page_title: Cinema of Scotland
section_title: Scottish movie & TV actors
hierarchical_section_title: Cinema of Scotland / Scottish movie & TV actors
caption_attribution_description: Kelly Macdonald at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
context_page_description: Scotland has produced many films, directors and actors.
context_section_description: There are a significant number of actors who have been born in Scotland and went on to have international success. Among these is Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and BAFTA Award winning actor Sean Connery, who famously portrayed James Bond in seven of the earliest Bond movies.
  Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has had success in mainstream, indie and art house films. He is perhaps best known for his role as Mark Renton in Danny Boyle's 1996 film Trainspotting, for which he won a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, or for portraying the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In October 1997 he was ranked 36th in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
  James McAvoy is a BAFTA Rising Star Award winning Scottish stage and screen actor. He has featured in a number of films, including 2007's BAFTA Award-winning The Last King of Scotland and Disney's highest-grossing live action film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. McAvoy was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work in 2007's Atonement. He has also made appearances in British TV series such as Shameless and Early Doors.
  Actor, comedian and author Robbie Coltrane, widely known for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter series of films, is another BAFTA Award-winning actor from Scotland. He was voted 6th in a poll to find the 'most famous Scot' and placed 10th in ITV's list of "TV's Greatest Stars."
  David Tennant is a multi award-winning Scottish actor best known for his role in Doctor Who as the 10th incarnation of the Doctor. He has also featured in numerous other television shows, movies, theatre productions and radio dramas.
  Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish Emmy Award winning and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress. She has starred in many notable films, including Trainspotting alongside Ewan McGregor, the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men and the science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
  Brian Cox, CBE is an Emmy Award-winning Scottish actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying Hannibal Lecter in the 1986 thriller Manhunter, and has since become a familiar face in film and television. He is also known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained great recognition for his portrayal of King Lear.
  Some of the best-known Scottish actors include:
  Billy Boyd
  Gerard Butler
  Robert Carlyle
  Sean Connery
  Henry Ian Cusick
  Sean Biggerstaff
  Robbie Coltrane
  Tom Conti
  James Cosmo
  Brian Cox
  Alan Cumming
  James Finlayson
  Ashley Jensen
  Deborah Kerr
  John Laurie
  Kelly Macdonald
  James McAvoy
  David McCallum
  Sylvester McCoy
  Ewan McGregor
  David McKay
  Kevin McKidd
  Gray O'Brien
  Dougray Scott
  Alastair Sim
  David Tennant
  David Elliot
  Karen Gillan
caption: Kelly Macdonald
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