Ken Stott

Ken Stott

Known for
Acting
Born
October 19, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Biography

Kenneth "Ken" Campbell Stott is an acclaimed Scottish stage, television and film actor. Best known to international audiences for portraying the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), he has earned widespread recognition in the United Kingdom for his intense, morally ambiguous roles in television crime dramas and West End theatre productions.

Known For

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Filmography

2021
The Dig poster

The Dig

Movie · as Charles Phillips

2021
Crime poster

Crime

TV · as DCS Robert Toal, DCS Bob Toal · 2 eps

2019
Strike poster

Strike

Movie · as The Boss (voice)

2019
Flour Power

Flour Power

TV · 10 eps

2018
The Mercy poster

The Mercy

Movie · as Stanley Best

2016
100 Streets poster

100 Streets

Movie · as Terence

2016
Café Society poster

Café Society

Movie · as Marty Dorfman

2016
Scotland The Promised Land poster

Scotland The Promised Land

TV · as Narrator (Voice) · 3 eps

2016
War and Peace poster

War and Peace

TV · as Bazdeev · 6 eps

2015
Man Up poster

Man Up

Movie · as Bert Patterson

2015
An Inspector Calls poster

An Inspector Calls

Movie · as Arthur Birling

2015
Fortitude poster

Fortitude

TV · as Erling Munk · 10 eps

2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Movie · as Balin

2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Movie · as Balin

2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Movie · as Balin

2011
One Day poster

One Day

Movie · as Stephen Mayhew

2011
The Runaway poster

The Runaway

TV · as Joey · 6 eps

2010
Toast poster

Toast

Movie · as Dad

2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian poster

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Movie · as Trüffeljäger

2008
Hancock & Joan poster

Hancock & Joan

Movie · as Tony Hancock

2008
Send In The Dogs poster

Send In The Dogs

TV · as Narrator · 12 eps

2007
Charlie Wilson's War poster

Charlie Wilson's War

Movie · as Zvi

2006
Dounreay: The Atomic Dream poster

Dounreay: The Atomic Dream

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2005
The Mighty Celt poster

The Mighty Celt

Movie · as Good Joe

2005
Casanova poster

Casanova

Movie · as Dalfonso

2005
The Girl in the Café poster

The Girl in the Café

Movie · as Chancellor

2005
Uncle Adolf poster

Uncle Adolf

Movie · as Adolf Hitler

2004
King Arthur poster

King Arthur

Movie · as Marius Honorius

2004
Spivs poster

Spivs

Movie · as Jack

2003
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead poster

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Movie · as Turner

2003
The Key poster

The Key

Movie

2003
Promoted to Glory poster

Promoted to Glory

Movie · as Mike

2001
Messiah poster

Messiah

TV · as DCI Red Metcalfe · 9 eps

2000
The Miracle Maker poster

The Miracle Maker

Movie · as Simon Peter (voice)

2000
Rebus poster

Rebus

TV · as Inspector John Rebus · 10 eps

1999
Plunkett & Macleane poster

Plunkett & Macleane

Movie · as Thief Taker General Chance

1999
The Debt Collector poster

The Debt Collector

Movie · as Gary Keltie

1999
Dockers poster

Dockers

Movie · as Tommy Walton

1999
Vicious Circle poster

Vicious Circle

Movie · as Martin Cahill

1999
The Vice poster

The Vice

TV · as DI Pat Chappel · 22 eps

1997
Stone, Scissors, Paper poster

Stone, Scissors, Paper

Movie · as Redfern

1997
Fever Pitch poster

Fever Pitch

Movie · as Ted, the Headmaster

1997
The Boxer poster

The Boxer

Movie · as Ike Weir

1996
Saint-Ex poster

Saint-Ex

Movie · as Prevot

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · 2 eps

1996
A Mug's Game

A Mug's Game

TV · as McCaffrey · 4 eps

1996
Rhodes poster

Rhodes

TV · as Barney Barnato · 8 eps

1995
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life poster

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

Movie · as Woland the Knifeman

1994
Shallow Grave poster

Shallow Grave

Movie · as Detective Inspector McCall

1994
Being Human poster

Being Human

Movie · as Gasper Dias

1994
Takin' Over the Asylum poster

Takin' Over the Asylum

TV · as Eddie · 6 eps

1993
Anna Lee: Headcase

Anna Lee: Headcase

Movie · as Bernie Schiller

1993
Bad Company poster

Bad Company

Movie · as Joe Hickey

1991
All Good Things poster

All Good Things

TV · as Lawrence Wilson · 6 eps

1990
Your Cheatin' Heart poster

Your Cheatin' Heart

Movie

1990
Your Cheatin' Heart poster

Your Cheatin' Heart

TV · as Fraser Boyle · 6 eps

1988
For Queen & Country poster

For Queen & Country

Movie · as Civil Servant

1986
The Singing Detective poster

The Singing Detective

TV · as Uncle John · 2 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Redfern · 1 ep

1983
The Beggar's Opera poster

The Beggar's Opera

Movie · as Jeremy Twitcher

1982
King Lear poster

King Lear

Movie · as Curan

1977
Secret Army poster

Secret Army

TV · as Baroja · 1 ep