Biography
Kevin McKidd is a Scottish actor and director. He was born on 9 August 1973 in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. He studied drama at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh after initially enrolling in engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
McKidd first came to prominence with his role as Tommy in the 1996 film Trainspotting. He later played Lucius Vorenus in the television series Rome (2005–2007) and Dr Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy (2008–2026), also directing episodes of the latter. Other film roles include appearances in Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), as well as voice work in Brave (2012). In 2024 he played Andrew Bloom in It Ends with Us.
