Alastair Mackenzie

• Name — Alastair Mackenzie • Born — 8 February 1970 • Birthplace — Trinafour, Scotland • Relatives — David Mackenzie (brother) • Spouse — Susan Vidler • Children — 2

Alastair Mackenzie was born in Trinafour, near Perth, and educated at Westbourne House School and Glenalmond College in Perthshire. He left home at the age of 18 and moved to London.

Mackenzie played the young laird Archie MacDonald in the BBC drama Monarch of the Glen, and he guest starred as Richard Loughty in series three of the BBC crime drama Granite Harbour.

He lives in Islington 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.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1994 — Lovejoy — Freddy — Episode: "Day of Reckoning" • Soldier Soldier — Tim — Episode: "Further Education" • 1995 — Game On — Chris — Episode: "Fame" • 1996 — Hamish Macbeth — Gavin Robb — Episode: "In Search of a Rose" • Chef! — Businessman — Episode: "Lessons in Talking" • 1997 — Snap — Jed — Episode: "Finger of Fame" • 1999 — Psychos — Dr. 'Shug' Nevin — Series regular; 6 episodes • 2000–2003 — Monarch of the Glen — Archie MacDonald — Series regular; 43 episodes • 2002 — French and Saunders — Archie MacDonald — Episode: "Celebrity Christmas Puddings" • 2002, 2003 — Strange — Rich — 2 episodes • 2004 — Agatha Christie's Poirot — Ferguson — Episode: "Death on the Nile" • 2005 — The Brief — Michael Galbraith — Episode: "The Architect's Wife" • 2006 — Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire — Athaulf — Mini-series; episode: "The Fall of Rome" • The Shell Seekers — Richard Lomax — Mini-series; 2 episodes • 2007 — Reichenbach Falls — Jack Harvey — Television film • 2008 — M.I. High — Bruce Boardman — Episode: "Greenfinger" • 2009 — Murdoch Mysteries — Inspector Edward Scanlon — Episode: "Snakes and Ladders" • The Mentalist — Dr. Royston Daniel — Episode: "Russet Potatoes" • 2010 — Lewis — Sebastian Anderson — Episode: "Your Sudden Death Question" • 2011 — Moving On — Mick — Episode: "Donor" • Black Mirror — Martin — Episode: "The National Anthem" • 2012 — Skins — Gregory McGuinness — Episode: "Mini" • Lip Service — Thomas Delaware — Episode: "Series 2; episode 5" • 2013 — The Sweeter Side of Life — Benny Christophe — Television film • Borgen — Jeremy Welsh — Series 3 regular; 8 episodes • Agatha Christie's Marple — Colonel Hillingdon — Episode: "A Caribbean Mystery" • Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker — Ambassador Hillman — Television film • 2013–2014 — Dracula — Lord Rothcroft — Series regular; 6 episodes • 2015 — Wolf Hall — William Brereton — Series regular; 6 episodes • A.D. The Bible Continues — James the Just — Recurring role; 3 episodes • 2016 — Midsomer Murders — Felix Lancaster — Episode: "Habeas Corpus" • 2016–2017 — Cold Feet — Jamie Moore/Poynter — Recurring role; 4 episodes • 2017 — The Loch — Craig Petrie — Series regular; 6 episodes • 2018–2021 — Unforgotten — Ex-DCI John Bentley — Series regular; 9 episodes • 2019 — Death in Paradise — Ewan Boyd — Episode: "Beyond the Shining Sea" • Deep Water — Guy Riverty — Mini-series regular; 6 episodes • 2022 — Professor T. — Simon Lanesborough — Series 2 regular; 4 episodes • The Crown — Richard Aylard — Series 5 recurring role; 3 episodes • 2022–2025 — Andor — Perrin Fertha — Recurring role; 11 episodes • 2023 — Vigil — Wing Cmdr. Anthony Chapman — Episode: "Series 2; episode 1" • 2025 — The Bombing of Pan Am 103 — Alastair Campbell QC — Mini-series; 1 episode • Prisoner 951 — Tobias Ellwood — Mini-series; 4 episodes • 2026 — The Marlow Murder Club — Ferdy Blake — Episode: "An Appetite for Murder: Parts 1 & 2" • Granite Harbour — Richard Loughty — Series 3; 3 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Venue — Notes • 2005 — The Gigli Concert — J.P.W. King — Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh • 2009 — The Priory — Ben — Royal Court Theatre, London • 2014 — Tiger Country — John — Hampstead Theatre, London

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2010 — BioShock 2 — Additional voices • 2026 — 007 First Light — Q (voice) — Also motion capture • The Incident at Galley House — Oswald Galley (voice)