{{Short description|Scottish actor (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Scott Kyle |image = Scott_Kyle_at_the_Highlander_Fling,_September_2017,_Linlithgow,_Scotland.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Scott Kyle in 2017 | birth_name = Scott James Kyle | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|6|27}} | birth_place = Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland | occupation = Actor / Theatre director | spouse = | years_active = 2006-present | height = 5 ft 11 in | children = | website = https://www.scottkyle.co.uk/ }}
'''Scott James Kyle''' (born 27 June 1983), is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles as Ross in ''Outlander'', Clancy in ''The Angels' Share,'' and Corporal Stu Pearson in the film ''Kajaki: The True Story.'' Kyle received the 2010 ''Stage Awards Best Actor Award'' for his role in the play ''Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim.''<ref name="cultureNI" />
==Early life== Kyle grew up in Rutherglen, Scotland, the son of a single mother, and attended Stonelaw High School prior to taking an acting course at the Glasgow College of Nautical Studies. While still a student, and working night shifts at a supermarket, he founded the NLP Company to create more opportunities for students wishing to act while still in school.<ref name="role">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/outlander-scott-kyle-10620933|title=Rutherglen actor Scott Kyle all set for new role in Scottish theatre|date=19 June 2017|work=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref><ref name="cultureNI">{{cite web|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/performing-arts/singin%E2%80%99-i%E2%80%99m-no-billy-he%E2%80%99s-tim|title=Singin' I'm No a Billy, He's a Tim|last=Johnston|first=Andrew|date=16 September 2009|publisher=Culture Northern Ireland|access-date=21 April 2018|archive-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421163354/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/performing-arts/singin%E2%80%99-i%E2%80%99m-no-billy-he%E2%80%99s-tim|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/theatre/interviews/nlp-theatre-theres-no-limit-for-some-people|title=NLP Theatre: There's No Limit for Some People {{!}} The Skinny|website=www.theskinny.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref>
== Career == ===Acting===
Kyle's first professional role was in 2006's ''PondLife'', a film from director Sean Wilkie, which chronicled the life of student filmmakers on their last day of school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citz.co.uk/press/release/blue_hen_media_release|title=BLUE HEN MEDIA RELEASE {{!}} Press|date=2010-04-09|website=Citizens Theatre|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> While still in college, Kyle starred in writer Stephen Greenhorn's play ''Passing Places'', which he both produced and took on tour throughout Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://traversetheatre.tumblr.com/post/166041446250/10-questions-scott-kyle|title=10 Questions - Scott Kyle|website=traversetheatre.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citz.co.uk/press/release/blue_hen_media_release|title=BLUE HEN MEDIA RELEASE {{!}} Press|date=2010-04-09|website=Citizens Theatre|language=en|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> He went on to feature as Romeo in director Laura Pasetti's production of Shakespeare's tragedy at the Charioteer Theatre, and in ''Sandwich'' (2009), a short film centering on a retired mobster and a current crime lord.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.charioteertheatre.co.uk/album/romeo-juliet-are-dead/|title=Romeo & Juliet are dead – 2010 ‹ Charioteer Theatre|website=www.charioteertheatre.co.uk|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Internet drama and mystery television series, 1996-2014|last=Terrace, Vincent, 1948-|date = 16 December 2014|isbn=9780786495818|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|pages=66|oclc=890510430}}</ref> The film was transitioned into an internet series on YouTube entitled ''The Crews'' (2011), which eventually screened on STV in Scotland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stvplc.tv/|title=STV City channels to show Scottish crime drama, The Crews|date=2016-05-20|website=STV plc|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref>
In 2010, Kyle's had a starring role in Des Dillon's play ''Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim,'' which focused on the rivalry between Old Firm (Rangers and Celtic) football fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jun/09/im-no-a-billy-hes-review|title=Singin' I'm No a Billy He's a Tim|date=9 June 2009|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref> The play, which was produced by Kyle's company NLP (No limit People), premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where Kyle received the 2010 ''Stage Awards Best Actor Award'' for his role, before touring throughout Scotland and Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2010/edinburghfringe/singinimnoabillyhesatimreview-6200|title=Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim Review {{!}} Edinburgh Guide|website=www.edinburghguide.com|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-actor-scott-kyle-heading-5810111|title=Rutherglen Actor Heading Back To The Fringe|date=7 June 2015|work=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer}}</ref> In addition to the play, Kyle ran anti-sectarian workshops based upon its message at schools and youth groups in and around Glasgow.<ref name="cultureNI" /> Later that year he starred opposite ''Coronation Street''<nowiki/>'s Charlie Lawson in NLP's stage production of author Des Dillon's comedic play ''Blue Hen''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/coronation-street-star-charlie-lawson-1057898|title=Coronation Street star Charlie Lawson goes native in Coatbridge|last=Sloan|first=Billy|date=2010-05-01|website=dailyrecord|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/theatre-review-blue-hen-1-475802|title=Theatre review: Blue Hen|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref>
Director Ken Loach's 2012 comedy ''The Angel's Share'', a film revolving around Glaswegians who discover whisky, saw Kyle feature as Clancy in his first film role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/the-angels-share-1117947547/|title=The Angels' Share|last=Felperin|first=Leslie|date=2012-05-22|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> That same year, he starred in director Laura Passetti's play ''Fleeto'', about a young man who joins a gang after his best friend is stabbed, and director Rachel O’Riordan’s ''Cold Turkey At Nana’s'', which focuses on heroin addiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.charioteertheatre.co.uk/album/gang-fleeto/|title=GANG (Fleeto) – 2012 ‹ Charioteer Theatre|website=www.charioteertheatre.co.uk|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre/theatre-reviews-we-are-gob-squad-and-so-are-you-the-mermaid-show-reasons-to-dance-cold-turkey-at-nana-s-1-2215977|title=Theatre reviews: We Are Gob Squad and So Are You {{!}} The Mermaid Show {{!}} Reasons to Dance {{!}} Cold Turkey at Nana's|website=www.scotsman.com|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> He would return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013 in the title role of the Finnish play ''Bad Boy Eddie''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-actor-scott-kyle-heading-5810111|title=Rutherglen actor Scott Kyle heading back to Edinburgh Fringe as a performer|last=Dickie|first=Douglas|date=2015-06-07|website=dailyrecord|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/theatre/bad-boy-eddie-c-aquilla|title=Bad Boy Eddie @ C Aquila {{!}} Theatre Review {{!}} The Skinny|website=www.theskinny.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> From there he would star in director Paul Katis' 2014 feature film ''Kajaki'' (aka ''Kilo Two Bravo''), where he portrayed real life soldier Corporal Stu Pearson in the story of a small unit of British soldiers positioned near the Kajaki Dam in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan during Operation Herrick in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-actor-scott-kyle-amazed-4821602|title=Rutherglen actor Scott Kyle amazed by success of Kajaki as war flick is tipped for awards glory|work=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer|date=17 December 2014|access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11259144/Kajaki-reliving-the-horrors-of-war.html|title=Kajaki: reliving the horrors of war - The Daily Telegraph|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=28 November 2014|access-date=28 November 2014|last1=Merz|first1=Theo}}</ref> That same years saw Kyle's first radio production, BBC Radio Scotland's 2014 psychological thriller ''The Dead of Fenwick Moor'', where he portrayed Stevie Caffrey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04p5497|title=BBC Radio Scotland - The Dead of Fenwick Moor|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> 2015 saw Kyle return to stage productions in ''Loranga'', an adaptation of Barbaro Lindgren's book Loranga Masarun och Dartanjang.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/loranga-masarin-dartanjang/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824130140/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/loranga-masarin-dartanjang/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 August 2015|title=Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang review at Edinburgh Festival Fringe|last=Pringle|first=Stewart|website=The Stage|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref>
Kyle joined the cast of Starz' hit time travel drama ''Outlander'', based upon best selling author Diana Gabaldon's popular book series, in 2016. He portrayed Ross the Smith, one of Jamie Fraser's men recruited from Lallybroch to fight for Prince Charles Stuart in the Jacobite rising of 1745.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-actor-scott-kyle-making-8254138|title=Rutherglen actor Scott Kyle making a splash in hit TV show Outlander|last=Dickie|first=Douglas|date=2016-06-26|website=dailyrecord|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> The next year, during the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, Kyle starred in writer Mariem Omari's four-person play ''One Mississippi'', which focused on the voices of four men with mental health issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre/theatre-review-hysteria-one-mississippi-1-4586366|title=Theatre review: Hysteria {{!}} One Mississippi|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> In 2018, he starred as Bab Cunningham in Fraser Murdoch's animated short, ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6507976/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 Tubgate: Cunningham's Scrap],'' which premiered at World of Film: International Festival Glasgow in October of that year. Kyle and Murdoch, along with fellow cast member Gregor Firth, met while working on ''Outlander''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-graduate-who-worked-on-outlander-has-film-premiered-at-top-scottish-festival/|title=Dundee graduate who worked on Outlander has film premiered at top Scottish festival|work=Evening Telegraph|access-date=2019-05-08|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name="Star">{{cite web|url=http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/whats-on/tv-and-film/outlander-star-signs-up-for-kirkcaldy-animator-s-film-1-4293573|title=Outlander star signs up for Kirkcaldy animator's film|author=Jamie Callaghan|date=2016-11-18|publisher=Fife Today|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref> That same year he featured in writer Adam Head's WWI football (soccer) play ''The Greater Game,'' which was based upon the true story of the 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, the first football club to enlist together, at the Waterloo East Theatre in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-greater-game-at-waterloo-east-theatre-review/|title=The Greater Game at Waterloo East Theatre {{!}} Review|date=2018-11-02|website=LondonTheatre1.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://musicaltheatremusings.co.uk/greater-game-waterloo-east|title=The Greater Game at Waterloo East Theatre|date=2018-11-02|website=Musical Theatre Musings|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> In 2019, he guest starred in the second series of BBC's medical drama ''Trust Me'', opposite fellow ''Outlander'' cast member Richard Rankin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/hvkmmm/trust-me--series-2-episode-1/|title=Trust Me - S2 - Episode 1|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> He would return to live theatre later that year in ''A War of Two Halves'', a depiction of the Heart of Midlothian F.C. players that enlisted in the military en masse in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I, which was performed at the club's stadium as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://britishtheatre.com/review-a-war-of-two-halves-tynecastle-football-stadium/|title=REVIEW: A War Of Two Halves, Tynecastle Football Stadium ✭✭✭✭✭|date=2019-08-13|website=British Theatre|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alledinburghtheatre.com/a-war-of-two-halves-tynecastle-edfringe-2018/|title=A War of Two Halves : All Edinburgh Theatre.com|access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref> At the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, he played Renton in a new stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel Porno.<ref name="Porno22">[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/aug/14/irvine-welsh-porno-review-gutsy-trainspotting-sequel-pleasance-courtyard-edinburgh Irvine Welsh’s Porno review – coarse and gutsy Trainspotting sequel], The Guardian, 14 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022</ref><ref>[https://theatrescotland.co.uk/2022/08/09/irvine-welshs-porno-the-pleasance-pleasance-beyond-review-by-lauren-shaw/ Irvine Welsh’s ‘Porno’ (The Pleasance – Pleasance Beyond) {{!}} Review By Lauren Shaw], Theatre Scotland, 9 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022</ref>
In addition to acting, Kyle runs acting workshops for children both within Scotland and abroad, and will partner with the Edinburgh Acting School, alongside Jen McGregor, to lead their ATCL Speech and Drama Diploma course in 2019.<ref name=":1" /> He will also be working with school leadership to develop a series of masterclasses and workshops that will be offered over the next year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/outlander-actor-becoming-drama-teacher-16396417|title=Outlander actor is becoming a drama teacher in Edinburgh|last=Pooran|first=Neil|date=2019-06-07|website=edinburghlive|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref>
===Theatre manager=== Between 2012 and 2017 Kyle was the artistic director of the Bathgate Regal Community Theatre in Scotland, which was housed in a refurbished Category B listed former cinema.<ref>[http://www.bathgateregal.org/scott-kyle.php Bathgate Regal Theatre - About Scott Kyle]</ref> In 2017, Kyle was awarded a ''Pride of West Lothian - Special Recognition Award'' for Outstanding Contribution to Community Theatre for helping to raise over £65,000 for improvements to the theatre through donations from his Twitter followers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/rutherglen-outlander-star-meet-kylander-10026873|title=Rutherglen Outlander star to meet his 'Kylander' army|last=Dickie|first=Douglas|date=2017-03-15|website=dailyrecord|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref> He also organised several Scottish-themed events, including the annual Highland Fling, for fans in Scotland and North America.<ref name="events">{{cite web|url=http://eventsbase.co.uk/screen-star-events-organiser-meet-scott-kyle/|title=From screen star to events organiser. Meet Scott Kyle|date=1 June 2017|publisher=EventsBase Magazine|access-date=21 April 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://eventsbase.co.uk/screen-star-events-organiser-meet-scott-kyle/|title=From screen star to events organiser. Meet Scott Kyle|date=2017-06-01|website=EventsBase Magazine|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref>
In late 2017, Kyle was appointed Program Manager for the Fife Cultural Trust, overseeing the bookings and events for theatres, libraries, museums and galleries in the area.<ref name="events" /> He manages the Dunfermline's Carnegie Hall, the Lochgelly Centre, the Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy, and Rothes Hall in Glenrothes. Of the position, he has said, "My idea is to have one person: you start there and they work with the theatres, bringing together their different programmes and using their marketing budget to promote the show".<ref name="role" />
==Filmography==
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="40" |Year ! scope="col" width="300" |Title ! scope="col" width="200" |Character ! scope="col" width="80" |Production ! scope="col" width="300" |Notes |- |2011 |''The Crews'' |Kenny McFadden |STV |Mini-series, 6 episodes<ref name=":0" /> |- |2016 |''Outlander'' |Ross |Starz |6 episodes |- |2019 |''Trust Me'' |Bobby |BBC |2 episodes |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="40" |Year ! scope="col" width="300" |Title ! scope="col" width="200" |Character ! scope="col" width="300" |Notes |- |2006 |''Pondlife'' |Brian | |- |2009 |''Sandwich'' |Kenny McFadden |Short film |- |2012 |''The Angels' Share'' |Clancy | |- |2014 |''Kajaki'': The True Story (released as "Kilo Two Bravo" in North America) |Corporal Stu Pearson |<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2015-09-09 |title=Toronto: War Story 'Kilo Two Bravo' Set for November U.S. Release |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/toronto-kilo-two-bravo-november-release-1201589143/ |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=Variety }}</ref> |- |2018 |''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6507976/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 Tubgate: Cunningham's Scrap]'' |Bab Cunningham (voice) |Animated short, Co-writing credit |}
=== Theatre === {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="40" |Year ! scope="col" width="300" |Title ! scope="col" width="200" |Role ! scope="col" width="300" |Director ! scope="col" width="300" |Theatre |- |2007 |''Passing Places'' |Alex |Stephen Cafferty |Traveling |- |2009 |''Romeo & Juliet'' |Romeo |Laura Pasetti |Charioteer Theatre, Edinburgh |- | rowspan="2" |2010 |''Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim'' |Billy |Stephen Cafferty |Traveling ''Stage Awards Best Actor Award'' |- |''Blue Hen'' |Paddy Rafferty |Des Dillon |Citizens Theatre, Glasgow<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/25232-no-limit-people-theatre-take-blue-hen-to-citizens/|title=No Limit People theatre take Blue Hen to Citizens|date=2010-04-29|website=The List|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2012 |''Fleeto'' |Kenzie |Laura Pasetti |Charioteer Theatre, Edinburgh |- |''Cold Turkey at Nana's'' |Tony |Rachel O’Riordan |Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow |- |2013 |''Bad Boy Eddie'' |Eddie |Iiristiina Varilo |Kajaani Town Theatre, Glasgow |- |2015 |''Loranga'' |Various |Janne Pellinen |The Pleasance, Edinburgh |- |2017 |''One Mississippi'' |T |Umar Ahmed |Tron Theatre, Glasgow |- |2018 |''The Greater Game'' |George Scott |Adam Morley |Waterloo East Theatre, London |- |2019 |''A War of Two Halves'' |Annan Ness |Bruce Strachan |Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh |- |2022 |''Porno'' |Mark Renton |Felix O'Brien |The Pleasance, Edinburgh<ref name="Porno22"/> |}
===Radio=== {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" width="40" | Year ! scope="col" width="300" | Title ! scope="col" width="200" | Character ! scope="col" width="80" | Production ! scope="col" width="200" |Director |- |2014 |''The Dead of Fenwick Moor'' |Stevie Caffrey |BBC Radio Scotland |David Ian Neville |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |- | 2010 |''Stage Awards'' | Best Actor |''Singin' I'm No A Billy He's A Tim'' | {{won}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|3738320|Scott Kyle}} *{{official website|https://www.scottkyle.co.uk/}} <!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->
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