Alex Macqueen

For the fashion designer, see Alexander McQueen.

Alex Macqueen
Alex Macqueen at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of That Christmas on 19 October 2024
Born	Alexander Tulloch Macqueen (1973-11-30) 30 November 1973 Epsom, Surrey, England
Alma mater	Collingwood College, Durham Pembroke College, Cambridge
Years active	2003–present

Alexander Tulloch Macqueen (born 30 November 1973) is an English actor and writer. He has appeared on television, film, and radio in the UK in productions such as Holby City, Doctor Who, Hut 33, Peep Show, The Thick of It, Keeping Mum, Fate: The Winx Saga, and The Inbetweeners. He also guest-starred in The Durrells in series 4.

Early life and education

Alexander Tulloch Macqueen was born on 30 November 1973 in Epsom, Surrey.

He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, from 1990 to 1992 and left to receive a first in English literature at Collingwood College at Durham University.

He went on to study for a M.Phil at Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating in 1998.

Professional career

He played sarcastic consultant anaesthetist Keith Greene in 75 episodes of Holby City between May 2005 and July 2010. He appeared as the Rt Hon Julius Nicholson, Lord Nicholson of Arnage, the bawdy and persistently peckish "blue-skies advisor" to the Prime Minister in political satire The Thick of It. He also played Sir Jonathan Tutt, British Ambassador to the UN, in the film In the Loop; both were directed by Armando Iannucci. He also acted in the Comic Relief special of Mr. Bean in 2007 as a vicar. He played Kevin Sutherland in E4's comedy, The Inbetweeners. In 2010, he starred as Howard, an anti-speed bump community campaigner in two episodes of BBC1's Outnumbered.

He appeared in the Comedy Central/BBC collaboration, Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, in which he played Barnabus, the sidekick to the Chancellor Dongalor, played by Matt Lucas. He starred as Roy Tunt in The Hide, which premiered on FilmFour in February 2009. He won the award for Best Actor at the Marbella Film Festival in 2009 for this role.

Macqueen acted in a series of videos on YouTube as Clive Rudloe, a character who claims to be "the world's number one DJ". The videos are spoofs created by real-life DJs Above and Beyond. In late 2009, he starred in several episodes of The News at Bedtime on BBC Radio 4, in a variety of supporting roles. In 2010, he appeared as the publisher Malcolm Dodds in Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. That year he also had a small role in the comedy film Four Lions. In 2011, was in "The National Anthem", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.

In 2012, he appeared in a Doctor Who spin-off UNIT: Dominion, published by Big Finish Productions, in a role described as "the Other Doctor" who is revealed to be the Doctor's long-term adversary The Master; the storyline establishes that Macqueen's Master is intended to be from a point between the Masters portrayed by Eric Roberts and Derek Jacobi. He reprised this role in 2014 for Dark Eyes 2, Dark Eyes 3, Dark Eyes 4 and again in 2016 alongside Geoffrey Beevers, who had played an earlier incarnation of the Master, in The Two Masters. In 2021, Macqueen returned to the role in Masterful, a story published to celebrate the Master's 50th anniversary. He also had a lead role as Edmund in Julia Davis' black period comedy Hunderby, opposite Davis and Alexandra Roach.

Macqueen (second from right) with other actors at the 2015 Cannes Film festival

He played the role of Hove in the 2015 BBC series Pompidou, starring alongside Matt Lucas. During the filming of Pompidou, Macqueen and Matt Lucas played the game devised by the two 'Pumpidou'. Lucas however won no critical acclaim for 'Pumpidou', despite it being the key spin off to the show. However, Macqueen did receive a special recognition award for the 2015 edition of TOTY for his part in the success of 'Pumpidou'. He played Luke, the senior doctor in the six-part ITV comedy The Delivery Man. In 2015, he also played the royal crier in Cinderella. In 2016, he acted opposite Sir Michael Caine in the film Youth, and played the role of Patrick Jarvis MP in series 3 of Peaky Blinders.

In 2019, he appeared in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans and in 2022, he starred as Stephen Gardiner in Becoming Elizabeth.

In 2023, he starred as Tindall in the Apple TV+ series Hijack, alongside Idris Elba and Neil Maskell.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	The Emperor's Wife	Dr. Lambroso
2005	Buried Alive	—
	Keeping Mum	Train Ticket Collector
2006	Dad	Son	Short film
2007	Magicians	Stooge
2008	The Hide	Roy Tunt
	Tu£sday	Mr Jacobs
2009	In the Loop	Sir Jonathan Tutt
	A Very British Cult	Terry	Short film
2010	Four Lions	Malcolm Storge MP
	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Malcolm Dodds
	Bonded by Blood	Prison Governor
	Bistro	Waiter	Short film
2011	Chalet Girl	Macolm
	Anuvahood	Edward
	The Inbetweeners Movie	Kevin Sutherland
	Pitch Black Heist	Isaac	Short film
2012	Gambit	Mr Dunlop
2013	I Give It a Year	Minister
	Jack the Giant Slayer	Tour Guide
	Dr Easy	Superintendent	Short film
	One Chance	Dr Thorpe
	Too Leach	Jeffrey	Short film
2014	Fear of Water	Charles
	Crocodile	Andy	Short film
	The Inbetweeners 2	Kevin Sutherland
2015	Slow West	Rupert Cavendish
	Cinderella	Royal Crier
	Dare to Be Wild	Nigel Hogg
	Youth	Queen's Emissary
	Not Sophie's Choice	Daddy	Short film
	Just Desserts	Dennis	Short film
2016	Domestic Policy	—	Short film
2017	The Intelligence Explosion: How to Stop a Robot from Turning Evil	Dennis	Short film
	Son of Perdition	The Man	Short film
	The Overcoat	The VIP	Short film
2018	Slaughterhouse Rulez	Terrafrack Boss
	All Is True	Sir Thomas Lucy
2019	Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans	Sycophantus
2020	Downhill	Charlie
2021	School's Out Forever	Mr. Bates
2022	Downton Abbey: A New Era	Mr. Stubbins
2024	That Christmas	Mr. Forrest (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Keen Eddie	Gates	Episode: "Eddie Loves Baseball"
2004	Family Business	Photographer	1 episode
	Murder City	Ian Payne	Episode: "Big City Small World"
	Outlaws	Clerk	2 episodes
2005	Dead Man Weds	Scientist	1 episode
	Einstein's Big Idea	Chater	TV film documentary
	Peep Show	Jury foreman	Episode: "Jurying"
2005–2009	The Thick of It	Julius Nicholson	5 episodes
2005–2010	Holby City	Keith Greene	75 episodes
2006	Mayo	Administrator	Mini-series
	All in the Game	Dr Phelps	TV film
	Casualty	Dr Keith Greene	Episode: "All at See"
	The Wind in the Willows	Clerk	TV film
2006–2008	Pulling	Ian	2 episodes
2007	The Afternoon Play	Simon	Episode: "The Real Deal"
	The IT Crowd	Vicar	Episode: "Return of the Golden Child"
	Christmas at the Riviera	Barry	TV film
2008	Delta Forever	Alex	Episode: "Pilot"
	Trexx and Flipside	Immigration officer	Episode: "B-Ice's New Clothes"
	The Wrong Door	Captain Justice	6 episodes
	Lead Balloon	Brendan	Episode: "Spikey"
2008–2010	The Inbetweeners	Kevin Sutherland	5 episodes
2009	Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire	Barnabus	6 episodes
	Comedy Showcase	Neil	Episode: "The Amazing Dermot"
2010	Outnumbered	Howard	2 episodes
	Hotel Trubble	Z Dogg's manager	Episode: "Catz 'N' Doggz"
	The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret	Hotel manager	2 episodes
	Miranda	Librarian	Episode: "Before I Die"
2011	Come Fly with Me	Nut allergy passenger	1 episode
	Campus	Bank manager	Episode: "The Culling Fields"
	Lewis	Dr Julius Fisher	Episode: "The Mind Has Mountains"
	Rock & Chips	Bernard Bird	Episode: "The Frog and the Pussycat"
	Holy Flying Circus	BBC Head of Rude Words	TV film
	Black Mirror	Special Agent Callett	Episode: "The National Anthem"
	This Is England '88	Fay's dad	Mini-series
2012	The Cricklewood Greats	Tim Dempsey	TV film
	Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story	TV director	TV film
	Mr Stink	News reporter	TV film
2012–2015	Hunderby	Edmund	10 episodes
2013	Plebs	Brother Quintus	Episode: "Saturnalia"
	Playhouse Presents	Marco	Episode: "Stage Door Johnnies"
2014	Trying Again	Martin	6 episodes
2015	Pompidou	Hove	6 episodes
	The Delivery Man	Mr Luke Edward	6 episodes
	Together	Ashley	6 episodes
2016	Drunk History: UK	Hardy	1 episode
	Hoff the Record	Kurt	Episode: "Rehab"
	Peaky Blinders	Patrick Jarvis MP	3 episodes
2017	Hospital People	Jeremy Lace	Episode: "The Hospital Awards"
	Babs	Peter Charlesworth	TV film
	Eric, Ernie and Me	Bill Cotton	TV film
2018	Silent Witness	Guy Bernhardt	2 episodes
	High & Dry	Newton	2 episodes
	Sally4Ever	David	5 episodes
2019	Road to Brexit	Charles Braxton	TV film
	The Durrells	Colonel Ribbindane	1 episode
2020	The Trial of Christine Keeler	Mervyn Griffith-Jones	2 episodes
	Fate: The Winx Saga	Ben Harvey	6 episodes
	Hilda	Alvin	13 episodes
2022	Becoming Elizabeth	Stephen Gardiner	6 episodes
2023	Extraordinary	Head teacher	Episode: "The Jen Show"
	Hijack	Tindall
2025	The Feud	Nick	Filming

External links

• Alex Macqueen at IMDb
• Alex Macqueen at British Comedy Guide