Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1958)
Alastair Duncan (born February 7, 1958) is a Scottish actor and real estate broker. He is best known for his voice-work in animation, films and video games.
Alastair Duncan | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 7, 1958 Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Other names | Neil Duncan |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, real estate broker |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
Duncan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father is named Archibald Alexander Macbeth Duncan. Following his family's naming tradition, his name would have been Alastair David Macbeth Duncan, but his father decided to simply give him the legal name Alastair Duncan.[1]
Career
Duncan's breakout role (then credited as "Neil Duncan") was as Peter Livingstone, side-kick to Mark McManus' Taggart in Scottish television's eponymous detective series.[1]
Leaving the show after the first two series, Duncan then appeared in the 1988 television adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
Duncan's next key role was in the 1992 science fiction film Split Second. He continued with guest roles on television series, such as Babylon 5, All-American Girl, and The Marshal. He also appeared in television films, such as Trick of the Eye and Tower of Terror.[2]
Since the early 2000s, he has been doing voiceover work, including films like Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts and video games like Warlords Battlecry, Legacy of Kain: Defiance, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Final Fantasy XIV, Mass Effect, Infinity Blade II, Infinity Blade III, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, as well as animated television series: Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman and Adrian Toomes in Marvel's Spider-Man.
His most notable television guest appearances include episodes of Tracey Takes On..., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Angel and Leverage.
Duncan was one of 400 actors considered for the lead role in the international hit series Highlander: The Series but lost out to Adrian Paul. He later guest-starred in the fifth season's episode "Dramatic License" as immortal Terence Coventry.
In 2011, Duncan appeared in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Duncan has also provided his voice for How to Train Your Dragon 2 and acted in the HBO series Westworld.[2] He has also voiced and performed motion capture for the Norse god Mimir in 2018's God of War and its sequel God of War Ragnarök.[3][4]
Personal life
In 1994, after beginning to find regular work as an actor, Duncan relocated from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles, California. According to one interview, he happened to move two weeks before the Northridge earthquake.[1]
Duncan was married to actress Anna Gunn, but the couple divorced in 2009.[5][6] They share two daughters.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Split Second | Det. Dick Durkin | Credited as Neil Duncan |
| 1992 | Absent Without Leave | Awkward Squad | |
| 1994 | Sleeping with Strangers | Daniel | |
| 2005 | The Batman vs. Dracula | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2011 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Greger | |
| 2015 | Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, direct-to-video |
| Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem | |||
| Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants | |||
| 2021 | Batman: The Long Halloween |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–94 | Taggart | DS Peter Livingstone | 16 episodes |
| 1989 | Saracen | Simon Bleasdale | Episode: "Tooth and Claw" |
| About Face | Jamie | Episode: "Mrs. Worthington's Daughter" | |
| 1991 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Captain Black | Episode: "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor" |
| Screen Two | Jonathon Parker | Episode: "The Laughter of God" | |
| 1992 | Medics | Greg Maxwell | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co | Paul Dailey | Episode: "Past Imperfect" |
| Trick of the Eye | Simon | Television film | |
| Blossom | Graham | 2 episodes | |
| All-American Girl | Calvin Whitaker | Episode: "Educating Margaret" | |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Rainey | Episode: "Natural Law" |
| The Home Court | Paul | Episode: "Time Flies" | |
| 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Sgt. Colin Baxter | Episode: "Southern Double-Cross" |
| Dead Man's Walk | Capt. Billy Falconer | Television film | |
| Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Sordis | Episode: "Mercenary" | |
| Highlander: The Series | Terence Coventry | Episode: "Dramatic License" | |
| 1996–99 | Tracey Takes On... | Euan McCloud, Capt. Philip "Pip" St. Aubyn | 14 episodes |
| 1997 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Perion | Episode: "Been There, Done That" |
| Babylon 5 | Latimere | Episode: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars" | |
| Tower of Terror (1997 film) | Gilbert London | Television film | |
| 1998 | Buddy Faro | Eric / Jeffrey Mendelbaum | Episode: "Now You See Him, Now He's Dead" |
| 1999 | Seven Days | Russian Captain | Episode: "Last Breath" |
| Norm | Paul | Episode: "While You Weren't Sleeping" | |
| Thanks | Edward Randolph | Episode: "Tobacco" | |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch | Pierre Curie | Episode: "Aging, Not So Gracefully" | |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Eliot Grayson | Episode: "Too Many Cooks" |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Collins | 2 episodes | |
| The Three Stooges | Theatre Manager | Television film | |
| Angel | Collins | Episode: "Sanctuary" | |
| 2001 | Providence | Graham Hollings | 4 episodes |
| Charmed | Alaster | Episode: "Brain Drain" | |
| 2002 | Maybe It's Me | James | Episode: "The Fever Episode" |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Haley's Father | Episode: "Beach House" |
| Miss Match | Ian | Episode: "Bad Judgement" | |
| 2004 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Odin | Voice, episode: "A Kick in the Asgard" |
| 2004–08 | The Batman | Alfred Pennyworth | Voice, 50 episodes |
| 2007 | Mad Men | George Pelham | Episode: "Marriage of Figaro" |
| 2010 | The Mentalist | Francis Slocombe | Episode: "The Red Box" |
| Leverage | President Edwin Ribera | Episode: "The San Lorenzo Job" | |
| 2011 | Castle | Reginald Easley | Episode: "Lucky Stiff" |
| 2013 | Bones | Heinrich Gloeckner | Episode: "The Secrets in the Proposal" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Graham Deveraux | Episode: "Last Supper" | |
| Regular Show | Mordecai's Dad, Pilgrim | Voice, episode: "The Thanksgiving Special" | |
| 2014 | NCIS | Peter Velo | Episode: "So It Goes" |
| 2015 | The Grinder | Lord Chief Justice Pugue | Episode: "Buckingham Malice" |
| 2016 | Westworld | Cottage Father | Episode: "The Adversary" |
| 2017–18 | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Additional Voices | 13 episodes |
| 2017–19 | Spider-Man | Adrian Toomes / Vulture, Goblin King | Voice, 10 episodes |
| 2018 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Avengers Assemble | Adrian Toomes / Vulture | Voice, episode: "Vibranium Curtain"[8] |
| 2020 | Stillwater | Goose | Voice, episode: "The Haircut/Paper Wings" |
Video games
References
- Fyfe, Duncan (15 March 2017). "Meeting Alastair Duncan". Medium. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- "Alastair Duncan". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- McWhertor, Michael (9 November 2022). "Here's the full God of War Ragnarök cast". Polygon. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- Mimir Actor Alastair Duncan Talks About God of War Ragnarok!, retrieved 20 December 2022
- "Anna Gunn: From 'Breaking Bad' to Breakthrough Star | MORE Magazine". 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- "Anna Gunn's Ex-Husband Wants a Piece of her 'Breaking Bad' Money". TMZ. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- "Deadwood's Anna Gunn Has a Girl". People. 14 September 2006. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- "Alastair Duncan (visual voices guide)". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 30 July 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
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