Scott Kyle

The story of how Scott Kyle went from being a latch-key kid on the streets of Rutherglen to an award winning actor and Artistic Director is both highly amusing and incredibly inspirational.

Brought up on a working class estate in Glasgow, the second son of a single parent mother working three jobs to feed her family, he always knew he would have to work for success.

After leaving school at 16 for a supermarket job he decided at the age of 21 to go back to college and study drama. It changed his life - but not as he expected.

Unable to afford to give up work he continued to stack shelves at night and studied by day - often surviving on as little as three hours sleep.

Within 18 months he had launched his own theatre company and by the time he graduated at the top of his class he was already an award winning actor lauded for his outstanding achievements and enterprise.

Unable to find a suitable acting job straight from college he decided to produce his own show, the hilariously funny “Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim” by Des Dillion, after coming across the script by accident in his local library.

Despite limited professional experience and no financial backing Scott recruited three friends, pulled together a makeshift set, hand-delivered flyers to promote the production and borrowed a clapped-out van to take the play on tour across the country to rave reviews. It is now considered "Scottish theatre's greatest success story of recent times.” - Alan Chadwick

In 2010 at the Edinburgh Festival Scott was crowned ‘The Stage Best Actor’ for his portrayal of Billy and was soon spotted by BAFTA winning Director, Ken Loach, who cast him in the movie ‘The Angels Share’. That was followed by a starring role in the dramatic BAFTA nominated war movie ‘Kilo Two Bravo’ and a part as ‘Ross the Smith’ in the globally acclaimed Outlander television series.

Behind the scenes Scott has continued his trailblazing career in the theatre industry as an artistic director and programme manager while still teaching masterclasses and workshops to schools and businesses throughout the world.

In 2017, he received the Pride of West Lothian Award for his outstanding contribution to the local community.