Ken Stott

Ken Stott
Stott at the Hobbitcon II convention in Bonn, Germany 2014
Born	Kenneth Campbell Stott (1954-10-19) 19 October 1954 (age 69) Edinburgh, Scotland
Education	George Heriot's School Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present
Known for	Rebus (2000–2007) Takin' Over the Asylum (1994) The Missing (2014) The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014)
Spouse	Nina Gehl ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	1
Awards	BAFTA Scotland (twice) Laurence Olivier (once)

Kenneth Campbell Stott (born 19 October 1954) is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play Broken Glass at Royal National Theatre. He portrayed the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014).

His most notable roles in UK television include the title character DI John Rebus in the crime fiction-mystery series Rebus (2000–2007) and DCI Red Metcalfe in Messiah (2001–2005). He played Edward 'Eddie' McKenna in the Scottish BBC miniseries Takin' Over The Asylum (1994) co-starring with David Tennant, and Ian Garrett in the 2014 BBC TV mini-series The Missing alongside James Nesbitt.