Scott Kyle | |
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Born | 1983 Rutherglen, Scotland |
Occupation | Actor / Theatre director |
Scott Kyle is a Scottish actor best known for his roles of Ross in Outlander, Clancy in The Angels' Share and for the film Kilo Two Bravo in which he played real life soldier Corporal Stu Pearson in a story about a small unit of British soldiers positioned near the Kajaki dam, in Afghanistan.
Kyle's theatrical work includes the Des Dillon play Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim about Old Firm football fans (he portrayed the supporter of Rangers, the team he followed in childhood). The show (which was also produced by Kyle's company NLP) toured throughout Scotland and Ireland and featured at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Kyle received the 2010 Stage Awards Best Actor Award for his role.
He is currently the artistic director of the Regal Community Theatre, Bathgate in Scotland (housed in a refurbished Category B listed former cinema). In 2016, Kyle set up an animation department within his theatre with Fraser Murdoch and their first production is titled Bab: The Man Who Took Too Much.
He attended Stonelaw High School.
Bab: The Man Who Took Too Much is the first episode of an animated series about scrapyard owner Bab Cunningham who is trying to get away with swindling the government, produced by Regal Animation. In November 2016, the casting of Scott Kyle and Gregor Firth was announced. The pair played alongside each other in Outlander, where Scott played Ross and Gregor played the role of Kincaid, two of the men of Lallybroch, both of whom met director and executive producer Fraser Murdoch whilst working on Outlander.