Hamish MacDougall
Biography
Hamish was encouraged into acting as a profession by Julie Vigano, director of ambitious annual dramas at Devonshire House prep-school in Hampstead, London. That led to Saturday classes with Bruce Wooding & others at the Central School of Speech & Drama, inspired direction from Misty Sutton-Price at Portland Place School, a few productions for Hampstead Theatre's Heat & Light youth group, 2 years in Arts Ed Pupils School (Chiswick), and parallel input from John Hoggarth, Paul Roseby et al from the National Youth Theatre (NYT). His 3 year BA course in Arts Ed School of Drama culminated in showcase performances of "Cause Celebre" (alongside the wonderfully named Tuppence Middleton) & "the Lights", followed by his final performance for the NYT as a young Edward Heath in their original production of "Tory Boyz" - interrupted by a call to play his 1st professional role as an officer cadet in the BBC4 WWI drama "Walter's War".
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Hastings Footman
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • as Theology Student
In 1965, seven students meet and, despite being an assorted mix of people, become friends while they share a flat together in London. As time passes, their lives intertwine with each other as they feel the impact of political developments and the outbreak of war and disease.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Pte. Christopher Hummins
Drama inspired by the life of Walter Tull who, after years in an orphanage, went on to become a professional footballer and then the first black commissioned officer to lead British troops during WW1. The action concerns Tull's turbulent passage from ordinary soldier to extraordinary officer at officer training camp, where he had to face his own demons as well as fight the prejudice that surrounded him