Stuart McQuarrie (born 19 March 1963) is a Scottish actor who has
starred in several acclaimed films, including Trainspotting and 28
Days Later. Besides numerous film and TV appearances McQuarrie has
performed extensively in theatre throughout the UK.McQuarrie trained
at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow
and soon 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,
and since Neilson, who directs his own work with panache, writes most
of his plays during the rehearsal period, one wonders just how much
the character is based on the actor playing him. He certainly brings 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."
starred in several acclaimed films, including Trainspotting and 28
Days Later. Besides numerous film and TV appearances McQuarrie has
performed extensively in theatre throughout the UK.McQuarrie trained
at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in Glasgow
and soon 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,
and since Neilson, who directs his own work with panache, writes most
of his plays during the rehearsal period, one wonders just how much
the character is based on the actor playing him. He certainly brings 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."
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