Alex MacQueen

Alexander Tulloch Macqueen (born 30 November 1973) is an English actor. 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 Macqueen was born 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, 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 Julius Nicholson, the "blue-skies advisor" to the Prime Minister in political satire The Thick of It, and as Sir Jonathan Tutt, British Ambassador to the UN, in the film In the Loop, both directed by Armando Iannucci. He also appeared in the Comic Relief special of Mr. Bean in 2007 as a vicar. He appeared as 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.