Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stephen McCole is a Scottish actor. McCole plays the leading role in the television black comedy High Times. McCole portrays Rab, an unemployed stoner who lives with his family in a bleak high-rise flat in Glasgow. The series, which received the 2004 BAFTA Scotland Best Drama Award, also features McCole's older brother, Paul. McCole credits the believability of his role to growing up in similar surroundings in Glasgow's Castlemilk project. McCole has also...
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Complete Filmography

Swan Songs
2025
as Dad
In the ruins of a forgotten park, an estranged father and daughter reunite but together they must also face the devastating truth that has torn them a...

Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance
2023
as Fergus
Pat Tate embarks on a rampage to avenge his loyal and trusted footsoldier's violent death, venturing beyond his comfort zone of Essex into the dark si...

Choose Irvine Welsh.
2023
as Self
Irvine Welsh in his own words, with Iggy Pop, Martin Compston, Danny Boyle and others paying tribute

Don vs Lightning
2021
as Murray
When Don, an elderly Scottish grump, finds himself the victim of multiple lightning strikes he begins to worry that his quiet, orderly life may never ...

Adam
2021
as Mental Health Nurse
The true story of a trans man and his remarkable struggle across genders and borders. Based on the acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland play, with A...

A Christmas Gift from Bob
2020
as Mark
James Bowen finds himself the target of an animal welfare investigation that threatens to take away his beloved cat, Bob, at Christmas.

Beats
2019
as Sergeant Ian Black
Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind t...
Orphans Reunited
2019
20th anniversary documentary on “Orphans” including interviews with cast and crew.

Connect
2019
as Jeff
In a small town in Scotland, a young man must overcome his depression and the voice that haunts him daily. From a cliff top, a man in a hoody leaps to...

Malevolent
2018
as Frank
A brother-sister team who fake paranormal encounters for cash get more than they bargained for when a job at a haunted estate turns very, very real.

Outlaw King
2018
as Seamus Barber, Chamberlain
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

Natalie
2017
as Tony
An estranged woman travels home to her father's funeral in order to get closure with her prejudiced family.

The Legend of Barney Thomson
2015
as Wullie
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in fiv...
Turncoat
2013
as Vince Deacon
Two cops break into a criminal's home, drag him out of bed and start conducting an illegal search of the premises. Cuffed to a chair, and seemingly he...

The Wee Man
2013
as Junior Thompson
The true life story of the rise to power of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris.

Perfect Sense
2011
as Nice Official
In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a ...

A Lonely Place to Die
2011
as Mr Mcrae
A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in th...

Neds
2010
as Mr. McLeod
NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the ...
I'll Be Right Here
2010
Holed up in an LA hotel room, John Moffat has fanciful, deluded dreams about meeting his idol Steven Spielberg. When Moffat befriends an ageing hotel ...

Crying with Laughter
2009
as Joey Frisk
Powerfully redemptive and darkly comedic revenge thriller set in the vicious world of stand-up comedy, starring Stephen McCole and Malcolm Shields.

Stone of Destiny
2008
as Gavin Vernon
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scott...
At the End of the Sentence
2005
An uptight newspaper sub-editor and his teenage brother organise a Christmas homecoming for their convict father in this surreal tale of cowboys, pris...
Electric Blues
2004
Director
The story of a young couple who manage to re-charge their wilting relationship when Rod accidentally becomes an electrifying lover!

The Key
2003
The story of three generations told against the backdrop of the 20th century. The drama focuses on the life of Mary Corrigan, from her days as a rebel...

The Magdalene Sisters
2002
as Young Man in Car
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Sunday
2002
as Para F
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Govern...

Last Orders
2001
as Young Vince
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watchi...
Blackout
2001
Flying bin bags, missing sofas, broken lifts and a complete power failure make an interesting night for tenants of a council tower block.

Complicity
2000
as Al
Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the underdog. A twisted serial killer seems to have some m...

The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000
as Self
An exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary by Eric Chase Anderson.

The Acid House
1998
as Boab
A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor w...

Rushmore
1998
as Magnus Buchan
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls i...

Orphans
1998
as John
A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways—s...

Postmortem
1998
as George Statler Jr.
The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next ...

My Name Is Joe
1998
as Mojo
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in one of the toughest Glasgow ...
Dead Eye Dick
1996
Unable to accept that she doesn't want to see him anymore, Joe threatens to shoot himself in the head at his ex-lover's apartment door, but is not exp...