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name: "Angus Macfadyen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/angus-macfadyen"
fi1m_id: "angus-macfadyen"
imdb_id: "nm0005171"
tmdb_id: 2464
wikidata_id: "Q355392"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 September 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T14:32:38.750475+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Angus Macfadyen

## Identity

Angus Macfadyen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/angus-macfadyen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** angus-macfadyen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005171
- **TMDB ID:** 2464
- **Wikidata ID:** Q355392
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Macfadyen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2464

Actor. Born 21 September 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 September 1963, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Angus MacFadyn, Angus McFadyen, 安古斯·麥克菲登,  انگس مک فادین
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (1), 2000s 63 (1), 2010s 58 (1), 2020s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 59 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 2, Western 2, Action 1, Family 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $372m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Macfadyen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005171/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2464

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Braveheart*](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md) (68)
- **Hulu:** [*Californication*](https://film.one/tv/californication.md) (63)
- **Disney+:** [*We Bought a Zoo*](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md) (58)

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## Biography

Angus Macfadyen is a Scottish actor. He was born on 21 September 1963 in Glasgow and raised in several countries including the Philippines, Singapore, France and Africa. He attended the University of Edinburgh and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Macfadyen began his career in the early 1990s with stage work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and television roles including in *Takin' Over the Asylum* (1994). His performance as Robert the Bruce in *Braveheart* (1995) brought wider recognition. He has appeared in films such as *Equilibrium* (2002), the *Saw* series (2006–2009), *We Bought a Zoo* (2011) and *The Lost City of Z* (2017), and on television in *Outlander* (2014) and *Superman & Lois* (2021).

In 2019 he reprised the role of Robert the Bruce in the film of the same name, which he co-wrote and produced.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, angusmacfadyen.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Fi1m 55, as Desmarais — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), Fi1m 48, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2.md)
- *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), Fi1m 58, as Peter MacCready — [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md)
- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, as Julian — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Braveheart* (1995), Fi1m 68, as Robert the Bruce — [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)

## Complete filmography (85)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Wolf and the Lamb* (2026), as Reverend Elias Frémont
- *Harvest* (2026), as Narednik
- *The Last Redemption* (2025), as King Ferrel
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), Actor — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), as Desmarais — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Bones of Crows* (2023), series, as Kenner
- *Pursued* (2023), as Mark Franc
- *Curse of the Macbeths* (2022), as Macbeth · Screenplay, Director
- *Superman & Lois* (2021), series, as Jor-El (voice), Jor-El
- *Business Ethics* (2020), as Menlo Sartori
- *Steel Rain 2: Summit* (2020), as William Smoot
- *Purge of Kingdoms* (2019), as Barbo
- *3022* (2019), as Dr. Richard Valin
- *Robert the Bruce* (2019), as Robert the Bruce · Producer, Screenplay
- *Buck Run* (2019), as Angus Ford
- *Alive* (2018), as The Man
- *F.R.E.D.I.* (2018), as Grant
- *She Rises* (2017), as Conor · Story, Screenplay, Writer
- *The Lost City of Z* (2017), as James Murray
- *Timeless* (2016), as Dr. Meier
- *Macbeth Unhinged* (2016), as Macbeth · Director
- *The Pinkertons* (2014), series, as Allan Pinkerton
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Brigadier General Simon Fraser — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *TURN: Washington's Spies* (2014), series, as Robert Rogers
- *H4* (2014), as Sir John Falstaff
- *Taken by Grace* (2013), as Lucas Blackstone
- *Copperhead* (2013), as Jee Hagadorn
- *Assassins Run* (2013), as Richard
- *Sugar* (2013), as Uncle Gene
- *Hirokin: The Last Samurai* (2012), as Moss
- *We Bought a Zoo* (2011), as Peter MacCready — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/we-bought-a-zoo.md)
- *Pound of Flesh* (2011), as Detective Patrick Kelly · Co-Producer
- *Republic of Doyle* (2010), series, as Gerald Bryne
- *Saw VI* (2009), as Jeff Denlon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Shadowheart* (2009), as Will Tunney
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Jimmy Doyle
- *Saw V* (2008), as Jeff (archive footage)
- *Eleventh Hour* (2008), series, as Jason Cooper
- *San Saba* (2008), as Bud
- *Unnatural Causes* (2008), as Matt McKay
- *Impulse* (2008), as Jonathan Dennison / Simon Phillips
- *Saw IV* (2007), as Jeff
- *Chuck* (2007), series, as Nicholas Quinn — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Californication* (2007), series, as Julian — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Redline* (2007), as Michael
- *Killer Wave* (2007), series, as John McAdams
- *.45* (2006), as Big Al
- *Saw III* (2006), as Jeff
- *Psych* (2006), series, as Logan Paget
- *The Pleasure Drivers* (2006), as Bill Plummer
- *Blackbeard* (2006), series, as Blackbeard
- *Fatwa* (2006), as Bobby
- *The Virgin of Juarez* (2006), as Patrick Nunzio
- *Shooting Gallery* (2005), as Tenderloin Tony
- *Tilt* (2005), series, as Roy 'Mac' McEntyre
- *Murder on the Yellow Brick Road* (2005), as Michael Alberts
- *5ive Days to Midnight* (2004), series, as Roy Bremmer
- *Spartacus* (2004), series, as Marcus Crassus
- *Spartacus* (2004), as Marcus Crassus
- *Miracles* (2003), series, as Alva Keel
- *Equilibrium* (2002), as DuPont
- *Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood* (2002), as Connor
- *Styx* (2001), as Mike
- *Alias* (2001), series, as Joseph Ehrmann — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *A Woman's a Helluva Thing* (2001), as Houston Blackett
- *Second Skin* (2000), as Sam Kane
- *Jason and the Argonauts* (2000), series, as Zeus
- *Titus* (1999), as Lucius
- *Cradle Will Rock* (1999), as Orson Welles
- *Facade* (1999), as Frederic Colbert
- *Joseph's Gift* (1999), as Carl
- *Lani Loa: The Passage* (1998), as Turner
- *The Rat Pack* (1998), as Peter Lawford
- *Still Breathing* (1997), as Philip
- *Snide and Prejudice* (1997), as Michael Davidson/Adolf Hitler
- *Warriors of Virtue* (1997), as Komodo
- *The Brylcreem Boys* (1996), as Rudolph von Stegenbek
- *Braveheart* (1995), as Robert the Bruce — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/braveheart.md)
- *Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story* (1995), series, as Richard Burton
- *Takin' Over the Asylum* (1994), series, as Fergus
- *Two Golden Balls* (1994), as Dexter
- *15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight* (1993), as David McBride
- *The Lost Language of Cranes* (1992), as Philip Benjamin
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Lt. Alex Pereira
- *B.O.R.N.* (1989), as Operating Assistant (uncredited)

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