
Ken Stott
Known for Acting · 62 credits
- Born
- 1954-10-19 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- 肯·斯托特 · Kenneth Campbell Stott
Biography
Kenneth "Ken" Campbell Stott is an acclaimed Scottish stage, television and film actor. Best known to international audiences for portraying the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), he has earned widespread recognition in the United Kingdom for his intense, morally ambiguous roles in television crime dramas and West End theatre productions.
Known For
TV Shows (19)

Silent Witness
1996

Screen Two
1985
as Redfern

War and Peace
2016
as Bazdeev

Fortitude
2015
as Erling Munk

Secret Army
1977
as Baroja

The Vice
1999
as DI Pat Chappel

Rebus
2000
as Inspector John Rebus

Crime
2021
as DCS Robert Toal / DCS Bob Toal

Messiah
2001
as DCI Red Metcalfe

The Singing Detective
1986
as Uncle John

Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Eddie

The Runaway
2011
as Joey
A Mug's Game
1996
as McCaffrey

All Good Things
1991
as Lawrence Wilson

Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
as Fraser Boyle

Rhodes
1996
as Barney Barnato
Flour Power
2019

Scotland The Promised Land
2016
as Narrator (Voice)
Send In The Dogs
2008
Movies (43)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Balin

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Balin

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Balin

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
as Trüffeljäger

One Day
2011
as Stephen Mayhew

King Arthur
2004
as Marius Honorius

Café Society
2016
as Marty Dorfman

Casanova
2005
as Dalfonso

Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Zvi

Plunkett & Macleane
1999
as Thief Taker General Chance

The Dig
2021
as Charles Phillips

Shallow Grave
1994
as Detective Inspector McCall

Man Up
2015
as Bert Patterson

The Mercy
2018
as Stanley Best

An Inspector Calls
2015
as Arthur Birling

The Miracle Maker
2000
as Simon Peter (voice)

Uncle Adolf
2005
as Adolf Hitler

The Boxer
1997
as Ike Weir

Fever Pitch
1997
as Ted, the Headmaster

Toast
2010
as Dad

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
as Turner

The Girl in the Café
2005
as Chancellor

Being Human
1994
as Gasper Dias

100 Streets
2016
as Terence

Spivs
2004
as Jack

For Queen & Country
1988
as Civil Servant

Promoted to Glory
2003
as Mike
Anna Lee: Headcase
1993
as Bernie Schiller

Hancock & Joan
2008
as Tony Hancock

Vicious Circle
1999
as Martin Cahill

Saint-Ex
1996
as Prevot

King Lear
1982
as Curan

The Mighty Celt
2005
as Good Joe

The Debt Collector
1999
as Gary Keltie

Stone, Scissors, Paper
1997
as Redfern

Your Cheatin' Heart
1990

The Beggar's Opera
1983
as Jeremy Twitcher

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
1995
as Woland the Knifeman

The Key
2003

Strike
2019
as The Boss (voice)

Dockers
1999
as Tommy Walton

Bad Company
1993
as Joe Hickey

Dounreay: The Atomic Dream
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
About Ken Stott
Kenneth "Ken" Campbell Stott is an acclaimed Scottish stage, television and film actor. Best known to international audiences for portraying the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), he has earned widespread recognition in the United Kingdom for his intense, morally ambiguous roles in television crime dramas and West End theatre productions. With 62 credits spanning from 1977 to 2021, Ken Stott has appeared in 43 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ken Stott Movies
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — as Balin
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) — as Balin
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — as Balin
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) — as Trüffeljäger
- One Day (2011) — as Stephen Mayhew
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