Kevin Guthrie | |
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Born | Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland | 21 March 1988
Alma mater | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2001–2021 |
Criminal charges | Sexual assault[1] |
Criminal penalty | 2 year custodial sentence[2] |
Kevin Guthrie (born 21 March 1988) is a Scottish former actor. His best known roles are Ally in Sunshine on Leith (2013), Ewan Tavendale in Terence Davies's Sunset Song (2015), and Abernathy in the first two Fantastic Beast films - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).[3] He also performed the lead role in Peter Pan at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, in 2011.[4]
On 16 April 2021, Guthrie was convicted of a sexual assault that occurred in 2017 for which he was sentenced to three years in prison and placed on the Sexual Offenders Register indefinitely.[1] He was released in May 2022 after his sentence was reduced to two years on appeal.[2]