Kevin Guthrie

Kevin Guthrie
Born (1988-03-21) 21 March 1988 (age 36)
Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Alma materRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland
OccupationActor
Years active2001–2021
Criminal chargesSexual assault[1]
Criminal penalty2 year custodial sentence[2]

Kevin Guthrie (born 21 March 1988) is a Scottish former actor. His best known roles are Ally in Sunshine on Leith (2013), Ewan Tavendale in Terence Davies's Sunset Song (2015), and Abernathy in the first two Fantastic Beast films - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).[3] He also performed the lead role in Peter Pan at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, in 2011.[4]

On 16 April 2021, Guthrie was convicted of a sexual assault that occurred in 2017 for which he was sentenced to three years in prison and placed on the Sexual Offenders Register indefinitely.[1] He was released in May 2022 after his sentence was reduced to two years on appeal.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Sunshine on Leith actor Kevin Guthrie jailed for three years for sex attack". BBC News. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kevin Guthrie: Sunshine on Leith actor freed as sex attack sentence cut BBC (25 May 2022)
  3. ^ Harvey, Dennis (15 September 2013). "Toronto Film Review: 'Sunshine on Leith'". Variety. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. ^ Fisher, Mark (30 April 2010). "Review: 'Peter Pan'". Variety. Retrieved 13 September 2014.