Dugald Bruce Lockhart is an

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- Scottish stage and screen

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, director and writer.

Background and education

A member of the

Bruce Lockhart family The Bruce Lockhart family is of Scottish origins, and several members have played rugby football for Scotland, but since the early 20th century most have lived and worked in England or Canada, or else overseas, in India, Malaya, Australia, Russia ...

, Lockhart was born in

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in 1968, the son of James Robert Bruce Lockhart (1941–2018), a diplomat, spy, artist, and author, and Felicity A. Smith. His grandfather,

J. M. Bruce Lockhart John Macgregor Bruce Lockhart OBE CMG CB (9 May 1914 – 7 May 1995) was a British schoolmaster, soldier, diplomat, intelligence officer, and university administrator. Life Born at Rugby, Lockhart was one of the four sons of John Bruce Lockhart ...

, was an intelligence officer. His great-grandfather, J. H. Bruce Lockhart, and his great-uncles

Rab Bruce Lockhart Rab Brougham Bruce Lockhart (1 December 1916 – 1 May 1990) was a Scottish soldier and schoolmaster, notable for his sporting career as a Scotland international at rugby union Logie Bruce Lockhart Logie Bruce Lockhart (12 October 1921 – 7 September 2020) was a Scottish schoolmaster, writer, and journalist, in his youth a Scottish international rugby union footballer and for most of his teaching career headmaster of Gresham's School. Ba ...

, were all public school headmasters who played

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for Scotland. Another forebear, Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, was an author and adventurer. His late uncle

Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Baron Bruce-Lockhart Alexander John Bruce-Lockhart, Baron Bruce-Lockhart, (4 May 1942 – 14 August 2008), commonly known as Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, was a British Conservative politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was the leader of Kent County ...

, was a politician. Dugald Bruce Lockhart was educated at

Sedbergh School Sedbergh School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, in North West England. It comprises a junior school for children aged 4 to 13 and the main school for 13 to 18 year olds. It w ...

and the

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, then trained for a career in acting at the

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Career

Lockhart began as a stage actor, working with the

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, the National Theatre and others. Since 1998, he has acted mostly with

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, an all-male theatre company of which he is now an associate director. He is also an associate of the Teatre Akadèmia Theatre Company in

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and has directed ''

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'' and ''

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'' in

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, using new translations by Miquel Desclot. He teaches and directs at drama schools in London, including the

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, and the

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. He played

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in ''The Three Lions'', a comedy written by

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, a role for which he was nominated as best actor by ''

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'' at the

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of 2013. Lockhart returned to the role when the play was later staged at the

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, London, in 2015, and stayed with the production when it moved on to the

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.Catherine Jones
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dated 5 March 2015 in ''

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'' He is the author of a handbook for actors called ''Heavy Pencil'', and of a thriller, ''The Lizard'', published in 2020.

Family

Lockhart is married to the actress Penelope Rawlins. They have a son called Mackenzie, born in May 2015.

Filmography

*''

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'' - Brian Jackson *''Walter's War'' - Captain Coombes *''

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'' - Cornelius Harrington *'' Hotel Babylon'' - Tennyson *''

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'' - Ralph Hammond (A War of Nerves, 2004) *''

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'' - Stewart Ryan *''

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'' - Dougie Baker *''Plunge: The Movie'' - Chas *''

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'' - Greg Tutt (Ring Out Your Dead, 2002) *''Simon: An English Legionnaire'' (2002) - Corporal Muller *''Rockface'' - Gavin (episode #1.2, 2002) *''

Hart's War ''Hart's War'' is a 2002 American war drama film about a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp based on the novel by John Katzenbach. It stars Bruce Willis as Col. William McNamara and Colin Farrell as Lt. Thomas Hart. The film co-stars Terrence ...

'' (2002) - Capt. Lutz *''

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'' - Mark Wilcox (1999–2000) *'' Wycliffe'' - P.C. Greener *'' Bugs'' - Alex

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce Lockhart, Dugald 1968 births Alumni of RADA Alumni of the University of St Andrews Dugald English male television actors Scottish male television actors Living people People educated at Sedbergh School