blade II | Raidriar | |
| 2012 | Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning | Additional Voices | |
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Councilor Sparatus, Turian Pilot | |
| 2012 | Starhawk | Rifters, Outcast | |
| 2013 | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | Senator Steven Armstrong | |
| 2013 | Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy | Additional Voices | Credited as Archibald Macbeth |
| 2013 | Infinity Blade III | Raidriar | |
| 2013 | Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus | Thug #3 | |
| 2014 | Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | Taleb | |
| 2014 | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Celebrimbor | |
| 2015 | The Order: 1886 | Additional Voices | |
| 2017 | Middle-earth: Shadow of War | Celebrimbor | |
| 2018 | God of War | Mímir | |
| 2018 | Darksiders III | Angel Soldier, Marker Male | |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Additional Voices | Onslaught DLC |
| 2019 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Additional Voices |
| 2022 | God of War Ragnarök | Mímir | |
| 2022 | Tactics Ogre: Reborn | Warren Omon, Leundar Balbatos | |
| 2023 | Justice League: Cosmic Chaos | Alfred Pennyworth, Clinton Scarantino, Old Man | |
| 2023 | Hogwarts Legacy | Isidora's Father | |
| 2025 | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | The President | Voice and likeness |