Jonathan Watson

Jonathan Watson
Born	Scotland
Occupation	Actor, Writer
Years active	1979–present
Known for	City Lights (1984–1991) Naked Video (1986–1991) Only An Excuse (1993–present) Bob Servant (2013–2015) Two Doors Down (2013–present) Fried (2014–2015)

Jonathan Watson is a Scottish actor best known for his comedy sketch show Only an Excuse?, which parodies people and events from the world of Scottish football, and the BBC comedy Bob Servant Independent in which he appears with Brian Cox.

Watson was born in Glasgow and educated at Hillhead High School. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and graduated in 1979. He joined the TAG Theatre Company then followed this with a season with the 7:84 company. He had a part in Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero.

He moved to London in 1986 and returned to Scotland two years later.

He appeared in all five seasons of Naked Video that were broadcast on BBC Scotland between 1986 and 1991, He was also in City Lights,Rab C. Nesbitt and Only an Excuse?.

In 2013, Watson appeared in Rob Drummond's Quiz Show at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. In 2014 he played Archie in John Byrne's adaptation of Chekhov's The Three Sisters for The Tron, Glasgow. He was also in The National Theatre of Scotland's production of Yer Granny, which toured Scotland & Northern Ireland.

He appeared in the horror film Let Us Prey that was released in 2015.

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