Douggie McMeekin is an English stage, television and film actor.
Early life He graduated with a physics degree from the University of Nottingham. As a student he performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the National Student Drama Festival where he won the Judges Award for Acting in 2011. He later trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Career Theatre He made his professional stage debut as one of the Lost Boys in Ella Hickson’s Wendy & Peter Pan at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2015. His theatre roles have also included Nina Raine’s Bach & Sons at The Bridge Theatre in 2021. In April 2018, he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Awards for his performance as Snug the Joiner in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Young Vic.
Film and television In 2017, he played Sunny Blandford in The Crown. The following year he played Charles Quigley in historical drama Harlots. He later played Aleksandr Yuvchenko in historical drama Chernobyl.
He had a role in 2021 Cush Jumbo-led television series The Beast Must Die. He appeared in the 2022 Lena Dunham film Catherine Called Birdy.
In 2024, he could be seen playing Tindaro the sickly nobleman in Netflix historical comedy series The Decameron. That year he also appeared in the IVF film drama Joy, playing John Brown, the father of the first test tube baby.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2015 A Gert Lush Christmas Jake 2016 The Call-Up Adam 2017-2019 Harlots Charles Quigley 17 episodes 2017 The Crown Sunny Blandford 1 episode 2018 Midsomer Murders Dominic 1 episode 2019 Traitors Harry Glover 1 episode 2019 The Hustle Jason Feature film 2019 Chernobyl Aleksandr Yuvchenko 2 episodes 2020-2021 The Beast Must Die Vincent O'Brien 5 episodes 2021 Ragdoll Eric Turner 2 episode 2022 Catherine Called Birdy Lord Rolf of Saxony Feature film 2024 The Decameron Tindaro 8 episodes 2024 Joy John Brown Feature film2025 Too Much William 1 episode 2025 Steve Andy Film
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