---
name: "Kevin Mains"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kevin-mains"
fi1m_id: "kevin-mains"
imdb_id: "nm3262824"
tmdb_id: 1475233
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T17:00:31.240974+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."
---

# Kevin Mains

## Identity

Kevin Mains

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kevin-mains
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kevin-mains
- **IMDb ID:** nm3262824
- **TMDB ID:** 1475233
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3262824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1475233

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3262824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1475233

## Biography

Kevin Mains is a Scottish actor. He played Paul McCartney in the 2014 ITV mini-series *Cilla*.

His other screen credits include John Macduff, Earl of Buchan in *Outlaw King* (2018), Farquharson in *Whisky Galore* (2016), DS Iain Boyd in *Shetland*, DS Jimmy Lawson in *Karen Pirie* (2022), Angus Boyde in *Father Brown*, and roles in *Beats* (2019) and *The Last Bus* (2021). He has also written for television and short films.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cilla* (2014), Fi1m 68, as Paul McCartney — [page](https://film.one/tv/cilla-2014.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Falling into Place* (2023), as Jamie
- *Karen Pirie* (2022), series, as DS Jimmy Lawson
- *Mother Teresa & Me* (2022), as Rupert
- *The Last Bus* (2021), as Neil (Racist)
- *Beats* (2019), as Les
- *Outlaw King* (2018), as John Macduff, Earl of Buchan
- *Whisky Galore* (2016), as Farquharson
- *Houdini & Doyle* (2016), series, as Lachlan MacBride
- *Mountain Goats* (2015), series, as Conor
- *Stonemouth* (2015), series, as Fraser Murston
- *Scotland In A Day* (2014), Actor
- *Cilla* (2014), series, as Paul McCartney — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/cilla-2014.md)
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Andrew Gow — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/outlander.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as DS Iain Boyd — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Angus Boyde
- *Zig Zag Love* (2009), as Elliot Laing

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