Hamish Clark
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Hamish Clark is a Scottish
Scottish people
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 actor, best known as Duncan McKay in the BBC
BBC
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 TV series Monarch of the Glen. Born in 1965 in Broughty Ferry
Broughty Ferry
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, Dundee
Dundee
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, he attended Edinburgh University
University of Edinburgh
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 and before he became an actor, worked as a clerk in an Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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 insurance company. Clark moved to London in 1995 where he pursued a career in acting. In 1999, he was cast as Duncan McKay in Monarch of the Glen. He was also the face of the Vodafone
Vodafone
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 adverts.

Clark also opened the Strathspey Railway's extension to Broomhill in May 2002. Broomhill had been used as 'Glenbogle' station in the popular BBC series, 'Monarch of the Glen'.

Filmography

  • The Hour, guest presenter (between 6–10 July 2009)
  • After the Rain (2006) as Yvan
  • Small Fish (2006) (TV series) as Marcus (pilot episode)
  • Blessed
    Blessed (TV series)
    Blessed was a BBC television sitcom written by Ben Elton and starring Ardal O'Hanlon as Gary, a record producer, who is struggling to bring up two small children...

     (2005) (TV series) as The Green Planet Man (episode 3)
  • The Only Boy For Me (2004) as Barney
  • Monarch of the Glen (1999) (TV series) as Duncan McKay (Series 1-7) (1999–2005)
  • Piggy Bank
    Piggy bank
    Piggy bank is the traditional name of a coin accumulation and storage receptacle; it is most often, but not exclusively, used by children. The piggy bank is known to collectors as a "still bank" as opposed to the "mechanical banks" popular in the early 20th century. These items are also often used...

     (1999) as Karl
  • Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence
    Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence
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     aka The Very Thought of You (1998) as Sven (air steward)
  • Sentimental Education
    Sentimental Education
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     (1998) as Rufus
  • Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
    Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
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     (1997) as John (TV Reporter)
  • My Wonderful Life (1997) (TV series) as Roger Graham

Theatre

  • The Agent (2007) by Martin Wagner at The Old Red Lion Theatre
    Old Red Lion Theatre
    The Old Red Lion Theatre is a fringe theatre, situated above a pub at The Angel, in the London Borough of Islington.It was founded in 1948 as the Old Red Lion Theatre Club.-Construction:...

    , London as Alexander
  • Donkeys' Years (2006) by Michael Frayn
    Michael Frayn
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     at the Comedy Theatre, London as Quine
  • Phallacy (2005) by Carl Djerassi
    Carl Djerassi
    Carl Djerassi is an Austrian-American chemist, novelist, and playwright best known for his contribution to the development of the first oral contraceptive pill . Djerassi is emeritus professor of chemistry at Stanford University.He participated in the invention in 1951, together with Mexican Luis E...

     at New End Theatre
    New End Theatre
    The New End Theatre, Hampstead, was a 80-seat fringe theatre venue in London, England, located in the London Borough of Camden which operated from 1974 until 2011. It was listed widely on the internet, including with the New York Times....

    , Hampstead as Otto

Advertisements

  • Speak Up For Broadband Highlands & Islands of Scotland Regional development board (2003), TV advert
  • Vodafone
    Vodafone
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     (UK) (1998–2001), TV adverts & printed media
  • Brand beer (Dutch) (1999), TV advert

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