Hugh Ross (born 28 April 1945) is a Scottish actor, with a wide variety of British TV, film and theatre credits. He is known for his supporting roles in the films Trainspotting and Bronson; and for his performances as Major Mungo Munro in the Sharpe, and as Narcisse in Clive Barker’s Nightbreed.
Hugh Ross | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 April 1945 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Partner | David Harkins |
| Website | hugh-ross.com |
Biography
editCareer
editRoss was born in Glasgow, where his parents were both doctors. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy, an independent school, followed by the University of St Andrews. He then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Ross began his career in repertory all over England. He played Romeo (1971) at the Open-air Theatre in Regent’s Park; Jaques in As You Like It (1990) for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and Dr Brooks in Lady in the Dark (1997) at the National Theatre. In 1997, he was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his performance in Stephen Sondheim’s Passion at the Queen’s Theatre in London’s West End. His performance as Malvolio in Cheek by Jowl’s Twelfth Night (1987) won the Time Out Performer Award.[1] In 2010, he played Polonius in Hamlet at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, with John Simm;[2] and in 2013, Duncan in Macbeth with James McAvoy at the Trafalgar Studios in London.
In September 2016, his production company, The Other Cheek, in association with Cahoots Theatre Company, presented a revival of J. B. Priestley's The Roundabout at the Park Theatre, London, to great acclaim.[3][4][5] Hugh is currently directing the West End production of The Mousetrap at the St. Martin's Theatre.
Hugh is a member of the Associate committee of RADA. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art[6]
TV and filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Youth | Episode: "The Call" | |
| 1972 | Doomwatch | Ian | Episode: "Say Knife, Fat Man" | |
| 1972 | Kate | Mike Stewart | 4 episodes: "A Very Long Spoon", "A Step in the Right Direction", "The Woman Behind the Man", "Back to Square One" | |
| 1973 | Crown Court | P.C. Walker | 3 episodes: "The Age of Leo Trotsky: Part 1", "The Age of Leo Trotsky: Part 2", "The Age of Leo Trotsky: Part 3" | |
| 1973 | Six Days of Justice | Mr. Simmonds | Episode: "The Complaint" | |
| 1975 | General Hospital | Jonathan Armstrong | 4 episodes | |
| 1975 | Play of the Month:Love's Labours Lost[7] | A Forester | "Love's Labour's Lost" | |
| 1976 | Warship | Sg. Lt. Gladman | Episode: "The Buccaneer" | |
| 1977 | Anna Karenina | Sludin | 4 episodes | |
| 1978 | Killer's Moon | Government Minister | ||
| 1978 | Tycoon | Tommy Meadowes | 9 episodes | |
| 1980 | Screenplay – Lives of Our Own | Dr. Porteous | ||
| 1982 | The Stanley Baxter Hour | |||
| 1983 | Jury | Defence Counsel | 13 episodes in total | |
| 1985 | The Pickwick Papers | Jackson | 3 episodes | |
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Van Gelder | Episode: "Set a Thief" | |
| 1986 | Dramarama | Trimmer | 1 episode | |
| 1988 | Codename: Kyril | Detective Fitzgerald | ||
| 1988 | God’s Frontiersmen | King James I | ||
| 1988 | Playing for Real | Minister | ||
| 1989 | Screen Two | Duffy | 1 episode: "Leaving" | |
| 1989 | Screen One | Doctor | 1 episode: "She’s Been Away" | |
| 1989 | Boon | Patterson | ||
| 1989 | 4Play- Family | McWhirter | ||
| 1990 | Taggart | Richard Smiley | Episode: "Love Knot" | |
| 1990 | Nightbreed | Narcisse | ||
| 1990 | This Is David Harper – Born Again Yesterday | Apostle Crompton | ||
| 1991 | Kinsey | Potter | ||
| 1991 | Misterioso | |||
| 1991 | Advocates I | Archie Hoseason | ||
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Barrister Atkinson | ||
| 1992 | An Ungentlemanly Act | Maj. Garry Noott | ||
| 1992 | Warburg: A Man of Influence | Lord Halifax | ||
| 1993 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Stephen Carter | Episode: "The Yellow Iris" | |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Adrian Stoneleigh-Stibbs | Episode: "Poetic Licence" | |
| 1993 | Between the Lines | Cmdr. Graham Sullivan | 11 episodes | |
| 1994 | Absolutely Fabulous | Judge | 2 episodes | |
| 1995 | Doctor Finlay | George Renfrew | 1 episode: A Natural Mistake | |
| 1995 | Sharpe’s Gold | Major Mungo Munro | ||
| 1995 | Sharpe’s Battle | Major Mungo Munro | ||
| 1995 | Sharpe’s Sword | Major Mungo Munro | ||
| 1996 | Trainspotting | Interviewer | ||
| 1998 | Invasion: Earth | Dr. Vickers | ||
| 2001 | The Mists of Avalon | Bishop Patricius | ||
| 2001 | The Cazalets | Dr. Bailey | ||
| 2001 | Rebus | Dr. Joseph Margolies | Episode: "Dead Souls" | |
| 2001 | Murder Rooms | Doyle Senior | ||
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Psychiatrist | ||
| 2002 | Snoddy | Chief Inspector Chalmers | ||
| 2002 | Shackleton | Marsh | ||
| 2002 | Monarch of the Glen | Greg MacDonald | ||
| 2002 | The Four Feathers | Regimental Priest | ||
| 2002 | Before You Go | Mr Berry | ||
| 2002 | Post | Boss | ||
| 2003 | Taggart | William Moyles | Episode: "New Life" | |
| 2004 | Sea of Souls | Dean Claremont | 6 episodes | |
| 2004 | Mine All Mine | Mr. Coltrane | 3 episodes | |
| 2005 | Egypt | Sylvestre de Sacy | 1 episode: The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone | |
| 2006 | Pinochet in Suburbia | Magistrate | ||
| 2006 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Andrew Caulfield | Episode: "Guardian Angel" | |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Senator Piso | Episode: "Nero" | |
| 2007 | Legit | Locatelli | ||
| 2007 | Rendition | Solicitor | ||
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Professor Dumas | ||
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Narrator | ||
| 2008 | The Palace | Jeremy Robinson | 8 episodes | |
| 2009 | Midsomer Murders | Ed Monkberry | Episode: "The Dogleg Murders" | |
| 2009 | Dorian Gray | Confessor | ||
| 2009 | Bronson | Uncle Jack | ||
| 2010 | Foyle’s War | Richard Carstairs KC | Episode: "The Hide" | |
| 2010 | First Night | Bunny | ||
| 2010 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Lord Justice Carmichael | Episode: "The Blue Geranium" | |
| 2010 | Silk | Victor Cornish | ||
| 2011 | Psychoville | Vicar | ||
| 2011 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Ramsey | ||
| 2011 | Jabberwock | Reginald | ||
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Bishop Graves | Episode: "A Sacred Trust" | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Christopher Soames | ||
| 2012 | Dark Matters: Twisted But True | Sir Arthur Woodward / Benjamin Franklin | ||
| 2014 | Waterloo Road | Mr. Carmichael | Episode: "One Good Turn" | |
| 2015 | Sunset Song | Inspector | ||
| 2015 | The Team | William MacLean | ||
| 2015 | The Age of Adaline | Narrator | ||
| 2018 | Married to a Paedophile | Robert | ||
| 2020 | Outlander (TV series) | Arch Bug | ||
| 2020 | The Sands of Time | Bartender |
References
editExternal links
edit- Official Site: Hugh Ross
- Hugh Ross at IMDb
- Interview with Hugh Ross
- Interview with Hugh Ross on his role in Counter-Measures
- Catalogue of Hugh Ross' work with Big Finish
- The Daily Telegraph review of Plague over England 2009
- Production details of Twelfth Night 2014
- The Guardian review of Twelfth Night 2014