Ken Stott

Acting · Born 1954-10-19 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Biography

Kenneth "Ken" Campbell Stott is an acclaimed Scottish stage, television and film actor. Best known to international audiences for portraying the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), he has earned widespread recognition in the United Kingdom for his intense, morally ambiguous roles in television crime dramas and West End theatre productions.

Known for

• The Dig (2021)
• The Mercy (2018)
• 100 Streets (2016)
• Café Society (2016)
• Man Up (2015)
• An Inspector Calls (2015)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• One Day (2011)
• Toast (2010)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
• Hancock & Joan (2008)
• Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
• Dounreay: The Atomic Dream (2006)
• The Mighty Celt (2005)
• Casanova (2005)
• The Girl in the Café (2005)
• Uncle Adolf (2005)
• King Arthur (2004)
• Spivs (2004)
• I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
• The Key (2003)
• Promoted to Glory (2003)