Alastair Mackenzie (born 8 February 1970) is a Scottish actor from

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Early life

He was born in

Trinafour Trinafour (; gd, Trian a' Phùir) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, approximately north-west of Pitlochry Pitlochry (; gd, Baile Chloichridh or ) is a town in the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland, lying on the Rive ...

, near

, and educated at

Westbourne House School Westbourne House School is an independent preparatory school 1½ miles east of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It is co-educational and serves around 450 boarding and day-school pupils from ages 3–13. The headmaster is Martin Barker. His ...

and

Glenalmond College Glenalmond College is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about west of the city of Perth. T ...

Perthshire Perthshire (locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, ...

. Mackenzie left home at the age of 18 and moved to

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Career

Best known as having played the young

laird Laird () is the owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate. In the traditional Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranked below a baron and above a gentleman. This rank was held only by those lairds holding official recognition in ...

Archie MacDonald in the BBC drama '' Monarch of the Glen''. Mackenzie appeared in a guest role in ''

French & Saunders ''French and Saunders'' is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comedy duo and namesake Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders that originally broadcast on BBC2 from 1987 to 1993, and later on BBC One until 2017. It is al ...

'' playing Archie MacDonald in the episode "Celebrity Christmas Puddings" on Christmas Day, 25 December 2002. He also has extensive theatre and film credits to his name, as well as directing and producing. He appeared in the third series of the Danish drama ''

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'', playing the love interest of the lead character played by

Sidse Babett Knudsen Sidse Babett Knudsen (; born 22 November 1968) is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy ''Let's Get Lost (1997 film), Let's Get Lost'', for which she receive ...

Personal life

He lives in

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with his partner, Scottish actress Susan Vidler, with whom he has two children: a daughter, Martha, born in December 1999 and a son, Freddie, born in September 2004. His brother is director David Mackenzie, with whom he co-founded

Sigma Films Sigma Films is a film production company based in Glasgow, Scotland. The company was formed in 1996 by Gillian Berrie, David Mackenzie and Alastair Mackenzie – a producer, director and actor respectively. Over the last twenty years the com ...

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre credits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackenzie, Alastair People from Perth and Kinross Scottish male television actors Scottish male stage actors Scottish male film actors Scottish screenwriters 1970 births Living people People educated at Glenalmond College