Alex MacQueen
| Alex Macqueen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Alexander Tulloch Macqueen November 30, 1973 Epsom, Surrey, England |
| Occupation | Actor, stand-up comedian |
Alexander Tulloch "Alex" Macqueen (born November 30, 1973) is an English actor. He has appeared on television, film and radio in the UK in productions such as Holby City, Hut 33, Peep Show, The Thick of It, Keeping Mum, and The Inbetweeners.
Macqueen was born in Epsom, Surrey.
Macqueen was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead and left to receive a first in English literature at Durham University. He went on to study for a M.Phil at Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating in 1998.
He was a member of the National Youth Theatre between 1992 and 1995, then trained as a barrister at the Middle Temple. He worked as a Business Affairs Executive for Granada International and has worked in the House of Commons with a member of the Culture & Media Select Committee, specifically working during the creation of the Broadcasting Act 1996.
He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as sarcastic consultant anaesthetist Keith Greene, appearing in 75 episodes of Holby City between May 2005 and July 2010. He appeared as Julius Nicholson, the "blue-skies advisor" to the Prime Minister in political satire The Thick of It and as Sir Jonathan Tutt, British Ambassador to the UN, in the film In the Loop, both directed by Armando Iannucci. Macqueen appeared as Kevin Sutherland (Neil's father) in E4's comedy, The Inbetweeners and as Howard, an anti-speed bump community campaigner in two episodes of BBC1's Outnumbered. He has been in TV advertisements for Specsavers, Dell, and Utterly Butterly. He appeared in the Comedy Central/BBC collaboration, Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, in which he played Barnabus, the sidekick to the Chancellor Dongalor, played by Matt Lucas: Macqueen had previously acted alongside Lucas in the 2006 film adaptation of The Wind in the Willows. Macqueen starred as Roy Tunt in The Hide, which premiered on FilmFour in February 2009. He won the award for Best Actor at the Marbella Film Festival in 2009 for this role.
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