Hamish Clark

Hamish Clark (born 26 July 1965) is a Scottish actor and entertainer. He has performed widely as a supporting actor in a variety of media including motion picture, stage, television and radio. Clark is well known as the kilt wearing Duncan McKay in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen which was set entirely in Scotland.

Hamish Clark
Born
Hamish Clark

(1965-07-26) 26 July 1965
Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh

Growing up in the Scottish town of Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Clark attended the University of Edinburgh.[1] While at university he studied English Literature and performed with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[2] He later attended the Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff studying drama as a postgraduate. Before becoming a professional actor, he worked as a clerk in an Edinburgh insurance company. Clark moved to London in 1995 where he pursued a full time career in acting in both dramatic and comic roles and in 1999 was cast as Duncan McKay in Monarch of the Glen. Clark is well recognizable as the face of various advertising campaigns such as that for Vodafone and Budget Direct. In May 2002 he opened the Strathspey Railway's extension to Broomhill which had previously been used as Glenbogle Railway Station in Monarch of the Glen.

Filmography

Theatre
  • The Albatross 3rd & Main (2017) by Simon David Eden at The Park Theatre (London), London as Gene[5]
  • The Agent (2007) by Martin Wagner at The Old Red Lion Theatre, London as Alexander
  • Donkeys' Years (2006) by Michael Frayn at the Comedy Theatre, London as Quine
  • Phallacy (2005) by Carl Djerassi at New End Theatre, Hampstead as Otto

Other Media
  • Dixon of Dock Green (Dramatised radio series - BBC Radio 2008) as Andy Crawford
  • The Last Vampire by Willis Hall (Talking Book - BBC Radio Big Toe Books series 2009)
  • The Royal Game (Talking book - BBC Radio 2011)

Advertisements
  • Budget Direct - Insurance Solved (Australia) as Detective Sarge in a TV advertising and print media campaign [6]
  • Historic Scotland (2010) TV advertising
  • Speak Up For Broadband Highlands & Islands of Scotland Regional development board (2003), TV advertising
  • Vodafone (UK) (1998–2001), TV advertising & printed media advertising campaign
  • Brand brewery a subsidiary of Heineken (Dutch) (TV advertising, 1999)
gollark: SolarFlame: analog bad.
gollark: You could work out a worst-case scenario by calculating how much energy is needed to raise all the blood in a human to 100 degrees, then dividing that by the microwave's power output.
gollark: Also, you should run video over TOSLINK instead.
gollark: Technically, it's packet-based or something, so you could run data over it.
gollark: I think we should replace USB with DisplayPort.

References
  1. Monarch of the Glen : Live Chat, Hamish Clark (webpage) retrieved on 24 May 2020 from https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/monarch/chat/index.shtml?chat=hamish_series4
  2. Monarch of the Glen : Live Chat, Hamish Clark (webpage) retrieved on 24 May 2020 from https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/monarch/chat/index.shtml?chat=hamish_series4
  3. "Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks (TV Movie) 2011". imdb.com. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. "Syfy's Saturday movies: Sharktopus is just the beginning". Sci Fi Wire.
  5. "The Albatross 3rd & Main". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. Campaign Brief [webpage] retrieved on January 16 2019 from http://www.campaignbrief.com/2018/09/budget-direct-introduces-viewe.html


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