Alastair Duncan (actor, born 1958) explained

Alastair Duncan
Birth Place:Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
Other Names:Neil Duncan
Nationality:Scottish
Occupation:Actor, real estate broker
Children:2

Alastair Duncan is a Scottish actor and real estate broker. He is best known for his voice-work in animation, films and video games.

Early life

Duncan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father is named Archibald Alexander Macbeth Duncan. Following his family's naming tradition, his name would have been Alastair David Macbeth Duncan, but his father decided to simply give him the legal name Alastair Duncan.[1]

Career

Duncan's breakout role (then credited as "Neil Duncan") was as Peter Livingstone, side-kick to Mark McManus' Taggart in Scottish television's eponymous detective series.

Leaving the show after the first two series, Duncan then appeared in the 1988 television adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.

Duncan's next key role was in the 1992 science fiction film Split Second. He continued with guest roles on television series, such as Babylon 5, All-American Girl, and The Marshal. He also appeared in television films, such as Trick of the Eye and Tower of Terror.[2]

Since the early 2000s, he has been doing voiceover work, including films like and video games like Warlords Battlecry, , , , , Final Fantasy XIV, Mass Effect, Infinity Blade II, Infinity Blade III, and , as well as animated television series: Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman and Adrian Toomes in Marvel's Spider-Man.

His most notable television guest appearances include episodes of Tracey Takes On..., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Angel and Leverage.

Duncan was one of 400 actors considered for the lead role in the international hit series but lost out to Adrian Paul. He later guest-starred in the fifth season's episode "Dramatic License" as immortal Terence Coventry.

In 2011, Duncan appeared in David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Duncan has also provided his voice for How to Train Your Dragon 2 and acted in the HBO series Westworld. He has also voiced and performed motion capture for the Norse god Mimir in 2018's God of War and its sequel God of War Ragnarök.[3]

Personal life

In 1994, after beginning to find regular work as an actor, Duncan relocated from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles, California. According to one interview, he happened to move two weeks before the Northridge earthquake.

Duncan was married to actress Anna Gunn, but the couple divorced in 2009.[4] [5] They share two daughters.[6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Split SecondDet. Dick DurkinCredited as Neil Duncan
1992Absent Without LeaveAwkward Squad
1994Sleeping with StrangersDaniel
2005The Batman vs. DraculaAlfred PennyworthVoice, direct-to-video
2011The Girl with the Dragon TattooGreger
2015Alfred PennyworthVoice, direct-to-video
Alfred Pennyworth
Alfred Pennyworth, Mad Hatter
2021Batman: The Long HalloweenAlfred Pennyworth
2024[7] Alfred Pennyworth

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985–94TaggartDS Peter Livingstone16 episodes
1989SaracenSimon BleasdaleEpisode: "Tooth and Claw"
About FaceJamieEpisode: "Mrs. Worthington's Daughter"
1991Agatha Christie's PoirotCaptain BlackEpisode: "The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor"
Screen TwoJonathon ParkerEpisode: "The Laughter of God"
1992MedicsGreg Maxwell1 episode
1994Chandler & CoPaul DaileyEpisode: "Past Imperfect"
Trick of the EyeSimonTelevision film
BlossomGraham2 episodes
All-American GirlCalvin WhitakerEpisode: "Educating Margaret"
1995The MarshalRaineyEpisode: "Natural Law"
The Home CourtPaulEpisode: "Time Flies"
1996Murder, She WroteSgt. Colin BaxterEpisode: "Southern Double-Cross"
Dead Man's WalkCapt. Billy FalconerTelevision film
SordisEpisode: "Mercenary"
Terence CoventryEpisode: "Dramatic License"
1996–99Tracey Takes On...Euan McCloud, Capt. Philip "Pip" St. Aubyn14 episodes
1997PerionEpisode: "Been There, Done That"
Babylon 5LatimereEpisode: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"
Tower of TerrorGilbert LondonTelevision film
1998Buddy FaroEric / Jeffrey MendelbaumEpisode: "Now You See Him, Now He's Dead"
1999Seven DaysRussian CaptainEpisode: "Last Breath"
NormPaulEpisode: "While You Weren't Sleeping"
ThanksEdward RandolphEpisode: "Tobacco"
Sabrina the Teenage WitchPierre CurieEpisode: "Aging, Not So Gracefully"
2000Eliot GraysonEpisode: "Too Many Cooks"
Buffy the Vampire SlayerCollins2 episodes
The Three StoogesTheatre ManagerTelevision film
AngelCollinsEpisode: "Sanctuary"
2001ProvidenceGraham Hollings4 episodes
CharmedAlasterEpisode: "Brain Drain"
2002Maybe It's MeJamesEpisode: "The Fever Episode"
2003The Lyon's DenHaley's FatherEpisode: "Beach House"
Miss MatchIanEpisode: "Bad Judgement"
2004The Grim Adventures of Billy & MandyOdinVoice, episode: "A Kick in the Asgard"
2004–08The BatmanAlfred PennyworthVoice, 50 episodes
2007Mad MenGeorge PelhamEpisode: "Marriage of Figaro"
2010The MentalistFrancis SlocombeEpisode: "The Red Box"
LeveragePresident Edwin RiberaEpisode: "The San Lorenzo Job"
2011CastleReginald EasleyEpisode: "Lucky Stiff"
2013BonesHeinrich GloecknerEpisode: "The Secrets in the Proposal"
Graham DeverauxEpisode: "Last Supper"
Regular ShowMordecai's Dad, PilgrimVoice, episode: "The Thanksgiving Special"
2014NCISPeter VeloEpisode: "So It Goes"
2015The GrinderLord Chief Justice PugueEpisode: "Buckingham Malice"
2016WestworldCottage FatherEpisode: "The Adversary"
2017–18Additional Voices13 episodes
2017–19Spider-ManAdrian Toomes / Vulture, Goblin King, additional voicesVoice, 10 episodes
2018Additional Voices2 episodes
2019Avengers AssembleAdrian Toomes / Vulture Voice, episode: "Vibranium Curtain"[8]
2020StillwaterGooseVoice, episode: "The Haircut/Paper Wings"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Reborn #1, Cultist #2, Imperial Officer #1
The HobbitKili
Mortanius, Hylden Lord
2004Mihai Niculescu
2005Killer7Curtis Blackburn
Additional Voices
Bastion
2006Mitsunari Ishida
Kent
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndPenrod
Qualopec
Mass EffectNihlus Kryik, Councilor Sparatus, ERCS Guard
2010Mass Effect 2Councilor Sparatus, Anto Korragan, Captain Narom, Kylan, Blue Suns Enemies
Final Fantasy XIVAdditional Voices
Soldier #8, Citizen Male #7
2011Professor Layton and the Miracle MaskAdditional VoicesCredited as Archibald Macbeth
Lion 2
Marlowe's Agents
Captain VelethDragonborn DLC
Infinity Blade IIRaidriar
2012Additional Voices
Mass Effect 3Councilor Sparatus, Turian Pilot
StarhawkRifters, Outcast
2013Senator Steven Armstrong
Professor Layton and the Azran LegacyAdditional VoicesCredited as Archibald Macbeth
Infinity Blade IIIRaidriar
Thug #3
2014Taleb
Celebrimbor
2015Additional Voices
2017Celebrimbor
2018God of WarMímir
Darksiders IIIAngel Soldier, Marker Male
2019Additional VoicesOnslaught DLC
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2022God of War RagnarökMímir
Warren Omon, Leundar Balbatos[9]
2023Alfred Pennyworth, Clinton Scarantino, Old Man
2023Hogwarts LegacyIsidora's Father

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fyfe . Duncan . 2017-03-15 . Meeting Alastair Duncan . 2022-12-21 . Medium . en.
  2. Web site: Alastair Duncan . 2022-12-20 . www.tcm.com . en.
  3. Web site: McWhertor . Michael . 2022-11-09 . Here's the full God of War Ragnarök cast . 2022-12-20 . Polygon . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2014-09-09 . Anna Gunn: From 'Breaking Bad' to Breakthrough Star MORE Magazine . 2022-12-20 . 9 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140909090444/http://www.more.com/entertainment/celebrities-movies-tv-music/anna-gunn-breaking-bad-breakthrough-star . dead .
  5. Web site: Anna Gunn's Ex-Husband Wants a Piece of her 'Breaking Bad' Money . 2022-12-20 . TMZ . 29 May 2014 . en.
  6. News: 14 September 2006 . Deadwood's Anna Gunn Has a Girl . . 20 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080416081758/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1534956,00.html . 16 April 2008.
  7. Web site: Harvey . James . 2023-12-05 . "Justice League: Crisis On Infinite Earths, Part One" Release Date . 2023-12-05 . The World's Finest . en-US.
  8. Web site: Alastair Duncan (visual voices guide) . Behind the Voice Actors . 30 July 2019. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  9. Web site: Romano. Sal. October 5, 2022. Tactics Ogre: Reborn details unit development, charms, battle updates, balance adjustments, shop improvements, classes, and characters. Gematsu. October 6, 2022.