Jonathan Watson

Jonathan Watson is a Scottish actor best known for his comedy sketch show Only an Excuse?, which parodied people and events from the world of Scottish football, as well as roles in the BBC comedies Bob Servant Independent in which he appears with Brian Cox, and as Colin in the acclaimed Two Doors Down (2013–present). In the 1980s he was also a regular cast member of the Scottish sitcom City Lights and the sketch show Naked Video. Background Watson was born in Glasgow and was educated at Hillhead Primary and Hillhead High School. He trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and graduated in 1979. He joined the TAG Theatre Company then followed this with a season with the 7:84 company. He had a part in Bill Forsyth's 1983 film Local Hero. He moved to London in 1986 and returned to Scotland two years later. He appeared in all five seasons of Naked Video that were broadcast on BBC Scotland between 1986 and 1991, He was also in City Lights, Rab C. Nesbitt and Only an Excuse?.