Alex Macqueen
Alexander Tulloch Macqueen (born 30 November 1973)[1] is an English actor. He has appeared on television, film and radio in the UK in productions such as Holby City, Doctor Who, Hut 33, Peep Show, The Thick of It, Keeping Mum, Fate: The Winx Saga, and The Inbetweeners. He also guest-starred in The Durrells in Series 4.
Early life edit
Macqueen was born in Epsom, Surrey. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, from 1990 to 1992.[2] and left to receive a first in English literature at Collingwood College, Durham University. He went on to study for a M.Phil at Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating in 1998.[3]
Professional career edit
He played sarcastic consultant anaesthetist Keith Greene in 75 episodes of Holby City between May 2005 and July 2010.[2] He appeared as Julius Nicholson, the "blue-skies advisor" to the Prime Minister in political satire The Thick of It,[2] and as Sir Jonathan Tutt, British Ambassador to the UN, in the film In the Loop,[4] both directed by Armando Iannucci.[5] He also acted in the Comic Relief special of Mr. Bean in 2007 as a vicar. He played Kevin Sutherland in E4's comedy, The Inbetweeners.[2] In 2010, he starred as Howard, an anti-speed bump community campaigner in two episodes of BBC1's Outnumbered.[6][7]
He appeared in the Comedy Central/BBC collaboration, Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire,[4] in which he played Barnabus, the sidekick to the Chancellor Dongalor, played by Matt Lucas. He starred as Roy Tunt in The Hide,[4] which premiered on FilmFour in February 2009. He won the award for Best Actor at the Marbella Film Festival in 2009 for this role.[5]
Macqueen acted in a series of videos on YouTube as Clive Rudloe, a character who claims to be "the world's number one DJ". The videos are spoofs created by real-life DJs Above and Beyond.[8] In late 2009, he starred in several episodes of The News at Bedtime on BBC Radio 4, in a variety of supporting roles.[5] In 2010, he appeared as the publisher Malcolm Dodds in Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. That year he also had a small role in the comedy film Four Lions. In 2011, was in "The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.[4]
In 2012, he appeared in a Doctor Who spin-off UNIT: Dominion,[4] published by Big Finish Productions, in a role described as "the Other Doctor" who is revealed to be the Doctor's long-term adversary The Master; the storyline establishes that Macqueen's Master is intended to be from a point between the Masters portrayed by Eric Roberts and Derek Jacobi. He reprised this role in 2014 for Dark Eyes 2, Dark Eyes 3, Dark Eyes 4 and again in 2016 alongside Geoffrey Beevers, who had played an earlier incarnation of the Master, in The Two Masters. In 2021 MacQueen returned to the role in Masterful, a story published to celebrate the Master's 50th anniversary. He also had a lead role as Edmund in Julia Davis' black period comedy Hunderby, opposite Davis and Alexandra Roach.[4]
He played the role of Hove in the 2015 BBC series Pompidou,[4] starring alongside Matt Lucas. During the filming of Pompidou, Macqueen and Matt Lucas played the game devised by the two ‘Pumpidou’. Lucas however won no critical acclaim for ‘Pumpidou’, despite it being the key spin off to the show. However, Macqueen did receive a special recognition award for the 2015 edition of TOTY for his part in the success of ‘Pumpidou’. He played Luke, the senior doctor in the six-part ITV comedy The Delivery Man.[9] In 2015, he also played the royal crier in Cinderella. In 2016, he acted opposite Sir Michael Caine in the film Youth, and played the role of Patrick Jarvis MP in series 3 of Peaky Blinders.[5][4]
In 2019, he appeared in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans and in 2022, he starred as Stephen Gardiner in Becoming Elizabeth.[4]
In 2023, he starred as Tindall in the Netflix series Hijack, alongside Idris Elba and Neil Maskell.[4]
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Emperor's Wife | Dr. Lambroso | |
| 2005 | Buried Alive | — | |
| 2005 | Keeping Mum | Train Ticket Collector | |
| 2006 | Dad | Son | Short film |
| 2007 | Magicians | Stooge | |
| 2008 | The Hide | Roy Tunt | |
| 2008 | Tu£sday | Mr Jacobs | |
| 2009 | In the Loop | Sir Jonathan Tutt | |
| 2009 | A Very British Cult | Terry | Short film |
| 2010 | Four Lions | Malcolm Storge MP | |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Malcolm Dodds | |
| 2010 | Bonded by Blood | Prison Governor | |
| 2010 | Bistro | Waiter | Short film |
| 2011 | Chalet Girl | Macolm | |
| 2011 | Anuvahood | Edward | |
| 2011 | The Inbetweeners Movie | Kevin Sutherland | |
| 2011 | Pitch Black Heist | Isaac | Short film |
| 2012 | Gambit | Mr Dunlop | |
| 2013 | I Give It a Year | Minister | |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Tour Guide | |
| 2013 | Dr Easy | Superintendent | Short film |
| 2013 | One Chance | Dr Thorpe | |
| 2013 | Too Leach | Jeffrey | Short film |
| 2014 | Fear of Water | Charles | |
| 2014 | Crocodile | Andy | Short film |
| 2014 | The Inbetweeners 2 | Kevin Sutherland | |
| 2015 | Slow West | Rupert Cavendish | |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Royal Crier | |
| 2015 | Dare to Be Wild | Nigel Hogg | |
| 2015 | Youth | Queen's Emissary | |
| 2015 | Not Sophie's Choice | Daddy | Short film |
| 2015 | Just Desserts | Dennis | Short film |
| 2016 | Domestic Policy | — | Short film |
| 2017 | The Intelligence Explosion: How to Stop a Robot from Turning Evil | Dennis | Short film |
| 2017 | Son of Perdition | The Man | Short film |
| 2017 | The Overcoat | The VIP | Short film |
| 2018 | Slaughterhouse Rulez | Terrafrack Boss | |
| 2018 | All Is True | Sir Thomas Lucy | |
| 2019 | Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans | Sycophantus | |
| 2020 | Downhill | Charlie | |
| 2021 | School's Out Forever | Mr. Bates | |
| 2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Mr. Stubbins |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Keen Eddie | Gates | Episode: "Eddie Loves Baseball" |
| 2004 | Family Business | Photographer | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Murder City | Ian Payne | Episode: "Big City Small World" |
| 2004 | Outlaws | Clerk | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Dead Man Weds | Scientist | 1 episode |
| 2005–2010 | Holby City | Keith Greene | 75 episodes |
| 2005 | Einstein's Big Idea | Chater | TV movie documentary |
| 2005 | Peep Show | Jury foreman | Episode: "Jurying" |
| 2005–2009 | The Thick of It | Julius Nicholson | 5 episodes |
| 2006 | Mayo | Administrator | Mini-series |
| 2006 | All in the Game | Dr Phelps | TV movie |
| 2006 | Casualty | Dr Keith Greene | Episode: "All at See" |
| 2006 | The Wind in the Willows | Clerk | TV movie |
| 2006–2008 | Pulling | Ian | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | The Afternoon Play | Simon | Episode: "The Real Deal" |
| 2007 | The IT Crowd | Vicar | Episode: "Return of the Golden Child" |
| 2007 | Christmas at the Riviera | Barry | TV movie |
| 2008 | Delta Forever | Alex | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2008 | Trexx and Flipside | Immigration officer | Episode: "B-Ice's New Clothes" |
| 2008–2010 | The Inbetweeners | Kevin Sutherland | 5 episodes |
| 2008 | The Wrong Door | Captain Justice | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Lead Balloon | Brendan | Episode: "Spikey" |
| 2009 | Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire | Barnabus | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Comedy Showcase | Neil | Episode: "The Amazing Dermot" |
| 2010 | Outnumbered | Howard | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Hotel Trubble | Z Dogg's manager | Episode: "Catz 'N' Doggz" |
| 2010 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Hotel manager | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Miranda | Librarian | Episode: "Before I Die" |
| 2011 | Come Fly with Me | Nut allergy passenger | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Campus | Bank manager | Episode: "The Culling Fields" |
| 2011 | Lewis | Dr Julius Fisher | Episode: "The Mind Has Mountains" |
| 2011 | Rock & Chips | Bernard Bird | Episode: "The Frog and the Pussycat" |
| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus | BBC Head of Rude Words | TV movie |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Special Agent Callett | Episode: "The National Anthem" |
| 2011 | This Is England '88 | Fay's dad | Mini-series |
| 2012 | The Cricklewood Greats | Tim Dempsey | TV movie |
| 2012 | Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story | TV director | TV movie |
| 2012–2015 | Hunderby | Edmund | 10 episodes |
| 2012 | Mr Stink | News reporter | TV movie |
| 2013 | Plebs | Brother Quintus | Episode: "Saturnalia" |
| 2013 | Playhouse Presents | Marco | Episode: "Stage Door Johnnies" |
| 2014 | Trying Again | Martin | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Pompidou | Hove | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | The Delivery Man | Mr Luke Edward | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Together | Ashley | 6 episodes |
| 2016 | Drunk History: UK | Hardy | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Hoff the Record | Kurt | Episode: "Rehab" |
| 2016 | Peaky Blinders | Patrick Jarvis MP | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Hospital People | Jeremy Lace | Episode: "The Hospital Awards" |
| 2017 | Babs | Peter Charlesworth | TV movie |
| 2017 | Eric, Ernie and Me | Bill Cotton | TV movie |
| 2018 | Silent Witness | Guy Bernhardt | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | High & Dry | Newton | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Sally4Ever | David | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Road to Brexit | Charles Braxton | TV movie |
| 2019 | The Durrells | Colonel Ribbindane | 1 episode |
| 2020 | The Trial of Christine Keeler | Mervyn Griffith-Jones | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Ben Harvey | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Hilda | Alvin | 13 episodes |
| 2022 | Becoming Elizabeth | Stephen Gardiner | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Extraordinary | Head teacher | Episode: "The Jen Show" |
| 2023 | Hijack | Tindall |
References edit
- ^ "November 30, 1973". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ a b c d . St John's School. 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Congregation of the Regent House on 9 May 1998". University of Cambridge. 9 May 1998. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Alex Macqueen Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Macqueen profile". IMDb. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "BBC One – Outnumbered, Series 3, Episode 3". bbc.co.uk. 22 April 2010.
- ^ "BBC One – Outnumbered, Series 3, Episode 6". bbc.co.uk. 20 May 2010.
- ^ Above & Beyond. Retrieved 4 July 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ "The Delivery Man". presscentre. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
External links edit
- Alex Macqueen at IMDb
- Alex Macqueen at British Comedy Guide