films, including 2007's BAFTA Award-winning The Last King of Scotland and Disney's highest-grossing live action film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. McAvoy was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work in 2007's Atonement. He has also made appearances in British TV series such as Shameless and Early Doors. Actor, comedian and author Robbie Coltrane, widely known for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter series of films, is another BAFTA Award-winning actor from Scotland. He was voted 6th in a poll to find the 'most famous Scot' and placed 10th in ITV's list of "TV's Greatest Stars." David Tennant is a multi award-winning Scottish actor best known for his role in Doctor Who as the 10th incarnation of the Doctor. He has also featured in numerous other television shows, movies, theatre productions and radio dramas. Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish Emmy Award winning and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actress. She has starred in many notable films, including Trainspotting alongside Ewan McGregor, the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men and the science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Brian Cox, CBE is an Emmy Award-winning Scottish actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying Hannibal Lecter in the 1986 thriller Manhunter, and has since become a familiar face in film and television. He is also known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained great recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. Some of the best-known Scottish actors include: Billy Boyd Ewen Bremner Gerard Butler Robert Carlyle Sean Connery Henry Ian Cusick Sean Biggerstaff Robbie Coltrane Tom Conti James Cosmo Brian Cox Alan Cumming James Finlayson Ncuti Gatwa Iain Glen Sam Heughan Ashley Jensen Deborah Kerr John Laurie Kelly Macdonald James McAvoy Peter Mullan David McCallum Sylvester McCoy Ian McDiarmid Ewan McGregor David McKay Kevin McKidd Graham McTavish Gray O'Brien Dougray Scott Alastair Sim David Tennant David Elliot Peter Capaldi Richard Madden Karen Gillan John Hannah Martin Compston Douglas Henshall Mark Bonnar Scottish Film Council The Scottish Film Council was established in 1934 as the national body for film in Scotland. Its founding aim was to 'improve and extend the use in Scotland of films for cultural and educational purposes and to raise the Scottish standard in the public appreciation of films'. A strong focus on film in the service of education, industry and the betterment