Iain Glen

Birthday: 24 June 1961, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Height: 185 cm

Iain Glen is a Scottish actor, he was born on June 24, 1961 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), followed by the Unive ...Show More

I'm too much of a big kid. I'm too much of a big kid.

I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch. I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.

With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buf Show more With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face. Hide

My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child. My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child.

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about. I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel. I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then y Show more As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time. Hide

I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer. I don't know anyone who's suffered lung cancer.

You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly. You're spoilt as an actor if you are in that small percentage that works regularly.

I don't crave Hollywood. I don't crave Hollywood.

A bicycle has transformed my experience of London. A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.

You really are being quite foolish to smoke. You really are being quite foolish to smoke.

A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more com Show more A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated. Hide

Iain Glen's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (178)

Haven - Season 5

Doctor Who Confidential - Season 5

Spooks - Season 8

Resident Evil: Extinction

Ripper Street - Season 1

Borgia - Season 2 [Sub: Eng]

Gorillas in the Mist

Game Of Thrones - Season 4

Law & Order: UK - Season 5

Mrs. Wilson - Season 1

The Hollow Crown - Season 1

Downton Abbey - Season 1

Poirot - Season 1

The Red Tent - Season 1

Tides (The Colony) [Sub: Eng]

Poirot - Season 3

Jack Taylor - Season 2

Ripper Street - Season 4

Autopsy: The Last Hours of - Season 3

Game Of Thrones - Season 5

Downton Abbey - Season 6

Into the Storm

Poirot - Season 12

Spooks - Season 9

The Young Americans

The Diary of Anne Frank - Season 1

Iain Glen'S roles

Village Priest

Jorah Mormont

Alfred Roberts

Dr. Isaacs

Hamlet

Sir Richard Carlisle

Leo Vincent

S.I. Childs

Leo Vincent

King Richard Lionheart

Earl of Warwick

Octavius Caesar

Jorah Mormont

Nick Kendall

James Willett

Manfred Powell

Gerald Crawford

Orestes