Ken Stott

Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott is a Scottish stage, television and film actor who won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1995 in the play Broken Glass at Royal National Theatre. He is more recently known for his role as the dwarf Balin in The Hobbit film trilogy , and as Ian Garrett in the 2014 BBC TV mini-series The Missing starring alongside James Nesbitt. His many notable roles in UK television include the role of Edward 'Eddie' McKenna in the Scottish BBC miniseries Takin' Over The Asylum co-starring with a young David Tennant, the title character DI John Rebus in the crime fiction-mystery series Rebus and also as DCI Red Metcalfe in Messiah .