Biography
Ronald Eaglesham Porter, known professionally as Ron Donachie (born 26 April 1956, Dundee, Scotland), is a Scottish character actor. He attended Madras College in St Andrews and earned an MA (Hons.) in English Literature and Drama from the University of Glasgow in 1979. He is best known for portraying Ser Rodrik Cassel, the steadfast master-at-arms of House Stark, in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2012), for his supporting role as Master-at-Arms Thomas King in James Cameron's Titanic (1997), and for voicing DI John Rebus in the BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Sir Ian Rankin's Rebus detective novels, a role he reprised on stage in Rebus: Long Shadows. He has appeared in over 130 productions across theatre, film, and television since the early 1970s. His filmography includes Comfort and Joy (1984), White Mischief (1987), The Jungle Book (1994, as Sergeant Harley), Fierce Creatures (1997), Titanic (1997), Max Manus: Man of War (2008, as Colonel J.S. Wilson), Filth (2012, as Hector), Sunset Song (2015, as Uncle Tam), Steel Rain (2017, as US Secretary of State Michael Dobbs), Outlaw King (2018, as Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow), Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022, as Col. Val Cleaver), and I Swear (2025, as Headmaster Donald Watkins). On television he has appeared in Taggart (1983), The Bill (1984, as DCI Andrew Ross, recurring), Doctor Who (2005), Downton Abbey (2010, as Mr. McCree), Rebus (1999–2000, as Jack Gunner / DCI Wilson), Vera (2011), Silk (2011), Blandings (2013), Waterloo Road (2012, 7 episodes), Karen Pirie (2022), Granite Harbour (2022), and Screw (2022, as Don Carpenter, 12 episodes).
Acted in 99
2020s
- 2025
- 2022
Screw
Don Carpenter · 12 episodes
- 2021
2010s
- 2018
Starhunter ReduX
MacDuff · 1 episode
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
The Spy
Major Bloomberg
- 2011
The Field of Blood
DCI Sullivan · 2 episodes
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
The Daisy Chain
Doctor Ferguson
- 2007
Recovery
Len Hamilton
Party Animals
TV
- 2006
The Chatterley Affair
Mr. Allen Lane
- 2005
Love Soup
TV
The Golden Hour
David Tremaine · 1 episode
Man to Man
Sir Walter Stephenson
- 2004
The Genius of Mozart
Joseph Hayden · 3 episodes
- 2003
The Key
Movie
- 2002
Al's Lads
Birch
- 2000
Starhunter
TV
Beautiful Creatures
Police Pathologist
Station
Ticket Man
1990s
- 1999
Extremely Dangerous
Gebbert · 4 episodes
The Match
Happy Feet
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Arturo Mazarini · 6 episodes
- 1998
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
Leonard Bladon
- 1997
Ain't Misbehavin'
Billy the Book · 3 episodes
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
Harry Enfield and Chums
Customer · 1 episode
Takin' Over the Asylum
Petrie · 6 episodes
Roughnecks
Dennis · 1 episode
Lie Down with Lions
Kelly
99-1
McLaverty · 1 episode
- 1993
- 1992
The Bogie Man
Davie
Virtual Murder
Police Doctor · 1 episode
- 1990
Sweet Nothing
Big Mac
The Gravy Train
Hatted Man · 4 episodes
Crossing to Freedom
RAF Corporal
1980s
- 1989
Stay Lucky
TV
The Justice Game
Alex Patterson · 4 episodes
- 1988
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Al Hake · 2 episodes
The Zip
The biker
Down Where the Buffalo Go
J.D. (Man on Ferry)
- 1987
Tutti Frutti
Dennis Sproul · 6 episodes
- 1986
Blood Red Roses
Charles Riggins
Heavenly Pursuits
Big Man in Bar
- 1984
Comfort and Joy
George
It Could Happen to Anybody
Big Lick
Sakharov
Movie
- 1983
Those Glory Glory Days
1961 Spurs Team Member
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Calhoun · 3 episodes
Ill Fares the Land
Movie
Grey Granite
Provost James Speight · 3 episodes
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2010s
- 2019
