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Name
  
Colin McCredie

Role
  

Spouse
  
Simone McCredie (m. 2002)

Children
  
Maisie McCredie

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Education
  
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Movies and TV shows
  
Taggart, Shallow Grave, Night Is Day, Small Faces, Doom And Gloom

Similar People
  
Blythe Duff, John Michie, Alex Norton, James MacPherson, Jenny Ryan

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Colin McCredie (born 8 June 1972 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, best known for his role as DC Stuart Fraser in the STV drama Taggart, Nick Morrison in the BBC Scotland Soap Opera River City and in the films Shallow Grave, Night is Day and The Missing Postman.

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Biography

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Colin grew up in Perth and began acting as a child at Perth Theatre before attending the Scottish Youth Theatre.

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He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and graduated in 1993. He joined Taggart aged 23 and appeared in over 75 episodes from 1995 to 2010.

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In December 2009 McCredie was informed that he and his character would not be returning for the next series of Taggart.

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On 15 October 2010, it was announced that McCredie would be joining the BBC Scotland drama River City, playing the role of Nick Morrison.

McCredie is a patron of the Scottish Youth Theatre and a supporter of his hometown football team St Johnstone, where he sponsors a player.

On 10 January 2011 it was announced that McCredie would be joining Sharleen Spiteri and Dawn Steele in the forthcoming Scottish film Between Weathers. He appeared in the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Care by Clara Glynn, and also as the Dad in the CBeebies series Woolly and Tig made by Tattiemoon, the makers of Balamory.

He played Alan McCombes in the Tommy Sheridan play I, Tommy by Ian Pattison at The Gilded Balloon Edinburgh in August and at King's Theatre, Glasgow in November 2012.

Theatre

  • I Tommy - played Alan McCombes (Gilded Balloon Edinburgh and King's Theatre Glasgow0
  • The Ching Room - played Rory (Glasgow Oranmor, Edinburgh Traverse and Manchester Royal Exchange)
  • Lysistrata - played Lysistrata (Glasgow Oranmor)
  • The Corstorphine Road Nativity - played Wise Frankencense (Edinburgh Festival Theatre)
  • Dealer's Choice - played Mugsy (Tron Theatre Company)
  • Candide - played Candide (Suspect Culture Tour)
  • Passing Places - played Brian (Traverse Theatre)
  • Teechers - played Salty - (Byre Theatre)
  • Glengarry Glen Ross - played Lingk (Arches Theatre)
  • Radio

  • Care - BBC Radio 4 March 2011 - played Charlie Fleming
  • Filmography

    Actor
    2022
    Mayflies (TV Series) as
    Scott
    - Episode #1.1 (2022) - Scott
    2021
    The Last Bus as
    Graham Ogilvy
    2020
    Miraculous (Video short) as
    Grant Delgado
    2018
    Still Game (TV Series) as
    Gerry the Butcher
    - Pie (2018) - Gerry the Butcher
    2016
    Outlander (TV Series) as
    Farmer
    - Vengeance Is Mine (2016) - Farmer
    2012
    Woolly and Tig (TV Series) as
    Dad
    - Christmas Magic (2014) - Dad
    - One Step at a Time (2012) - Dad
    - Eating New Foods (2012) - Dad
    2014
    Cops and Monsters (TV Series) as
    Terry
    - The Weapon (2014) - Terry
    2012
    Night Is Day: The Movie as
    Taylor
    2011
    River City (TV Series) as
    Nick Morrison
    1994
    Taggart (TV Series) as
    DC Stuart Fraser / Pat Casey / Sandy
    - The Rapture (2010) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Local Hero (2010) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - I.O.U. (2010) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Fact and Fiction (2009) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - So Long Baby (2009) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - The Knife Trick (2009) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Grass (2009) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Cold Reader (2009) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Lifeline (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Crossing the Line (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Homesick (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - The Caring Game (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Safer (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Point of Light (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - A Study in Murder (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Trust (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Island (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Judgement Day (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Genesis (2008) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Pinnacle (2007) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Tenement (2007) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - The Thirteenth Step (2007) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Users and Losers (2007) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - The Best and the Brightest (2006) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Law (2006) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Dead Man Walking (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Do or Die (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Cause to Kill (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Running Out of Time (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - A Death Foretold (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - A Taste of Money (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Cause and Effect (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Mind Over Matter (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - In Camera (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - The Ties That Bind (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - The Wages of Sin (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Puppet on a String (2005) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Saints and Sinners (2004) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Compensation (2004) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Atonement (2003) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Penthouse and Pavement (2003) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - An Eye for an Eye (2003) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Halfway House (2003) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Bad Blood (2003) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - New Life (2003) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Blood Money (2002) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Fade to Black (2002) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Hard Man (2002) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - The Friday Event Part Two (2002) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - The Friday Event Part One (2002) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Watertight (2002) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Fire, Burn (2002) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Death Trap (2002) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Falling in Love (2001) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Football Crazy (2000) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Wavelength (2000) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Skin Deep (2000) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Ghost Rider (2000) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - For Their Sins (1999) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Fearful Lightning (1999) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - A Fistful of Chips (1999) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Bloodlines (1999) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Long Time Dead (1999) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - A Few Bad Men Part Three (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - A Few Bad Men Part Two (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - A Few Bad Men Part One (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Dead Reckoning Part Three (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Dead Reckoning Part Two (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Dead Reckoning Part One (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Out of Bounds (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Berserker Part Three (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Berserker Part Two (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Berserker Part One (1998) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Babushka Part Three (1997) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Babushka Part Two (1997) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Babushka Part One (1997) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Apocalypse Part Three (1997) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Apocalypse Part Two (1997) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Apocalypse Part One (1997) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Dead Man's Chest Part Three (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Dead Man's Chest Part Two (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Dead Man's Chest Part One (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Angel Eyes Part Three (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Angel Eyes Part Two (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Angel Eyes Part One (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Devil's Advocate Part Three (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Devil's Advocate Part Two (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Devil's Advocate Part One (1996) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Legends Part Three (1995) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Legends Part Two (1995) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Legends Part One (1995) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Black Orchid (1995) - DC Stuart Fraser
    - Prayer for the Dead Part Three (1995) - Pat Casey
    - Prayer for the Dead Part One (1995) - Pat Casey
    - Hellfire Part Two (1994) - Sandy
    - Hellfire Part One (1994) - Sandy
    2009
    Two and a half minutes (Short) as
    Bruce
    2008
    Night Is Day (TV Series) as
    Jewel Thief
    - Family (2008) - Jewel Thief
    2004
    The Perpetual Twilight of Gregor Black (Short) as
    Gregor Black
    2000
    Pandaemonium as
    Messenger
    1998
    Doom and Gloom (Short)
    1997
    Karmic Mothers - Fact or Fiction? (Short)
    1997
    The Missing Postman (TV Movie) as
    Greg
    1995
    Small Faces as
    Doug
    1994
    Doctor Finlay (TV Series) as
    Gerald Hynde
    - Burning Bridges (1994) - Gerald Hynde
    1994
    Takin' Over the Asylum (TV Mini Series) as
    Photographer
    - You Always Hurt the One You Love (1994) - Photographer
    1994
    Shallow Grave as
    Cameron
    1986
    The Holy City (TV Movie) as
    Patrick Lafferty
    Self
    2022
    Moors Murders (TV Series documentary) as
    Ian Brady (2022)
    2022
    Iain Robertson Rambles (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Iain Robertson Rambles - The Speyside Way (2022) - Self
    2011
    Heads Up (Short) as
    Self
    2008
    Taggart: 25 Years of Murder (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2006
    There's Been a Murder: A Celebration of Taggart (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2005
    GMTV (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 23 September 2005 (2005) - Self
    2003
    This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Alex Norton (2003) - Self
    1997
    Win, Lose or Draw! (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #9.20 (1998) - Self
    - Episode #9.19 (1998) - Self
    - Episode #9.18 (1998) - Self
    - Episode #9.17 (1998) - Self
    - Episode #9.16 (1998) - Self
    - Episode #8.9 (1997) - Self
    - Episode #8.10 (1997) - Self
    - Episode #8.8 (1997) - Self
    - Episode #8.7 (1997) - Self
    - Episode #8.6 (1997) - Self

    References

    Colin McCredie Wikipedia