Alec Westwood

Acting

Alec Westwood

Place of birth

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Professional Scottish Actor and Voice-Over Artist represented by Infinity Artist Management

Known for

Shetland poster
7.5

Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.

Shetland

2013

Taggart poster
6.6

Taggart is a Scottish detective television program. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.

Taggart

1983

Lovejoy poster
7.4

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

Lovejoy

1986

Still Game poster
8.4

Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's (Old Age Pensioners) Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional town of Craiglang.

Still Game

2002

Knightmare poster
8.5

Knightmare is a British television programme for children and was broadcast on CITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. An adventure game show, Knightmare involves a team of four children – one taking the role of the sightless dungeoneer, and the remaining three acting as their guide – traversing a medieval environment as they attempt to complete a quest and exit the dungeon, using their wits to overcome puzzles, obstacles and the unusual characters they meet along the journey. The show is most noted for its use of blue screen chroma key and use of 'virtual reality' interactive gameplay on television. Broadcast to high viewing figures throughout its original run, it has garnered a cult status amongst its fans since its final television episode in 1994. It was revived for a one off special by YouTube in August 2013.

Knightmare

1987

Granite Harbour poster
4.2

Lance Corporal Davis Lindo arrives in Aberdeen Scotland as a new detective trainee. Having completed his final tour with the Royal Military Police, Lindo dreams of being a detective at New Scotland Yard. However, he finds himself being sent to train as a Detective Constable in the North East of Scotland, he must quickly adapt to his new life in Aberdeen, a world away from anything the soldier has known before.

Granite Harbour

2022

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

Remains poster
NR

Three refugees try to escape from a dystopian UK after climate catastrophe.

Remains

2025

Passing Place poster
NR

A woman awakes on a surreal purgatorial island after being mistakenly declared dead.

Passing Place

2026

Dick Dynamite: 1944 poster
5.9

In the dying days of World War II, Dick Dynamite and his ragtag team of Nazi-killing commandos must stop a group of depraved German scientists from turning the population of New York into flesh-eating zombies.

Dick Dynamite: 1944

2024

Song of the Swan poster
9.5

A vivid dream exploration of Moira Shearer's heart and mind, just before and after she agreed to star in Powell and Pressburger's beloved cinema classic "The Red Shoes", a decision that would change her life forever. Celebrating the original film but also shining a light on the uncanny parallels between Moira Shearer and her tragic alter ego Victoria Page. Revealing a complex and defiant young woman who ultimately chose life over fame.

Song of the Swan

2022

Solstice poster
NR

Set against the backdrop of the beautiful coastal West Highlands of Scotland, Solstice is a romantic drama with an environmental heart about saving our seas from plastic pollution and finding love.

Solstice

2020

Children of Chronos poster
NR

A young woman, Nikita, takes a treacherous journey towards a mystical far away city, Chronos, in hope of a better life. After an epic journey arriving at the gates of Chronos, they find that the great stories of Chronos aren't quite true.

Children of Chronos

2021

Redwood Massacre: Annihilation poster
4.2

A stranger obsessed with the unsolved Redwood murders, convinces a group of bereaved family members to venture into the wilderness in hope of proving the existence of the infamous killer. Their quest for truth sees a sinister turn of events, as the hunters become the hunted. A blood-soaked fight for survival ensues when they find that the tales told of the axe-wielding manic is very real.

Redwood Massacre: Annihilation

2020

Revenant Relocation Officers poster
NR

A short documentary following two 'Revenant Relocation Officers' as they remove ghosts from various properties around Edinburgh.

Revenant Relocation Officers

2021

Schemers poster
5.4

Set in late-1970s Dundee, Schemers is based on writer-producer David McLean’s early years in the music business. After a run in with a local gangster, a fledgling promoter and his two friends raise their ambitions to booking major bands in order to escape their debt.

Schemers

2020

The Feel at the Wheel poster
NR

Deep in Rural Aberdeenshire in the North-East of Scotland, a cheeky tactless driver harangues and berates his passengers one by one... but are his barbs laced with truth?

The Feel at the Wheel

2021

What Did You Do in the War, Mama? poster
NR

What Did You Do In the War, Mama? is set in 1917 when the powers of Europe are locked in a lethal war. Casualty numbers are enormous. There seems no way out of the stalemate. One evening, King George V and his advisers, including Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Army Commander of British Douglas Haig, and Munitions Minister, Winston Churchill are poisoned at dinner. Seriously ill, the men can no longer work and it falls to Queen Consort, Mary, to find a solution to this dangerous situation. And the question then becomes - what would happen if women ruled the world?

What Did You Do in the War, Mama?

2021

2010s · 9 titles

Remember Me poster
NR

When a retired mechanic from Aberdeen develops Alzheimer's disease, his son must care for him while dealing with the pressures of his stressful work life.

Remember Me

2019

The Anatomist poster
NR

At a time when Anatomy was frowned upon and feared, a well-respected anatomist must go to extreme lengths to find knowledge to save his dying wife.

The Anatomist

2019

No artwork available
NR

An embarrassing Christmas gift is sent to the family home. Alec must discreetly retrieve the gift.

Hard Christmas

2019

The Redwood Massacre poster
3.9

​‘THE REDWOOD MASSACRE’ is about five adventurous friends, visiting the legendary murder site of Redwood. It has all the hallmarks of being an exciting and thrilling camping weekend away. They soon discover they’re not the only people in the mysterious location. The fun camping expedition soon turns into a nightmare as they are sadistically stalked by a mysterious unseen killer.

The Redwood Massacre

2014

Butterfly poster
NR

A retired war photographer reflects on his life when he is diagnosed with progressive sight loss.

Butterfly

2018

A Christmas Carol poster
4.8

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

A Christmas Carol

2018

Utopia poster
4.8

Three interwoven stories of loneliness and isolation that centre around Janan, a woman from Afghanistan who travels to the UK for artificial insemination. Complications arise when William, a medical sciences student working in the clinic switches the donor's semen for his own.

Utopia

2015

No artwork available
NR

Faced with a corpse, a restless and lonely young carer finds the attention and money she needs.

I Was Here

2018

Locked In poster
NR

Samira and Nazim, asylum seekers who fled after torture find themselves in the UK again detained by the state. They are on the fast track system, soon to be deported. With the clock ticking, the memories of their torture and what awaits on their return torment them. Will they be able to gain asylum in time? What will the cost be to their relationship?

Locked In

2017

Series credits

Shetland poster
7.5

Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.

Shetland

2013

Taggart poster
6.6

Taggart is a Scottish detective television program. The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.

Taggart

1983

Lovejoy poster
7.4

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

Lovejoy

1986

Still Game poster
8.4

Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's (Old Age Pensioners) Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional town of Craiglang.

Still Game

2002

Knightmare poster
8.5

Knightmare is a British television programme for children and was broadcast on CITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. An adventure game show, Knightmare involves a team of four children – one taking the role of the sightless dungeoneer, and the remaining three acting as their guide – traversing a medieval environment as they attempt to complete a quest and exit the dungeon, using their wits to overcome puzzles, obstacles and the unusual characters they meet along the journey. The show is most noted for its use of blue screen chroma key and use of 'virtual reality' interactive gameplay on television. Broadcast to high viewing figures throughout its original run, it has garnered a cult status amongst its fans since its final television episode in 1994. It was revived for a one off special by YouTube in August 2013.

Knightmare

1987

Granite Harbour poster
4.2

Lance Corporal Davis Lindo arrives in Aberdeen Scotland as a new detective trainee. Having completed his final tour with the Royal Military Police, Lindo dreams of being a detective at New Scotland Yard. However, he finds himself being sent to train as a Detective Constable in the North East of Scotland, he must quickly adapt to his new life in Aberdeen, a world away from anything the soldier has known before.

Granite Harbour

2022

Roughnecks poster
7.3

Roughnecks is a BBC comedy-drama series that ran over two series between 1994 and 1995 on BBC One. The show centred on the working and personal lives of those who worked on the fictional oil rig "The Osprey Explorer" in the North Sea.

Roughnecks

1994

Behind the camera