Ron Donachie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 26, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Dundee, Tayside, Scotland
Biography
Ronald Eaglesham Porter, known professionally as Ron Donachie (born 26 April 1956, Dundee, Scotland), is a Scottish character actor. He attended Madras College in St Andrews and earned an MA (Hons.) in English Literature and Drama from the University of Glasgow in 1979. He is best known for portraying Ser Rodrik Cassel, the steadfast master-at-arms of House Stark, in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2012), for his supporting role as Master-at-Arms Thomas King in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), and for voicing DI John Rebus in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Sir Ian Rankin's Rebus detective novels, a role he reprised on stage in Rebus: Long Shadows. He has appeared in over 130 productions across theatre, film, and television since the early 1970s. His filmography includes Comfort and Joy (1984), White Mischief (1987), The Jungle Book (1994, as Sergeant Harley), Fierce Creatures (1997), Titanic (1997), Max Manus: Man of War (2008, as Colonel J.S. Wilson), Filth (2012, as Hector), Sunset Song (2015, as Uncle Tam), Steel Rain (2017, as US Secretary of State Michael Dobbs), Outlaw King (2018, as Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow), Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022, as Col. Val Cleaver), and I Swear (2025, as Headmaster Donald Watkins). On television he has appeared in Taggart (1983), The Bill (1984, as DCI Andrew Ross, recurring), Doctor Who (2005), Downton Abbey (2010, as Mr. McCree), Rebus (1999–2000, as Jack Gunner / DCI Wilson), Vera (2011), Silk (2011), Blandings (2013), Waterloo Road (2012, 7 episodes), Karen Pirie (2022), Granite Harbour (2022), and Screw (2022, as Don Carpenter, 12 episodes).
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Filmography
I Swear
Movie · as Headmaster Donald Watkins
Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Movie · as Col. Cleaver
Screw
TV · as Don Carpenter · 12 eps
Karen Pirie
TV · as Archie Duff · 2 eps
FBI: International
TV · as Judge · 1 ep
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
Movie · as Self
Outlaw King
Movie · as Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow
Starhunter ReduX
TV · as MacDuff · 1 ep
Steel Rain
Movie · as Michael Dobbs
The Loch
TV · as Iain Sutherland · 5 eps
Agatha Raisin
TV · as Ron Allen · 1 ep
Sunset Song
Movie · as Uncle Tam
What We Did on Our Holiday
Movie · as Sgt. Murdoch
Filth
Movie · as Hector
The Spy
Movie · as Major Bloomberg
Father Brown
TV · as Jock Hamilton · 1 ep
Atlantis
TV · as Theos · 1 ep
Blandings
TV · as Angus McAllister · 2 eps
Blitz
Movie · as Sergeant Cross
Vera
TV · as Jesse Hennings · 1 ep
The Field of Blood
TV · as DCI Sullivan · 2 eps
Game of Thrones
TV · as Rodrik Cassel · 13 eps
Silk
TV · as Alasdair McKinley QC · 1 ep
Garrow's Law
TV · as Sir Alexander Lamb · 1 ep
Made of Honor
Movie · as Horse Owner
The Daisy Chain
Movie · as Doctor Ferguson
Max Manus: Man of War
Movie · as Oberst John Skinner Wilson
Stone of Destiny
Movie · as Night Watchman
Recovery
Movie · as Len Hamilton
Party Animals
TV · 1 ep
Lewis
TV · as Professor Angus Rawbone · 1 ep
The Flying Scotsman
Movie · as Scobie
The Chatterley Affair
Movie · as Mr. Allen Lane
Waterloo Road
TV · as Billy Byrne · 7 eps
Man to Man
Movie · as Sir Walter Stephenson
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Movie · as Laurie
Uncle Adolf
Movie · as Martin Bormann
Doctor Who Confidential
TV · 1 ep
The Golden Hour
TV · as David Tremaine · 1 ep
Love Soup
TV · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Steward · 1 ep
Man Dancin'
Movie · as Billy Maddison
Sea of Souls
TV · as Minister · 1 ep
The Genius of Mozart
TV · as Joseph Hayden · 3 eps
Shameless
TV · as Biddy · 1 ep
The Key
Movie
The Commander
TV · 17 eps
Al's Lads
Movie · as Birch
Still Game
TV · 1 ep
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV · as John Ross · 1 ep
Shackleton
TV · as Keltie · 1 ep
Beautiful Creatures
Movie · as Police Pathologist
A Shot at Glory
Movie · as Sportscaster
Station
Movie · as Ticket Man
Monarch of the Glen
TV · 1 ep
Starhunter
TV · 1 ep
Rebus
TV · as Jack Gunner, DCS Wilson, DC Jack Gunner · 2 eps
Too Much Sun
TV · as Arnold Wyckoff · 1 ep
The Match
Movie · as Happy Feet
The Scarlet Pimpernel
TV · as Arturo Mazarini · 6 eps
Extremely Dangerous
TV · as Gebbert · 4 eps
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
Movie · as Leonard Bladon
Titanic
Movie · as Master at Arms
Fierce Creatures
Movie · as Sergeant Scott
Ivanhoe
TV · as Friar Tuck · 6 eps
Ain't Misbehavin'
TV · as Billy the Book · 3 eps
The Lucky Suit
Movie
Silent Witness
TV · as DCI Luke Telford · 2 eps
Hamish Macbeth
TV · as Zoot McPherrin · 2 eps
The Governor
TV · as Russell Morgan · 10 eps
The Jungle Book
Movie · as Harley
Lie Down with Lions
Movie · as Kelly
Roughnecks
TV · as Dennis · 1 ep
Takin' Over the Asylum
TV · as Petrie · 6 eps
Harry Enfield and Chums
TV · as Customer · 1 ep
99-1
TV · as McLaverty · 1 ep
Cracker
TV · as Barney · 1 ep
The Bogie Man
Movie · as Davie
Heartbeat
TV · as Mr. Gordon, Ken Dekin · 1 ep
Me, You and Him
TV · as Todd · 6 eps
Virtual Murder
TV · as Police Doctor · 1 ep
Strathblair
TV · as Bob Scott · 1 ep
Specials
TV · as Freddy Calder · 12 eps
Sweet Nothing
Movie · as Big Mac
Crossing to Freedom
Movie · as RAF Corporal
The Gravy Train
TV · as Hatted Man · 4 eps
Stay Lucky
TV · 1 ep
The Justice Game
TV · as Alex Patterson · 4 eps
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Movie · as Al Hake
Down Where the Buffalo Go
Movie · as J.D. (Man on Ferry)
The Zip
Movie · as The biker
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
TV · as Al Hake · 2 eps
The Play on One
TV · as Drunk on Ferry · 1 ep
White Mischief
Movie · as Club Manager
Tutti Frutti
TV · as Dennis Sproul · 6 eps
Heavenly Pursuits
Movie · as Big Man in Bar
Blood Red Roses
Movie · as Charles Riggins
Casualty
TV · as PC Pewsey · 1 ep
Sakharov
Movie
Comfort and Joy
Movie · as George
It Could Happen to Anybody
Movie · as Big Lick
Those Glory Glory Days
Movie · as 1961 Spurs Team Member
Ill Fares the Land
Movie
Taggart
TV · 3 eps
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
TV · as Calhoun · 3 eps
Grey Granite
TV · as Provost James Speight · 3 eps