About this artwork
Stott’s acting career has built up steadily over the years. Born in Edinburgh, in his youth he was part of a band whose members later went on to form the Bay City Rollers. Stott instead chose to study acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London. But it was not until the 1990s that Stott made a full-time career out of acting, with high profile roles in the likes of Takin’ Over the Asylum, 1994, and The Vice, 1999. In 2006 he was cast as the title character in Rebus, a detective series based on Edinburgh author, Ian Rankin’s, books. He has continued to act on the stage and has also worked in film, with roles in Shallow Grave, 1994, and more recently One Day, 2011, and The Hobbit, 2012.
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artist:Donald Maclellan (born 1967) Scottish
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title:Ken Stott, born 1955. Actor
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date created:1 May 2000
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materials:Gelatin silver bromide toned print
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measurements:44.00 x 35.40 cm
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credit line:Purchased 2002
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accession number:PGP 284.8
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Donald Maclellan
Donald Maclellan
Donald MacLellan was born in the West Highlands in 1967. He is a leading portrait photographer whose first solo exhibition 'Black Power' showed at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 1998. Empire magazine commissioned MacLellan to create a portfolio of Scotland's best actors in 2000. It was...