Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage,
television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best
Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play Broken Glass at Royal
National Theatre. He is more recently known for his role as the dwarf
Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012â€"2014), and as Ian Garrett in
the 2014 BBC TV mini-series The Missing starring alongside James
Nesbitt.His many notable roles in UK television include the role of
Edward 'Eddie' McKenna in the Scottish BBC miniseries Takin' Over The
Asylum (1994) co-starring with a young David Tennant, the title
character DI John Rebus in the crime fiction-mystery series Rebus
(2000â€"2007) and also as DCI Red Metcalfe in Messiah
(2001â€"2005).Stott was born in Edinburgh. His mother, Antonia (née
Sansica), was a Sicilian lecturer whose own father had previously been
a priest. His father, David Stott, was a Scottish teacher and
educational administrator. Stott was educated at George Heriot's
School. For three years in his youth he was a member of a band called
Keyhole, members of which later went on to form the Bay City Rollers.
television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best
Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play Broken Glass at Royal
National Theatre. He is more recently known for his role as the dwarf
Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012â€"2014), and as Ian Garrett in
the 2014 BBC TV mini-series The Missing starring alongside James
Nesbitt.His many notable roles in UK television include the role of
Edward 'Eddie' McKenna in the Scottish BBC miniseries Takin' Over The
Asylum (1994) co-starring with a young David Tennant, the title
character DI John Rebus in the crime fiction-mystery series Rebus
(2000â€"2007) and also as DCI Red Metcalfe in Messiah
(2001â€"2005).Stott was born in Edinburgh. His mother, Antonia (née
Sansica), was a Sicilian lecturer whose own father had previously been
a priest. His father, David Stott, was a Scottish teacher and
educational administrator. Stott was educated at George Heriot's
School. For three years in his youth he was a member of a band called
Keyhole, members of which later went on to form the Bay City Rollers.
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