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Gender

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Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

David McKay

Biography:

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

David McKay is a Scottish actor and television director.

In the television series Shoebox Zoo, he plays McTaggart. McTaggart is the Keeper of the Book of Forbidden Knowledge who has been bound to stay with Michael Scott until the book is found by Marnie (Vivien Endicott-Douglas). McTaggart has been a number of people in the first series. A tour guide, a servant to Michael and Toledo and a clown. Now as the second series unfolds, he must help Marnie and Michael as much as he can to help find the Book and stop Toledo taking over and finding the Book before Marnie.

He has also appeared in two Ken Loach films: Ae Fond Kiss... and My Name Is Joe. He has also had roles in Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Les Misérables (1998), Braveheart and Rab C Nesbitt, among others.

He has directed for High Times, The Basil Brush Show, Tinsel Town and My Parents Are Aliens, and has written and directed a short film, Caesar, on pigeon-fancying.

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Known For

Acting

2014

Outlander as Niall Drummond

2010

Neds as Mr Holmes

2004

Ae Fond Kiss... as Wee Roddie
Shoebox Zoo as William McTaggart

2002

1998

1995

Braveheart as Young soldier
Hamish Macbeth as Tony McCreary

1993

Close as Davie

1986

1985

Stookie as Stookie Doyle

1984

End of the Line as Donald McKay

Directing

2007

Ten Inch Hero as Director

1999

Camera

2016

Planet Earth II as Camera Operator