Hilton McRae

Hilton McRae
McRae with friends and family at the closing night of Rabbit at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
Born	(1949-12-28) 28 December 1949 Dundee, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Lindsay Duncan
Children	1

Hilton McRae (born 28 December 1949) is a Scottish actor, working in theatre, television and film.

Career

McRae was part of the radical theatre group 7:84 before graduating from the University of Edinburgh, and by 1977 he had joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has concentrated mainly on avant-garde and political theatre.

His most mainstream American film role was as Arvel Crynyd in Return of the Jedi; he was uncredited for his brief appearance. In the UK he had substantial roles in The French Lieutenant's Woman and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan.

He has performed in several musicals on the London stage, including Mamma Mia! and Miss Saigon, in which he played the part of The Engineer. He performed the role of Mr Stopnick in the UK premiere of Caroline, or Change at the National Theatre, which won the Best Musical Award from the London newspaper the Evening Standard. In 2008 he played the part of Scarecrow in the Southbank's production of The Wizard of Oz.

In 2006, he acted in Rabbit, a play by Nina Raine which opened at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London, and then transferred to the Trafalgar Studios, Whitehall.

In 2009, McRae won rave reviews as the title role in The Execution of Gary Glitter.

McRae starred in the play The Kreutzer Sonata, based on Tolstoy's novella, which opened at the Gate Theatre in London in 2009 with McRae in the solo role, and was revived for a second run in 2012. The production also transferred to New York City. His performance received acclaim both in the UK from many top publications, and in the U.S. from the New York Times.

Personal life

McRae was born in Dundee. He is married to actress Lindsay Duncan, with whom he has a son, Cal McRae (born September 1991).

A close friend and University of Edinburgh classmate of Ian Charleson, McRae contributed a chapter to the 1990 book, For Ian Charleson: A Tribute.

Filmography

Title	Year	Role	Notes
The French Lieutenant's Woman	1981	Sam
Return of the Jedi	1983	Green Leader	Uncredited
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	1984	Willy
Screen Two	1985	Charlie Hendon	Episode: "Poppyland"
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future	1985	Breugel	TV movie
King of the Wind	1989	Cook
Zorro	1993	Narcisco	Episode: "The Reward"
The Secret Rapture	1993	Norman
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales	1994	Hortensio / Peter	Voice, Episode: "The Taming of the Shrew"
Voices	1995	Gerald Duffy
Mansfield Park	1999	Mr. Price
Silent Witness	2003	Supt. Colin Osbourne	Episode: "Beyond Guilt"
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius	2004	Jimmy Maiden
Frances Tuesday	2004	Feltham	TV movie
The Execution of Gary Glitter	2009	Gary Glitter	TV movie
Lewis	2009	Mack Maguire	Episode: "Counter Culture Blues"
The Power of Three	2011	Gordon
National Theatre Live: Timon of Athens	2012	Apemantus
Serena	2014	Doctor
Far from the Madding Crowd	2015	Jacob Smallbury
Macbeth	2015	Macdonwald
Denial	2016	Judge John Trench
The Sense of an Ending	2017	Alex Stuart
Darkest Hour	2017	Arthur Greenwood
A Private War	2018	Adam Watkins
Chernobyl	2019	Milan Kadnikov	Episode: "Vichnaya Pamyat"

External links

• Hilton McRae at IMDb