Actor profile

Iain McColl

27th January 1954 Lennox Castle Hospital, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK Acting

Iain McColl was a Scottish actor best known for his regular roles in sitcoms City Lights and Rab C Nesbitt. His film credits included Restless Natives and Gangs of New York. He died in 2013 of complications from bone cancer, aged 59.

13 Movies 4 TV Shows 18 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

City Lights: Pure Dead Brilliant 30th November 2025 as (archive footage)

Gerard Kelly: A Celebration 31st December 2010 as Self

Driving Lessons 6th September 2006 as Policeman

Gangs of New York 14th December 2002 as Condemned Man (Seamus)

Gadgetman 1st January 1996 as Lonnie Dolan

The Bogie Man 29th December 1992 as Marksman

A View of Harry Clark 21st March 1989 as Older Cop

Tumbledown 29th May 1988 as Colour Sergeant

Down Where the Buffalo Go 19th January 1988 as Barman

You've Never Slept in Mine 20th June 1985 as Lorry Driver

Restless Natives 1st June 1985 as Nigel

Knockback: 1 27th January 1985 as Gartree Prisoner

Comfort and Joy 14th August 1984 as Archie

The Crow Road 4th November 1996 as Undertaker

Hamish Macbeth 26th March 1995 as Neil the Bus

I, Lovett 24th March 1993 as Policeman

City Lights 14th October 1986 as Tam