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Brian Cox is an Emmy Award-winning Scottish actor. He was born on June 1, 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, to Mary Ann Guillerline Cox, maiden surname McCann, a spinner, and Charles McArdle Campbell Cox, a shopkeeper and butcher. His father was of Irish ancestry and his mother was of Irish and Scottish descent.

Cox first came to attention in the early 1970s with performances in numerous television films. His first big break was as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter (1986). The film was not overly successful at the box office, although Cox's career prospects and popularity continued to develop. Through the 1990s, he appeared in nearly 20 films and television series, as well as making numerous television guest appearances. More recently, Cox has had roles in some major films, including The Corruptor (1999), The Ring (2002) and X2: X-Men United (2003). He was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to drama.

Katie Leung began her career when she was cast as Cho Chang in the Warner Brothers feature film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, a role she subsequently reprised for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II). Alongside her acting career, Katie has trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She made her professional theatre debut in the role of Er-Hong in Sacha Wares' production of Wild Swans which premiered in Boston before transferring to the Young Vic Theatre London in April 2012. She subsequently performed at the National Theatre as the lead role of Sunny in Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's play The World of Extreme Happiness. Katie has recently appeared at the Royal Court Theatre as the lead role in Mia Chung's play You For Me For You and in Tony Kushner's play The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by Michael Boyd. Most recently she led the cast of Snow in Midsummer at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In October 2014, Katie was announced as one of BAFTA's Breakthrough Brits, a scheme established in 2013 to recognise and support young emerging British talent. On television she has starred as one of the series leads in Run, Channel 4's acclaimed drama following the lives of four people in South London. Her further television credits include ITV1's Poirot and BBC's Father Brown. Katie also starred as the central lead role of Mei in One Child, written by Guy Hibbert and directed by John Alexander, which broadcast on BBC2 in February 2016. She was recently seen in Martin Campbell's feature The Foreigner, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Jackie Chan and is currently filming the new ITV series White Dragon (2018) as one of the lead characters, Lau Chen. In 2022, she gave birth to her son Wolf.

Scottish-born actor and director, Steven Brand has worked steadily since coming to America from the UK where he was establishing major credits in film, television, and theater. Watch him on the big screen in October 2023 when he stars opposite Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith in Saw X, the newest installment of the incredibly popular horror franchise. As a director, Brand recently wrapped principal photography on the upcoming action, drama feature Joe Baby starring Ron Perlman, Harvey Keitel, Dichen Lachman and Willa Fitzgerald. But it is fans of video gaming who no doubt will catch him first in the highly anticipated Immortals of Aveum as the villainous Sandrakk, set for a July 2023 release.

Brand can be seen on both Vikings Valhalla in the recurring role of 'Vitomir' and as 'Marsh Janowski' in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman story 24/7. Other notable past US and UK television credits include recurring roles on Teen Wolf (for which he earned a Saturn Award nomination), Mistresses, Samurai Girl, New Blood, Magic City, Alex Rider, Casualty, The Darling Buds of May, Psychos, Doctors, Hellsing and Point Pleasant. Guest starring roles include Hawaii 5-0, Castle, NCIS Los Angeles, CSI, CSI:Miami, Covert Affairs, 90210 and more.

Blockbuster movie fans both loved and feared Brand in The Scorpion King when he burst onto the scene in his starring role as 'Memnon', the evil warlord and nemesis to 'Mathayus', played by Dwayne Johnson. He also starred opposite Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving in the film Mayhem, directed by Joe Lynch and in the Netflix political thriller The Same Sky, directed by Oscar winner Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall).

At a young age, Brand and his family left Scotland and moved to East Africa where they lived in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania for nine years. A visit to a drive-in theater in Kenya was his introduction to films. After a brief career in publishing, he turned his sights to the performing arts. Brand's first paid acting role saw him starring opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in the enormously popular TV series The Darling Buds of May. He spent the next few years working in theater and television before moving to Los Angeles where he now resides. Keep watching for Steven Brand as he constantly proves himself to be a force to be reckoned with both in front of and behind the camera.

Heather Ripley was born on 6 May 1959 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The Paul O'Grady Show (2004) and MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams (1997).

Ron Donachie was born Ronald Eaglesham Porter on April 26, 1956 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland. He was educated at Madras College, St. Andrews and Glasgow University, from where he graduated with an M.A (Hons.) in English Literature and Drama in 1979. After a year working as a navvy, he joined the 7.84 theatre company for John Burrough's "One Big Blow", in which the cast mimicked a traditional, colliery band by singing in six part harmony. The success of the play led to the formation of the acapella band "The Flying Pickets", who had a Christmas number one in 1983. Donachie's decision not to stay with the band and thereby missing out on their success has been described by him as "one of my more brilliant career decisions."

Throughout the 1980s, he was a prolific theatre performer all across the United Kingdom, working in Britain's now largely vanished repertory system. This afforded him the opportunity to act in many classical plays which are now rarely performed due to budget constraints and closed theatres. During this period, he appeared in over twenty plays at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre under its famous triumvirate of Giles Havergal, Robert David Macdonald and Phillip Prowse. Like many performers with similar experience, he considers this the happiest, most fruitful and most influential phase of his career.

In the 1990s, he became a regular performer on British television, and did not appear on stage again until unexpectedly asked to join the National Theatre company for "Scenes From the Big Picture" in 2003. This ended a gap in live performance of thirteen years. Since then, he has tried to return to the variety of his earlier years with regular live performances interspersing his television and film work. Married on St. Patrick's Day 1989 to Fiona Biggar, the couple have two children: Naomi Porter, a student of Russian, German and French, and Daniel Porter, who now performs in his own right under the name of Daniel Portman. His sister-in-law is the costume designer Trisha Biggar and his brother is the actor Stewart Porter.

Hilton McRae was born on 28 December 1949 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Mansfield Park (1999), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) and Macbeth (2015). He is married to Lindsay Duncan. They have one child.

Robin Laing was born on 16 February 1976 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Gold (2023), Outlander (2014) and Shetland (2013).

Hamish Clark was born on 26 July 1965 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Decoy Bride (2011), Monarch of the Glen (2000) and Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997).

Danny Wallace is a writer, producer and television and radio host.

The Warner Bros adaptation of his book, Yes Man, grossed $226m worldwide.

His award-winning ShortList magazine column in the UK reaches 1.3 million readers weekly.

His first novel, Charlotte Street, is an international bestseller, published in 18 countries.

It follows in the wake of the Sunday Times bestsellers Awkward Situations for Men, Yes Man, Join Me and Friends Like These.

US TV network ABC, with Warner Bros television, bought the rights to Awkward Situations for Men in 2010, making a pilot, co-written, co-produced and starring Wallace in the lead role.

He is a contributing editor at British GQ, and his television work includes BBC2's Horizon, How To Start Your Own Country, BBC1's Test the Nation, Castaway, School's Out, ITV2's National Television Awards Backstage and National Movie Awards Backstage, and SkyOne's Conspiracies and Danny Wallace's Hoax Files, amongst many others.

He appears as Shaun Hastings in the Assassin's Creed franchise: a global video games phenomenon.

On UK radio, he has hosted shows on Xfm, 6Music, Absolute, Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 4. In its first five months on air, the Xfm Breakfast Show with Danny Wallace won an unprecedented number of top industry awards, including the Arqiva for Presenter of the Year.

In 2013 he won the BAFTA for Best Performer at the BAFTA Games Awards for his work on the indie hit Thomas Was Alone.

His next novel, Who is Tom Ditto?, will be released in April 2014.

Samuel Robertson was born on 11 October 1985 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Beaver Falls (2011) and Perfect Sisters (2014).

Ewan Hooper was born on 23 October 1935 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Kinky Boots (2005), The Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Marion Fiddick. He died on 6 April 2023.

Rhona Cameron was born on 27 September 1965 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Rhona (2000), Six Four (2023) and Funny Man (1994).

Diminutive Scots character actor of quirky personality and gift of gab. As a drama student at St. Andrews, he first performed in productions staged by the university's dramatic society. He served with the Royal Scots during World War I, then forged a career playing comic roles on the Shakespearean stage, where he was often billed as 'D.Hay Petrie'. With the Old Vic from 1920, he was much acclaimed for his performances as Sly in "The Taming of the Shrew" and as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The screen saw him as eccentric personae, well-cast in period drama and in Dickensian parts (such as the malevolent debt-collector Quilp, in The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) and as the corn-chandler Uncle Pumblechook in Great Expectations (1946)). An inveterate scene-stealer, Petrie was able to slip with consummate ease from genre to genre and from comical to villainous.

He is perhaps best remembered as The MacLaggan in The Ghost Goes West (1935) and as the evil Dr. Fosco in Crimes at the Dark House (1940). To his ever-lasting regret, he missed out on the two parts he most coveted: that of Sancho Panza in Feodor Chaliapin Sr.'s film version of Don Quixote (1933) and as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). Petrie died suddenly, just two weeks after his 53rd birthday, from undisclosed causes.

Stephen Samson was born on 16 June 1982 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), Time Spent (2023) and Preston Watson the Flying Scotsman (2008).

John Dair was born on 3 March 1933 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Batman (1989), Yellowbeard (1983) and Jack the Ripper (1988). He died on 25 November 2005 in Greenwich, London, England, UK.

Sheila Shand Gibbs was born in 1930 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for The Great Game (1953), The Old Curiosity Shop (1962) and David Copperfield (1956). She was previously married to Timothy Bateson.

Lesley Mackie was born in 1951 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for The Wicker Man (1973), The Wicker Tree (2011) and A Sense of Freedom (1981). She was previously married to Terry Wale.

Forbes KB was born on 29 May 1965 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for Harry Brown (2009), Casino Royale (2006) and The Queen (2006). He has been married to Karin since 10 August 2000. They have one child. He was previously married to Jacqueline.

George Lamb is one of television's hottest new presenting talents and a regular on Channel 4, T4 and E4 Music. He's also been fortunate enough to interview some of the biggest names in music and film, including 50 Cent, Gwen Stefani, Keifer Sutherland, Ian Brown, and Lindsay Lohan, to name but a few. Not bad for someone who has only been presenting for 12 months!

Central to George's success is his knowledge and expertise in the fields of music and film.

Prior to his current career George was an accomplished band manager responsible for the careers of dance music maestros the Audio Bully's and current solo sensation, Lily Allen. Having spent such a great deal of time within the industry George finds it easy to talk to a wide variety of artists and win them over with his laid back confidence and depth of knowledge.

As the son of well-known actor Larry Lamb, George also has a keen interest in film. Again his insider knowledge of the subject enables him to speak to actors and actresses on a level that few other presenters can.

Hazel Baillie was born in 1982 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. Hazel is an editor, known for Andor (2022), Black Mirror (2011) and Thirteen (2016).

He was on his way back to Britain from America in 1939 with the intention of joining the armed forces when the ship on which he was traveling was captured by Nazis and he spent five years in a German P.O.W. camp. During this period he organized camp entertainment and produced 56 shows for the other prisoners. On his release he returned to Britain where he resumed his acting career. He never fully recovered from his wartime experiences and only made a limited number of post war appearances. He eventually died a broken man in a home for forgotten actors in Greenwich, London, England.

Margaret Boyd was born on 30 June 1890 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Six Days of Justice (1972), The Teckman Biography (1953) and Take My Life (1947). She was married to W.E. Holloway. She died on 2 October 1979 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.

Will Fyffe was born on 16 February 1885 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for To the Victor (1938), The Mysterious Mr. Reeder (1939) and The Missing People (1939). He was married to Emmeline Eugenie Pooley and Lily Ann Bolton Wilcock. He died on 14 December 1947 in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK.

Born in Scotland and raised in Indiana. John received a BS in Theatre Performance from Ball State University and an MFA in Acting from Michigan State University. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and AGMA. For over twenty years he has had the good fortune to be a part of the diverse and talented Chicago acting community.

George Galloway was born on 16 August 1954 in Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Killing Kelly (2021), The Killing$ of Tony Blair (2016) and Real Time with Bill Maher (2003). He has been married to Putri Gayatri Pertiwi since 31 March 2012. He was previously married to Dr Amineh Abu-Zayyad, Elaine Fyffe and Rima Husseini.