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Ken Stott

Actor

Ken Stott

Acting
1994 to present · 23 films
Born
19 October 1954 · age 71
From
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Kenneth "Ken" Campbell Stott is an acclaimed Scottish stage, television and film actor. Best known to international audiences for portraying the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), he has earned widespread recognition in the United Kingdom for his intense, morally ambiguous roles in television crime dramas and West End theatre productions.

Career Signature

How Ken Stott’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

bittersweet
crowd-pleaser
heavy emotional
wistful longing
melancholy beauty

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

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Filmography

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The Dig

2021

The Mercy

2018

100 Streets

2016

Café Society

2016

Man Up

2015

An Inspector Calls

2015

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

One Day

2011

Toast

2010

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2008

Charlie Wilson's War

2007

Casanova

2005

The Girl in the Café

2005

King Arthur

2004

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

2003

The Miracle Maker

2000

Plunkett & Macleane

1999

Fever Pitch

1997

The Boxer

1997

Shallow Grave

1994

Being Human

1994