Hamish Clark

Hamish Clark (born 26 July 1965) is a Scottish actor and entertainer. He has performed widely as a supporting actor in a variety of media including motion picture, stage, television and radio. Clark is well known as the kilt-wearing Duncan McKay in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen which was set entirely in Scotland.

Hamish Clark
Born
Hamish Clark

(1965-07-26) 26 July 1965
Broughty Ferry, Dundee
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActor

Growing up in the Scottish town of Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Clark attended the University of Edinburgh.[1] While at university he studied English literature and performed with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[2] He later attended the Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff studying drama as a postgraduate. Before becoming a professional actor, he worked as a clerk in an Edinburgh insurance company. Clark moved to London in 1995 where he pursued a full time career in acting in both dramatic and comic roles and in 1999 was cast as Duncan McKay in Monarch of the Glen. Clark is well recognizable as the face of various advertising campaigns such as that for Vodafone and Budget Direct. In May 2002 he opened the Strathspey Railway's extension to Broomhill which had previously been used as Glenbogle Railway Station in Monarch of the Glen.

Filmography

Theatre

Other media
  • Dixon of Dock Green (Dramatised radio series – BBC Radio 2008) as Andy Crawford
  • The Last Vampire by Willis Hall (Talking Book – BBC Radio Big Toe Books series 2009)
  • The Royal Game (Talking book – BBC Radio 2011)

Advertisements
  • Budget Direct – Insurance Solved (Australia) as Detective Sarge in a TV advertising and print media campaign[6]
  • Historic Scotland (2010) TV advertising
  • Speak Up For Broadband Highlands & Islands of Scotland Regional development board (2003), TV advertising
  • Vodafone (UK) (1998–2001), TV advertising & printed media advertising campaign
  • Brand brewery a subsidiary of Heineken (Dutch) (TV advertising, 1999)

Personal life

Clark was brought up in the Broughty Ferry area of Dundee. His great-great-grandfather was a shipwright and his wife was a jute-mill worker. His ancestors worked on an orchard near Perth.[7]

References
  1. Monarch of the Glen : Live Chat, Hamish Clark (webpage) retrieved on 24 May 2020 from https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/monarch/chat/index.shtml?chat=hamish_series4
  2. Monarch of the Glen : Live Chat, Hamish Clark (webpage) retrieved on 24 May 2020 from https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/monarch/chat/index.shtml?chat=hamish_series4
  3. "Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks (TV Movie) 2011". IMDb. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. "Syfy's Saturday movies: Sharktopus is just the beginning". Sci Fi Wire.
  5. "The Albatross 3rd & Main". The Guardian. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. Campaign Brief [webpage] retrieved on 16 January 2019 from http://www.campaignbrief.com/2018/09/budget-direct-introduces-viewe.html
  7. "Stars dig up surprises with their ancestors" – The Scotsman, 17 August 2005
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