Alastair Mackenzie

Infobox actor


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name = Alastair Mackenzie
birthdate = 1970
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location = Trinafour, Scotland
notable role = Archie MacDonald in "Monarch of the Glen" (2000-2003)
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spouse = Susan Vidler

Alastair Mackenzie is a Scottish actor. He was born in 1970 in Trinafour, near Perth and educated at Glenalmond College in Perthshire.

Mackenzie left home at the age of 18 and moved to London. Though best known as playing the young laird Archie MacDonald in the BBC drama "Monarch of the Glen", he also has some theatre and movie credits to his name.

He lives with his wife, Scottish actress Susan Vidler, in Islington, with whom he has one daughter, Martha, born in February 2000. His brother is director David Mackenzie, with whom he co-founded Sigma Films.

Credits

Television

#"Reichenbach Falls" (2007) .... Jack Harvey
# "Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile" (2004) .... Ferguson
# "Strange" (2002/I) .... Rich
# "Monarch of the Glen" (2000-05) .... Archibald 'Archie' Horatio Hector MacDonald (Series 1-5) (2000-2003)
# "Psychos" (1999) .... Dr. 'Shug' Nevin

Guest-starring TV roles

# "Comic Relief Does Fame Academy" playing "Himself" (episode # 2.5) 5 March 2005
# "Poirot" playing "Ferguson" in episode: "Death on the Nile" (episode # 12.1) 12 April 2004
# "Strange" playing "Rich" (voice) in episode: "Asmoth" (episode # 1.6) 5 July 2003
# "French and Saunders" playing "Archie MacDonald" in episode: "Celebrity Christmas Puddings" 25 December 2002
# "This Is Your Life" playing "Himself" in episode: "Julian Fellowes" 23 May 2002
# "Hamish Macbeth" playing "Gavin Robb" in episode: "In Search of a Rose" (episode # 2.2) 31 March 1996
# "Game On!" playing "Chris" (as Sam MacKenzie) in episode: "Fame" (episode # 1.6) 10 April 1995
# "Lovejoy" playing "Freddy" (as Sam MacKenzie) in episode: "Day of Reckoning" (episode # 6.2) 9 October 1994
# "Soldier Soldier" playing "Tim" (as Sam MacKenzie) in episode: "Further Education" (episode # 4.7) 1994

Movies

# "The Last Great Wilderness" (2002) .... Charlie
# "California Sunshine" (1997) (as Alistair Mackenzie) .... Andy
# "Boca a boca" (1995) .... Oswaldo, el Director Americano; aka Boca a acob (Spain: approximation of original mirrored title); aka Mouth to Mouth
# "Dragonworld" (1994) (as Sam Mackenzie) .... John McGowan

Theatre credits

# "Agamemnon"
# "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
# "Cymbeline"
# "Four Dogs and a Bone"

creenwriting

# "The Last Great Wilderness" (2002)

Producing

# "Hallams Foe Pas" (2007/8)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533258/ Mackenzie at the IMDb]