Question: A Scottish actor, the first actor to portray who, works with the Royal Shakespeare Company, who stars in a 2002 American comedy-drama metafilm directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman?

Context articles: Jami Reid-Quarrell
The Shakespeare Project
Adaptation (film)
Forbes Masson
1999 in film
World Theatre Season
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Brian Cox (actor)
Being John Malkovich
List of accolades received by Her (film)

Jami Reid-Quarrell (born 20 January 1978), is a Scottish actor who is best known for his role as the villain Colony Sarff in series 9 of the BBC television series "Doctor Who", for which he was voted Best Male Guest Actor of the 2015 season on the Doctor Who TV fansite.
 He is also a singer, physical performer and choreographer who has appeared in numerous theatre, film & TV productions, operas and musicals.
 In 2010 he created the role of Dr Gangle for Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to "Phantom of the Opera", "Love Never Dies".
 His stage appearances include ""Equus"" with Daniel Radcliffe, Trevor Nunn's "The Tempest" with Ralph Fiennes and with renowned physical theatre companies such as Punchdrunk and Frantic Assembly.
 He has also appeared around the world with such companies as the Royal Opera House, Archaos and the Royal Shakespeare Company where he underwent in-depth Shakespearean training tutored by Cicely Berry.
 He also choreographs and movement directs for theatre and screen, including shows for Trevor Nunn and pop videos for Depeche Mode ("Fragile Tension"), Casiokids ("Finn Bikkjen") and Boy Kill Boy ("No Conversation").
In October 1983, the Riverside Shakespeare Company, then New York City's only year-round professional Shakespeare theatre company, inaugurated "The Shakespeare Project", based at the theatre company's home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, The Shakespeare Center.
 "The Shakespeare Project" was the first major New York residency of actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company - with Edwin Richfield, Heather Canning, Christopher Ravenscroft, Jennie Stoller and John Kane (the later two from Peter Brook's "A Midsummer Night's Dream") - for a week of public workshops, panel discussions, seminars and performances at the company's Upper West Side theatre, The Shakespeare Center.
 The event was launched at a luncheon in the Shakespeare Room of the Algonquin Hotel attended by Joseph Papp, Helen Hayes, Frank Rich, Gloria Skurski, W. Stuart McDowell, and members of the Royal Shakespeare Company in mid October 1983.
 According to the "New York Times", over one thousand actors, students, teachers and stage directors, from the ages of 15 to 87, signed up for 22 sessions taught by some of the leading actors from London's Royal Shakespeare Company.
Adaptation (stylized as Adaptation.)
 is a 2002 American comedy-drama metafilm directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman.
 The film is based on Susan Orlean's non-fiction book "The Orchid Thief", with numerous self-referential events added.
 The film stars Nicolas Cage as Charlie and Donald Kaufman, and Meryl Streep as Susan Orlean, Chris Cooper as John Laroche, with Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, Ron Livingston, and Maggie Gyllenhaal in supporting roles.
Forbes Masson (born 17 August 1963 in Falkirk) is a Scottish actor and writer.
 He is an Artistic Associate with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
 He is best known for his classical theatre roles and comedy partnership with Alan Cumming.
 Masson and Cumming wrote "The High Life", a Scottish situation comedy in which they play the lead characters, Steve McCracken and Sebastian Flight.
 Characters McCraken and Flight were heavily based on Victor and Barry, famous Scottish comedy alter-egos of Masson and Cumming.
 He was appearing in "Travesties" at the Menier Chocolate Factory until 19 November 2016.
The year 1999 in film included Stanley Kubrick's final film "Eyes Wide Shut", Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film "All About My Mother", the science-fiction hit "The Matrix", the Deep Canvas-pioneering Disney animated feature "Tarzan" and Best Picture-winner "American Beauty" and the well-received "The Green Mile", as well as the animated works "The Iron Giant", "Toy Story 2", "Stuart Little" and "".
 Other noteworthy releases included Spike Jonze's and Charlie Kaufman's breakout film "Being John Malkovich" and M. Night Shyamalan's breakout film "The Sixth Sense", the controversial "Fight Club" and Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia".
 The year also featured George Lucas' top-grossing "".
The World Theatre Season was a festival of foreign plays held annually at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Aldwych Theatre in London from 1964 to 1973, with a final season in 1975.
 It originated as a one-off celebration in 1964 organised by Peter Daubeny and the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of the celebrations for William Shakespeare's quatercentenary.
 In the 1950s, Peter Daubeny had presented foreign theatre companies, which gave him a knowledge of foreign theatre and served as a prelude to the World Theatre Seasons.
 Seven companies appeared at this initial World Theatre Season: Comédie Française; Schiller-Theater; Peppino de Filippo's Italian Theatre; Abbey Theatre; Polish Contemporary Theatre; Greek Art Theatre; and Moscow Art Theatre.
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) is a 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
 It is located in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon – Shakespeare's birthplace – in the English Midlands, beside the River Avon.
 The Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres re-opened in November 2010 after undergoing a major renovation known as the Transformation Project.
Brian Denis Cox, CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor who works with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear.
 Cox is also known for appearing in "The Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy", "X2", "Braveheart", "Rushmore", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Troy" and "Doctor Who".
 He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in 1986's "Manhunter".
Being John Malkovich is a 1999 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, both making their feature film debut.
 The film stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener, with John Malkovich and Charlie Sheen as themselves.
 The film follows a puppeteer who finds a portal that leads into Malkovich's mind.
"Her" is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze.
 The film's musical score was composed by Arcade Fire, with the cinematography provided by Hoyte van Hoytema.
 It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut.
 The film follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), a female voice produced by an intelligent computer operating system.
 The film also stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, and Olivia Wilde.