Colin McCredie, CamGlen Radio 1 Mar 2019

Colin McCredie (born 8 June 1972 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a

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actor, best known for his role as DC Stuart Fraser in the

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drama '' Taggart'', Nick Morrison in the

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Soap Opera '' River City'' and in the films '' Shallow Grave'', '' Night is Day'' and '' The Missing Postman''.

Biography

Colin grew up in Perth and began acting as a child at Perth Theatre before attending the Scottish Youth Theatre. He now appears in CBeebies' Woolly and Tig with his real daughter. He trained at the

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( gd, Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( gd, Acadamaidh Rìoghail Ciùil is Dràma na h-Alba) is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and ...

in Glasgow and graduated in 1993. He joined '' Taggart'' aged 23 and appeared in over 75 episodes from 1995 to 2010. In December 2009 McCredie was informed that he and his character would not be returning for the next series of ''Taggart''. On 15 October 2010, it was announced that McCredie would be joining the BBC Scotland drama '' River City'', playing the role of Nick Morrison. McCredie is a patron of the

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and a supporter of his hometown football team

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, where he sponsors a player. On 10 January 2011 it was announced that McCredie would be joining Sharleen Spiteri and Dawn Steele in the forthcoming Scottish film ''Between Weathers''. He appeared in the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play ''Care'' by Clara Glynn, and also as the Dad in the CBeebies series ''

Woolly and Tig ''Woolly and Tig'' is a British series of 5-minute live action comedies about a five-year-old girl (Tig) and her toy spider called Woolly. Woolly and Tig is also available on BBC iPlayer for over a year. The character of Tig is played by three yea ...

'' which stars his daughter Betsy and sister-in-law Jenny Ryan and is made by Tattiemoon, the makers of Balamory. He played Alan McCombes in the Tommy Sheridan play ''I, Tommy'' by Ian Pattison at The Gilded Balloon Edinburgh in August and at King's Theatre, Glasgow in November 2012.

Television

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'' - Tattiemoon for CBeebies *'' River City'' - BBC Scotland *'' Taggart'' - STV Productions *'' The Missing Postman'' - BBC Scotland *''The Pen'' - BBC Scotland Tartan Short *''Karmic Mothers'' - BBC Scotland Tartan Short *'' Dr. Finlay'' - played Gerald Hynde *'' Take the High Road'' *''The Holy City'' - played Patrick *''The Justice Game'' - played Mickey *'' Fish Out of Water'' - played Hunter *'' Takin' Over the Asylum'' - played Phil *'' Mayflies'' - Scott

Theatre

*''I Tommy'' - played Alan McCombes (Gilded Balloon Edinburgh and King's Theatre Glasgow) *''The Ching Room'' - played Rory (Glasgow Oranmor, Edinburgh Traverse and Manchester Royal Exchange) *'' Lysistrata'' - played Lysistrata (Glasgow Oranmor) *''The Corstorphine Road Nativity'' - played Wise Frankencense (Edinburgh Festival Theatre) *''Dealer's Choice'' - played Mugsy (Tron Theatre Company) *''

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'' - played Candide (Suspect Culture Tour) *''Passing Places'' - played Brian (Traverse Theatre) *''Teechers - played Salty'' - (Byre Theatre) *''

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'' - played Lingk (Arches Theatre)

Film

*'' Night is Day'' - played Taylor, in post-production (2011) *''The Perpetual Twilight of Gregor Black'' - (Cliffhanger Films) *'' Pandaemonium'' - played Royal Messenger (Mariner Films) *'' Small Faces'' - played Doug (Skyline) *'' Shallow Grave'' - played Cameron (Figment Films)

Radio

*''Care'' - BBC Radio 4 March 2011 - played Charlie Fleming

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCredie, Colin 1972 births Living people Scottish male film actors Scottish male television actors Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland People from Perth, Scotland Scottish male radio actors