Kevin McKidd is a Scottish television and film actor and director. Before playing the role of Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy, McKidd starred as Lucius Vorenus in the historical drama series Rome, Tommy in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting, and provided the voice of Captain John "Soap" Mactavish in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the sequel Modern Warfare 3. McKidd was born and brought up in Elgin, in the north of Scotland. His father was a plumber and his mother, Kathleen, a secretary. He attended Seafield Primary School and Elgin Academy, and was a member of the local amateur dramatic group,... Moray Youth Theatre. Planning to study engineering, he attended the University of Edinburgh, but dropped out and instead enrolled at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh to study drama. He also joined Edinburgh University's student theatre company, Bedlam Theatre where he performed as a member of the improvised comedy troupe The Improverts. After playing Tommy in Trainspotting, McKidd was cast as Father Deegan in the 1996 Christmas episode of 'Father Ted.' Subsequent roles include Malky Johnson in Small Faces.
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