Please help me name this actor. Driving me bonkers.

[NellyJames]

Ok. I think he’s Scottish. Over 60. Balding but hair a sandy/ginger/blond sort of colour. Slim, sharp features (I think)
Similar age but not either Bill Paterson or Denis Lawson. I picture him as weary and maybe as an older uniformed police officer. 😩😩😩 Any ideas?

Toby Stephens? Neither Scottish nor old, but, it's straw clutching time

I saw a possible contender on my FB feed but on closer investigation it was a man (John) who had collapsed at ASDA and was resuscitated by staff.
If Wallsend is your local ASDA, maybe you have unwittingly bumped into John and merged him into your subconscious?

Has anyone suggested Toby Jones?

Samuel West? He’s not Scottish, but fair colouring and over 50.

David Bradley? The dad in After Life?

Paul Copley (Egg's dad in This Life)

Mark Strong who played Merlin in Kingsman? He's done Morse, Prime Suspect 3 & the Bill

Might be off the mark here but what about Douglas Fielding?

Marc Bonner
Ian Charlestown
I keep thinking of whatsit from the Professionals, I can't remember his name off the top of my head.

Mark, sorry, not Marc

@NellyJames did you remember??

I keep thinking of whatsit from the Professionals, I can't remember his name off the top of my head.

That's Gordon Jackson This torture will never end. A continuous thread until 2025 of Gordon Jackson, Bill Paterson or Danny Webb.

Wasn't there a thread like this about an actress earlier this year?

David Robb?

I’m just placemarking for the updates....

I want to say Colin McCredie. But he isn't old enough. 🤔

To the pp above who mentioned the Scottish actor in Harry Potter, the character is called Yaxley and the actor is Peter Mullah. Has he been mentioned yet?

Dammit. That should say Peter Mullan

David thewlis? Although not scottish.

Here you go. A list of everyone who's been suggested so far. Now for the love of all things holy please can OP just pick one and be done with it:

Aden Gillet
Adrian Dunbar
Adrian Rawlins
Adrian Scarborough
Alan Cumming
Alan Howard
Alex McQueen
Alistair Petrie
Andrew Havill
Andy Bradford
Anton Lessor
Bill Nighy
Bill Paterson
Bill Stewart
Billy Connolly
Bob Peck
Brendan Gleeson
Brian Cox
Bruce Alexander
Cal MacAninch
Charles Dance
Christian Rodska
Christopher Fulford
Clive Merrison
Clive Russell
Clive Wood
Colin Buchanan
Colin McCready
Corin Redgrave
Damien Lewis
Daniel Flynn
Danny Webb
David Anderson
David Bradley
David Caruso
David Hayman
David McCallum
David Rintoul
David Robb
David Thewlis
Dayton Callie
Denis Lawson
Derek Fowlds
Dermot Crowley
Donald Douglas
Donald Sumpter
Douglas Fielding
Douglas Henshall
Dougray Scott
Duncan Bell
Duncan McCrae
Duncan Preston
Eamon Geoghagan
Edward Fox
Ewan Stewart
Forbes Masson
Freddie Broadley
Gary Lewis
Gary Powell
Glenn Close
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Kennedy
Graham Crowden
Graham McTavish
Hugh Fraser
Hugh Ross
Hugo Speer
Iain Glen
Ian Bannen
Ian Cairns
Ian Charlestown
Ian Cuthbertson
Ian Hanmore
Ian McDiarmid
Ian McElihiney
Ian Richardson
Idris Elba
Jack Docherty
Jack Shepherd
James Bryce
James Cosmo
James Cromwell
James Wilby
Jared Harris
Jason Flemyng
Jason Watkins
Jeanette Krankey
Jeremy Child
Jimmy McKenna
John Gordon Sinclair
John Hannah
John Inman
John Lyons
John McGlynn
John Salthouse
Jonathan Aris
Jonathan Watson
Jonny Phillips
Julian Rhind Tutt
Julian Sands
Ken Drury
Ken Stott
Kenneth Colley
Kenneth Cranham
Kevin Doyle
Kevin McKidd
Laurence Fox

Lee Ingleby
Mark Bonnar
Mark Gatiss
Mark Jordan
Mark Lewis Jones
Mark Strong
Mark Williams
Martin Shaw
Maurice Roëves
Michael Browning
Michael Maloney
Michael Sheard
Neil Stuke
Nicholas Farrell
Nicholas Jones
Nigel Allan Havers
Oliver Ford Davies
Olivia Colman
Owen Teale
Patrick Malahide
Paul Copley
Paul Kaye
Peter Capaldi
Peter Davison
Peter Egan
Peter Firth
Peter Mullan
Phil Davis
Philip Franks
Ralph Riach
Richard Dillane
Richard Wilson
Robert Carlyle
Robert Hardy
Robin Laing
Robin Soans
Ronald Pickup
Russell Hunter
Samuel West
Sandy Morton
Sean Biggerstaff
Sean Pertwee
Sean Scanlan
Shaun Evans
Simon Kunz
Stephen Boxer
Stephen Campbell Moore
Stephen Tompkinson
Steve Huison
Steven Mackintosh
Steven Robertson
Struan Rodger
Stuart Bowman
Stuart McGugan
Tam Dean Burn
Tim Piggot-Smith
Toby Jones
Toby Stephens
Tom Cotcher
Tom Georgeson
Tommy Flanagan
Tony Curran
Trevor Eve

Oh fantastic work @BackwardsGoing . That's what I call dedication to a thread!

Actually there's a contestant on The Chase just now who fits

Backward
You are amazing!

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