Hamish McColl (born 28 January 1962) is a British comedian, writer and actor. He trained at the École Philippe Gaulier, Paris and the University of Cambridge. With Sean Foley, he formed the double act The Right Size in 1988, creating comic theatre shows which toured all over the world. More recently he has worked as a screenwriter, scripting Mr. Bean's Holiday and Johnny English Reborn, plus contributing to the story of Paddington.

Theatre

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Filmography

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Film

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Writer

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Year Title Director Notes
2007 Mr. Bean's Holiday Steve Bendelack
2011 Johnny English Reborn Oliver Parker
2014 Paddington Paul King
2016 Dad's Army Oliver Parker
2020 Artemis Fowl Kenneth Branagh

Acting credits

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1996 Surviving Picasso Torso James Ivory
1998 The Parent Trap Photographer Nancy Meyers
2000 Going Going Scott Margaret Williams Short film
2001 Gypsy Woman Waiter Sheree Folkson
2001 Knit Your Own Karma Mr. Gorsky Simon Hook Short film
2004 The Reckoning Innkeeper Paul McGuigan
2004 Churchill: The Hollywood Years Captain Davies Peter Richardson
2010 Good Boy Bully Ben Manley
Blake Ritson
Dylan Ritson
Short film
2014 Paddington Petting Zoo Keeper Paul King
2018 All Is True Judge Kenneth Branagh

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 Screenplay Episode: "The Vision Thing"
1994 Between the Lines Special Branch Officer Episode: "Foxtrot Oscar"
1995 The Old Curiosity Shop List Television film
1995 Prime Suspect Younger Neighbor Episode: "Inner Circles"
1999 Peak Practice Danny Givens Episode: "Eskimo Roll"

Olivier Awards

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References

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  • Hamish McColl, Sean Foley and Kenneth Branagh (22 May 2003). "A conversation with the cast and director of "The Play I Wrote"". Charlie Rose (Interview: video). Interviewed by Charlie Rose. PBS. Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  • "Hamish McColl Curriculum Vitae". PFD. 2004. Archived from the original on 25 June 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
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