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Kevin Guthrie (born 21 March 1988) was a Scottish actor. His best known roles are Ally in ''
Sunshine on Leith'' (2013), Ewan Tavendale in
Terence Davies
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's ''
Sunset Song'' (2015), and Abernathy in the first 2
Fantastic Beast films -
''Fantastic Beast and where to find them'' (2016), and
''Fantastic Beast: The Crimes of Grindelwald'' (2018). He also performed the lead role in ''
Peter Pan
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'' at the
King's Theatre, Glasgow
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, in 2011.
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.
He was freed in May 2022 after his sentence was reduced to two years on appeal.
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Career
Guthrie attended the
PACE Youth Theatre
PACE Theatre Company is a registered charity and non-profit making theatre company based in Paisley, Scotland. Formed in 1988 by David Wallace, PACE has four main components: a professional theatre production and theatre-in-education (TIE) comp ...
in
Paisley and appeared in small roles in television and film.
He studied at the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( gd, Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( gd, Acadamaidh Rìoghail Ciùil is Dràma na h-Alba) is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and ...
(then the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama). He left after receiving the title role in the
National Theatre of Scotland
The National Theatre of Scotland, established in 2006, is the national theatre company of Scotland. The company has no theatre building of its own; instead it tours work to theatres, village halls, schools and site-specific locations, both at h ...
's production of ''Peter Pan'' in 2010,
graduating later in 2011 with a BA in Acting.
Alongside theatre work, including a role in 2013's ''
Macbeth
''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
'' starring
James McAvoy
James McAvoy (; born 21 April 1979) is a Scottish actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in '' The Near Room'' (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his feature film career began. His notable television work includes ...
at
Trafalgar Studios
Trafalgar Theatre is a new West End theatre in Whitehall, near Trafalgar Square, in the City of Westminster, London. It is set to open in spring 2021 following a major multi-million Pound sterling, pound restoration project aiming to reinstate ...
, Guthrie had a starring role in 2013's musical drama ''
Sunshine on Leith''. He appeared in the pilots of the British sitcoms ''
Two Doors Down'' (2013) and ''Miller's Mountain'' (2014), but both roles were recast when these series were commissioned for a full series. In 2015 he acted in
Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish actor. His film work includes '' Trainspotting'' (1996), ''The Full Monty'' (1997), ''The World Is Not Enough'' (1999), ''Angela's Ashes'' (1999), '' The Beach'' (2000), ''28 Weeks Later'' (20 ...
's directorial debut ''
The Legend of Barney Thomson
''The Legend of Barney Thomson'', known in the United States as ''Barney Thomson'', is a 2015 British comedy thriller film based on the 1999 novel ''The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson'' by Douglas Lindsay. It is the directorial debut of Robert ...
'' and in the role of Ewan Tavendale in Terence Davies's adaptation of the novel ''Sunset Song'', opposite
Agyness Deyn
Agyness Deyn (; born Laura Michelle Hollins; 16 February 1983) is an English model and actress. She is best known for her successful modelling career in the 2000s, and has been called one of the decade's top models. Since her retirement from mod ...
.
In 2016 Guthrie appeared in
Gillies MacKinnon
Gillies MacKinnon (born 8 January 1948, Glasgow) is a Scottish film director, writer and painter. He attended the Glasgow School of Art where he studied mural painting. Following this he became an art teacher and cartoonist, and about this tim ...
's remake of the 1949 Ealing Studios classic ''
Whisky Galore!''.
The film was widely released in the UK in May 2017. Later in the year, he appeared in
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American filmmaker. Known for his lucrative Cinema of the United States, Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. ...
's war epic ''
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.[Fergus Suter
Fergus Suter (21 November 1857 – 31 July 1916) was a Scottish stonemason and footballer in the early days of the game. Arguably the first recognised professional footballer, Suter was a native of Glasgow and played for Partick before moving to ...]
in the
Netflix
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historical sports drama TV miniseries ''
The English Game
''The English Game'' is a British historical sports drama television miniseries developed by Julian Fellowes for Netflix about the origins of modern association football in England. The six-part series was released on 20 March 2020.
Premise
In ...
''.
Following his conviction for sexual assault in April 2021, Guthrie was dropped by
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.
It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...
from his role on ''Inside Central Station'', of which he narrated the first two seasons. Shows featuring Guthrie were also removed from the
BBC iPlayer
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.
Sexual assault conviction
In September 2020, Guthrie was charged with sexual assault.
A trial before jury was set for January 2021 but was administratively adjourned due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, and Guthrie remained on bail in the interim.
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Connor Gordon, ''Glasgow Times
The ''Glasgow Times'' is an evening tabloid newspaper published Monday to Saturday in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Called ''The Evening Times'' from 1876, it was rebranded as the ''Glasgow Times'' on 4 December 2019.Glasgow Sheriff Court
Glasgow Sheriff Court is a sheriff court in the Gorbals ( Laurieston) area of Glasgow, within the sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. It is reputedly the busiest court in Europe.
History
The new court was commissioned to replace the Old Sh ...
of carrying out a sexual assault on a woman that took place at the residence of fellow actor Scott Reid in Kelvindale
Kelvindale ( gd, Dail Chealbhainn) is a district in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Kelvindale shares the G12 postcode with the neighbouring residential districts of Kelvinside, Hillhead, Hyndland, Dowanhill, as well as Gartnave ...
, Glasgow between 30 September and 1 October 2017.HM Prison Dumfries
HM Prison Dumfries services the courts of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The establishment serves as a local community prison that holds adult and under 21 males who are remanded in custody for trial and those convicted but remanded for report ...
in May 2022, having had term reduced to two years following a successful appeal to cut his prison time. He failed, however, in attempting to have his conviction quashed.
Personal life
The son of a nurse and an electrician, Guthrie grew up in Neilston
Neilston ( sco, Neilstoun, gd, Baile Nèill, ) is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, southwest of Barrhead, south of Paisley, and south-southwest of Renfrew, at t ...
and has two older sisters.Barrhead
Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.
History
Barrhead was formed when ...
, and later Langside College
Langside College was a further and higher education college located in the Mount Florida / Battlefield region of Glasgow.
It was established in 1947 and enrols over 5,000 students every year of whom many are from countries outwith the European ...
in Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
. He has lived in North London
North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire.
The term ''nort ...
and in Yorkhill
Yorkhill ( gd, Cnoc Eabhraig) is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated north of the River Clyde in the West End of the city. It is known for its famous hospitals and remains the location of the West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Ho ...
, Glasgow.Kevin Guthrie on playing football with James McAvoy and starring in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk epic
Brian Beacom, '' The Herald'' (31 May 2017)
Select filmography
Film
Television
† These roles were later played by Jamie Quinn and Kevin Mains respectively, when the shows were picked up for full series.
Discography
Soundtrack appearances
References
External links
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Living people
1988 births
Scottish male film actors
Scottish male television actors
Scottish male stage actors
Male actors from Glasgow
People from Neilston
Scottish male child actors
British people convicted of sexual assault
Prisoners and detainees of Scotland