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  • Messiah - Series 1 & 2
  • Messiah - Series 1 & 2 review by jeaniebeanie from Isle of Man
    Rated - 5.0 stars Rebus 28 December 2007
    ... sceptical as to wether the stories could be trasposed to TV but what can I say Ken Stott fantastic as the stories could have been written for him.Darker than Taggart,be...   Read customer review
  • Shallow Grave
  • Shallow Grave review by from Watford, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A classic 6 April 2006
    ...opher Ecclestone(Doctor Who), Ewan McGregor(Trainspotting),Kelly Fox(Intimacy), Ken Stott(The Vice) and Keith Allen make this film watchable on their own but put them to...   Read customer review
  • Dockers
  • Dockers review by backhandchop from Winchester, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Powerful and moving scouse drama 22 November 2006
    ...and it is a superb piece of drama from the creator of Cracker and The Lakes. Ken Stott is fantastic as the Docker who loses his job and nearly his entire family in Li...   Read customer review

Ken Stott - filmography


  • The Runaway (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Keith Allen,  Burn Gorman,  Alan Cumming
    Director: David Richards
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are brought up together in the East End. As the daughter of a prostitute, Madge, Cathy's life is difficult, especially when everyone assumes that she will be following in her mother's footsteps. But when Cathy is forced to protect Madge from a violent attack by a ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 741 members
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  • The Runaway - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Keith Allen,  Burn Gorman,  Alan Cumming
    Director: David Richards
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Compelling six-part drama THE RUNAWAY is based on the gritty crime novel by best-selling author Martina Cole. Set in both London's Soho and in New York City, the serial spans the 1960s and 1970s, following the interweaving stories of Cathy Connor (Joanna Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (Jack O'..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 410 members
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  • Rebus - 5 (2 discs) on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Claire Price,  Jennifer Black
    Director: Roger Gartland,  Morag Fullarton,  Martyn Friend
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rebus is a British Crime series based on the novels of Ian Rankin, the UK's number 1 bestselling crime author. Detective Inspector John Rebus of Edinburgh CID is played by Ken Stott. Rebus takes to the streets in search of the criminals committing murders.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 21 members
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  • Rebus 2 (2 discs) (2006)
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Claire Price,  Jennifer Black
    Director: Alasdair Walker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The next two episodes featuring the Scottish detective from Ian Rankin's novels. Includes 'The Black Book' and 'A Question of Blood'.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 618 members
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  • Rebus (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Claire Price,  Jennifer Black
    Director: Matthew Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A classic episode of the ITV crime drama from 2006, adapted from Ian Rankin's best selling thrillers and starring Ken Stott as Rebus.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,268 member
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  • The Mighty Celt on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Gillian Anderson,  Robert Carlyle,  Sean McGinley
    Director: Pearse Elliott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal ownership of Donal's favourite greyhound, The Mighty Celt, if the animal wins three races in a row. Meanwhile, Donal's mother, Kate, must adjust her life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,186 members
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  • The Girl In The Cafe on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Bill Nighy,  Kelly MacDonald,  Ken Stott
    Director: David Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When civil servant Lawrence meets a mysterious young lady in a cafe, his life is instantly transformed as he embarks upon a whirlwind romance. Taking her to a meeting of the G8 Summit, their love continues to blossom in the icy conditions of Reykjavik...
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,977 members
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  • Spivs on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Nick Moran,  Kate Ashfield
    Director: Colin Teague
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jack, Steve and Goat are three East-End lads who do anything they can to make a quick buck. When they get involved with Villa, they achieve the financial rewards they've always dreamed of, but it comes at a price; for the lorry in which they smuggled their goods also contains a group of illegal ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 433 members
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  • The Vice - The Complete Series 1 (2 discs) (2003)
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Marc Warren,  Anna Chancellor
    Director: Douglas Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Ken Stott (FEVER PITCH) is Inspector Chappel in this gritty television drama. He and his colleagues in the Metropolitan Police's vice unit investigate the seedy London underworld of crime, prostitution and pornography. This three disc set contains all six episodes from the first series which make ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 799 members
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  • Messiah - Series 1 & 2 (2 discs) on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Neil Dudgeon,  Jamie Draven
    Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    As London wilts during a heat wave, a series of rich men are murdered and mutilated and the silver spoons being placed in the victims mouths are the only clues to be found. Detective Superintendent Red Metcalfe (Ken Stott) is the man called upon to try and find a pattern in the killings and to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 3,511 members
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  • Plunkett And Macleane on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Robert Carlyle,  Jonny Lee Miller,  Liv Tyler
    Director: Jake Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Will Plunkett (Carlyle) is a common thief who teams up with aristocrat James Macleane to rob from the rich, using their combined social connections and criminal knowhow to become "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when Macleane falls in love with the daughter of one of their wealthy victims, things ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,909 members
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  • Dockers on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ricky Tomlinson,  Ken Stott,  Crissy Rock
    Director: Bill Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bill Anderson's DOCKERS was largely written by actual dock workers, who were assisted by screenwriters Jimmy McGovern and Irvine Welsh. This edgy Channel 4 drama, which follows the disputes of sacked Liverpool dockers, stars Ricky Tomlinson of THE ROYLE FAMILY.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 265 members
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  • The Debt Collector on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Billy Connolly,  Ken Stott,  Francesca Annis
    Director: Anthony Neilson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    THE DEBT COLLECTOR stars Billy Connolly as ex-con Nickie Dryden, a man who's done his time--18 years in one of the toughest prisons in Britain. Now Dryden's married and has made a new life for himself as an acclaimed artist. However, Gary Keltie (Kenny Stott), the policeman responsible for his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,051 member
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  • The Boxer on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Emily Watson,  Brian Cox
    Director: Jim Sheridan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) directed this drama about a Belfast boxer, filmed with Dublin locations substituting for Belfast. Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, 32-year-old Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns to his old neighborhood and sees former-flame ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,869 member
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  • Fever Pitch - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Ruth Gemmell,  Mark Strong
    Director: David Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Paul (Firth), a middle-aged British teacher who nurses an obsession for the North London football team Arsenal, meets Sarah, a seemingly uptight young woman who is a single-minded professional, he is forced to drastically re-evaluate his life. Sarah loathes the sport, while Paul's entire life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 21 members
    Due for release on 28th May 2012
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  • Fever Pitch on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Ruth Gemmell,  Mark Strong
    Director: David Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Paul (Firth), a middle-aged British teacher who nurses an obsession for the North London football team Arsenal, meets Sarah, a seemingly uptight young woman who is a single-minded professional, he is forced to drastically re-evaluate his life. Sarah loathes the sport, while Paul's entire life ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,189 members
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  • Rhodes (2 discs) on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Martin Shaw,  Neil Pearson,  Frances Barber
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The extraordinary story of Cecil Rhodes (Martin Shaw), the 19th-century British businessman who changed the shape of Africa and became the wealthiest man in the Western world. This lavish drama recreates the violent and destructive diamond rush in which thousands of men lost their lives, and the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 146 members
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  • Shallow Grave - Blu-ray (1994)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Ewan McGregor,  Kerry Fox
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,349 members
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  • Shallow Grave on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Colin McCredie,  Ewan McGregor
    Director: Danny Boyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The feature film debut of Scottish director Danny Boyle was a dark, hip, Generation X comedy about a trio of Edinburgh roommates whose narcissistic greed fuels murder and betrayal. Boisterous journalist Alex (Ewan McGregor), flirtatious doctor Juliet (Kerry Fox), and meek accountant David (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 18,734 members
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  • Takin' Over The Asylum (2 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Katy Murphy,  Angus Macfadyen
    Director: David Blair
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Six part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. The station is developed by alcoholic double glazing salesperson Eddie McKenna (Ken Stott), who is an aspiring DJ. At St. Jude's Hospital, he meets a range of people with varying mental illnesses.
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 910 members
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  • Uncle Adolf on DVD
    Starring: Ken Stott,  Christine Tremarco,  Elaine Cassidy
    Director: Nicholas Renton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The controversial TV drama that paints Hitler as somewhat of an obsessive towards his young niece Geli, and suggests his behaviour may have been a symptom or precursor to his drive to create a master race. Portrayed by Ken Stott, this often jovial drama is a tale of determined secret attraction ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 207 members
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Ken Stott facts

5 most recent films

The Runaway - 4.0 stars
The Runaway - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Chronicles Of Narnia - Prince Caspian - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Rebus - 5 - 3.5 stars
Charlie Wilson's War - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Takin' Over The Asylum - 4.0 stars
Messiah - Series 3 And 4 - 4.0 stars
Messiah - Series 1 & 2 - 4.0 stars
The Runaway - 4.0 stars
Rebus 3 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Fever Pitch - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Rebus - 4 - 3.0 stars
Rebus - 5 - 3.5 stars
Rebus - Vol.4 - 3.5 stars
Rebus - Series 3 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Frances Grey - 14 times - show films
Claire Price - 11 times - show films
Jennifer Black - 9 times - show films
Kieran O'Brien - 8 times - show films
Michelle Forbes - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 12 times - show films
Matthew Evans - 7 times - show films
Roger Gartland - 7 times - show films
David Richards - 6 times - show films
David Drury - 6 times - show films