Alastair Neil Duncan is a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 television, film and stage actor. He is sometimes credited as Neil Duncan.

Career

Duncan's breakout role was as side-kick DS Peter Livingstone to Mark McManus

Mark McManus

Mark McManus was a Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart in the long-running ITV television series Taggart for eleven years until his death.-Career:...

's Taggart

Taggart

Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme, created by Glenn Chandler, who has written many of the episodes, and made by STV Productions for the ITV network...

in Scottish television's eponymous detective series.

Leaving the show after the first two series, Duncan then appeared in the 1988 TV adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Jeremy Brett

Jeremy Brett

Jeremy Brett , born Peter Jeremy William Huggins, was an English actor, most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in four Granada TV series.-Early life:...

 as Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

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Duncan's next key role was in the 1992 science fiction film Split Second

Split Second (1992 film)

Split Second is a 1992 British science fiction film starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, and Neil Duncan. The film is directed by Tony Maylam and Ian Sharp.-Plot summary:...

, with Rutger Hauer. He continued with guest roles on TV series and he appeared in other films such as War Dogs, Trick of the Eye, Dazzle (1995) and Tower of Terror

Tower of Terror (film)

Tower of Terror is a 1997 made-for-TV supernatural thriller directed by D. J. MacHale. It is based on the theme park attraction, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and was originally a presentation of The...

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In the early 2000s, he started doing voiceover work, including video games like Warlords Battlecry

Warlords Battlecry

Warlords Battlecry was a real-time strategy computer game released in 1999. It was the first of new series of RTS games set in Steve Fawkner's successful, formerly turn-based, Warlords franchise....

, Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Legacy of Kain: Defiance is an action-adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos. It is the fifth and thus far final game in the Legacy of Kain series. It was released in North America in November and December 2003, and in Europe in February 2004...

, X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse is an action role-playing game released in 2005 for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, N-Gage, PlayStation Portable, and GameCube video game consoles as well as the PC...

, Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Final Fantasy XIV

Final Fantasy XIV

, also known as Final Fantasy XIV Online, is the fourteenth installment in the Final Fantasy series. It was released in September 2010 for Microsoft Windows, with a PlayStation 3 port in development. The game is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game and is developed and published by...

and the TV series The Batman

The Batman (TV series)

The Batman is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. It ran from 2004 to 2008, on the Saturday morning television block Kids' WB...

, as Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred Pennyworth is a fictional character that appears throughout the DC Comics franchise. The character first appears in Batman #16 , and was created by writer Bob Kane and artist Jerry Robinson. Alfred serves as Batman’s tireless butler, assistant, confidant, and surrogate father figure...

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His most notable TV guest appearances include episodes of Tracey Takes On...

Tracey Takes On...

Tracey Takes On... is an HBO sketch comedy series created by British-American comedienne Tracey Ullman.In 1993, Ullman returned to television after her hit Fox comedy series, The Tracey Ullman Show, was canceled, with two comedy specials for HBO. Tracey Ullman Takes On New York, and Tracey Ullman:...

, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed

Charmed

Charmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...

and Angel

Angel (TV series)

Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...

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Duncan was one of 400 actors considered for the lead role in the international hit series Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series

Highlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...

but lost out to Adrian Paul

Adrian Paul

Adrian Paul Hewett , better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as Duncan MacLeod. In 1997, he founded The Peace Fund charitable organization.-Early life:...

. He later guest-starred in the fifth season, in the episode "Dramatic License" as immortal Terence Coventry.

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