Kevin Guthrie


Kevin Guthrie is a Scottish actor. Among his best known roles are Ally in Sunshine on Leith and Ewan in Terence Davies's 2015 film Sunset Song. He also performed the lead role in Peter Pan at King's Theatre, Glasgow, in 2011. He has since starred in the 2020 Netflix series, The English Game.

Career

Guthrie attended the PACE Youth Theatre in Paisley and appeared in small roles in television and film. He studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He left after receiving the title role in the National Theatre of Scotland's production of Peter Pan in 2010, graduating later in 2011 with a BA in Acting.
Alongside theatre work, including a role in 2013's Macbeth starring James McAvoy at Trafalgar Studios, Guthrie had a starring role in 2013's musical drama Sunshine on Leith. He appeared in the pilots of the British sitcoms Two Doors Down and Miller's Mountain, but both roles were recast when these series were commissioned for a full series. In 2015 he acted in Robert Carlyle's poorly received directorial debut The Legend of Barney Thomson and in the role of Ewan Tavendale in Terence Davies's adaptation of the novel Sunset Song, opposite Agyness Deyn.
In 2016 Guthrie appeared in Gillies MacKinnon's remake of the 1949 Ealing Studios classic Whisky Galore!. The film was widely released in the UK in May 2017. Later in the year, he appeared in Christopher Nolan's war epic Dunkirk.

Personal life

Guthrie grew up in Neilston, and has two older sisters. He is based in London.

Select filmography

Film

Television

† These roles were later played by Jamie Quinn and Kevin Mains respectively, when the shows were picked up for full series.

Discography

Soundtrack appearances