Ken Stott

Known for: Acting

Born: 1954-10-19 (age 71)

From: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography (62)

TV★ 6.4
Crime
2021
as DCS Robert Toal
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Dig
2021
as Charles Phillips
TV
Flour Power
2019
MOVIE★ 5.9
Strike
2019
as The Boss (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Mercy
2018
as Stanley Best
MOVIE★ 6.0
100 Streets
2016
as Terence
MOVIE★ 6.4
Café Society
2016
as Marty Dorfman
TV
Scotland The Promised Land
2016
as Narrator (Voice)
TV★ 7.6
War and Peace
2016
as Bazdeev
MOVIE★ 7.4
An Inspector Calls
2015
as Arthur Birling
MOVIE★ 6.6
Man Up
2015
as Bert Patterson
TV★ 6.8
Fortitude
2015
as Erling Munk
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Balin
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Balin
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Balin
TV★ 6.1
The Runaway
2011
as Joey
MOVIE★ 7.4
One Day
2011
as Stephen Mayhew
MOVIE★ 6.6
Toast
2010
as Dad
TV
Send In The Dogs
2008
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
2008
as Trüffeljäger
MOVIE★ 4.1
Hancock & Joan
2008
as Tony Hancock
MOVIE★ 6.5
Charlie Wilson's War
2007
as Zvi
MOVIE
Dounreay: The Atomic Dream
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Casanova
2005
as Dalfonso
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Girl in the Café
2005
as Chancellor
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Mighty Celt
2005
as Good Joe
MOVIE★ 6.6
Uncle Adolf
2005
as Adolf Hitler
MOVIE★ 6.3
King Arthur
2004
as Marius Honorius
MOVIE★ 5.7
Spivs
2004
as Jack
MOVIE★ 7.0
Promoted to Glory
2003
as Mike
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Key
2003
MOVIE★ 5.5
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003
as Turner
TV★ 7.4
Messiah
2001
as DCI Red Metcalfe
TV★ 6.9
Rebus
2000
as Inspector John Rebus
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Simon Peter (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dockers
1999
as Tommy Walton
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Debt Collector
1999
as Gary Keltie
MOVIE★ 8.5
Vicious Circle
1999
as Martin Cahill
MOVIE★ 6.2
Plunkett & Macleane
1999
as Thief Taker General Chance
TV★ 5.6
The Vice
1999
as DI Pat Chappel
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Boxer
1997
as Ike Weir
MOVIE★ 10.0
Stone, Scissors, Paper
1997
as Redfern
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fever Pitch
1997
as Ted, the Headmaster
MOVIE★ 4.3
Saint-Ex
1996
as Prevot
TV★ 9.0
Rhodes
1996
as Barney Barnato
TV★ 7.6
Silent Witness
1996
TV
A Mug's Game
1996
as McCaffrey
MOVIE★ 7.0
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
1995
as Woland the Knifeman
MOVIE★ 7.0
Shallow Grave
1994
as Detective Inspector McCall
TV★ 8.4
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Eddie
MOVIE★ 5.2
Being Human
1994
as Gasper Dias
MOVIE
Bad Company
1993
as Joe Hickey
MOVIE★ 6.0
Anna Lee: Headcase
1993
as Bernie Schiller
TV
All Good Things
1991
as Lawrence Wilson
MOVIE★ 8.0
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
TV★ 6.0
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
as Fraser Boyle
MOVIE★ 5.4
For Queen & Country
1988
as Civil Servant
TV★ 7.5
The Singing Detective
1986
as Uncle John
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Redfern
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Beggar's Opera
1983
as Jeremy Twitcher
MOVIE★ 6.5
King Lear
1982
as Curan
TV★ 7.7
Secret Army
1977
as Baroja