Scot Stars

Well, there have been many Scottish actors making a name for themselves in Hollywood and beyond, which many are due credit for!

To name a few we have Sean Connery, Ewan McGregor, Gerard Butler, Robert Carlyle and Karen Gillen. I bet some of you never knew that Isla Fisher is actually Scottish? Her parents are but they decided to bring her up in Perth, Australia.

 

I don't know many people who don't know Mr Connery, especially for his role in the James Bond movies. He is probably Scotland's most famous name today, in the acting world anyway. Now know as Sir Sean, he was given his knighthood in 2000 and was voted at the age of 69, the sexiest man of the century by People's magazine, not to mention sexiest man in 1989 and 1999! Fancy! Well he played the part of Mr Bond in seven films between 1962 and 1983.


Ewan McGregor is also well acclaimed in the Hollywood world! He is probably best known for his roles in Trainspotting along side fellow Scots Robert Carlyle, his part as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars trilogy and his role in Moulin Rouge! Again, another sexy Scotsman voted by many and he was ranked at number 36 in Empire's magazine in the Top 100 Movie Stars of all time, in the year 1997.

Gerard Butler, the most recently made famous star to hail from Scotland. He has appeared in many films, before his popularity grew as well, like Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997, from that he went on to work on an American TV series Attila. Butler has also starred in a film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera in 2004, 300, the role which shot him to fame, P.s. I Love You and more recent lead roles in The Bounty Hunter and Law Abiding Citizen, also voicing one of the characters in How To Train Your Dragon.

All Butler, Connery and McGregor have proven that us Scots have talent too, although many still will argue against that.

Not to be sexist, but I think it's time we saw some more female Scots stars in the acting world. Maybe from my last post many will seek to join acting schools, not me anyway! Apart from that I think Scotland is a place full of talent, not just actors and inventors but many others too! It's just a matter of providing adequate facilities and help to those who want to succeed and Scotland needs more of it!