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After the resounding success of Comic Con Scotland North East in Aberdeen in 2022, Monopoly Events was excited to announce its next instalment in the brand new state-of-the-art events venue, P&J Live on 18-19 March 2023.
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The very first Comic Con Scotland NE took place in the spring of 2022 and we knocked it out of the park with an event to remember for comic, tv, and film culture fans across the globe as we brought you a phenomenal guest line-up including Harry Potter star Mark Williams, Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones star John Rhys-Davies, The Walking Dead and GTA star Steven Ogg, Robocop himself Peter Weller, Wrestling Superstars Booker T, and Grado, Child’s Play star Alex Vincent, Back to the Future star Claudia Wells, Flight of the Navigator star Joey Cramer, Game of Thrones star Clive Russell, the Star Wars/Harry Potter legend that is Warwick Davis and his family daughter Annabelle and son Harrison, Still Game stars Paul Riley, Sanjeev Kohli, Gavin Mitchell, and Jane McCarry, voice acting superstars J. Michael Tatum, Brandon McInnis, Emily Neves, Jad Saxton, and Lewis MacLeod. Star Wars legends Tim Rose, Paul Blake, Mike Quinn, and Angus MacInnes, and finally UK Gladiator legends Diane ‘Jet’ Youdale, James ‘Hunter’ Crossley, Helen ‘Panther’ O’Reilly, Michael ‘Cobra’ Wilson, and Suzanne ‘Vogue’ Cox!
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Monopoly Events CEO, Andy Kleek, said: “We are very excited to announce our next Scottish event at venue P&J Live, a true state of the art super facility. When we came to Scotland, our commitment to the Scottish public was that we promised to bring the best pop culture events north of the border, and we are sticking to that promise, after an incredible first outing the public of Aberdeen have truly embraced this event and we look forward to an event bigger event in 2023.”
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Claire-Lena Miller-Davis, Exhibition Sales Manager at P&J Live said: “We are delighted to have been selected as the venue of choice in the North East of Scotland for next year’s Comic Con. These events always prove hugely popular, drawing the comic book and film fan community together to share in their passion for heroes and villains. With opportunities to explore many awe-inspiring stands, meet and greet film favourites and see film props up close, comic con fans should start planning their cosplay outfits now for an event to remember. The first event was a huge success and we look forward to building this world class event in the years to come at the venue.”
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The Guests
So the guest announcements started this month – the plan is to add to them on this page on a weekly basis. So far we have:
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Roscoe Wayne Marquand is an American actor. He has played Aaron on the television series The Walking Dead since 2015, Red Skull and Ultron in various projects connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and has voiced numerous characters on the streaming television series Invincible (2021).
Tickets to meet Ross are available at our www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk website
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Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish actor. He became best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1987 to 1989—the final Doctor of the original run—and briefly returning in a television film in 1996. He is also known for his work as Radagast in The Hobbit film series (2012–2014).
To get tickets to meet Sylvester please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Nolan North is an American actor best known for his voice acting roles.
After his breakthrough role as Dr. Chris Ramsey on the ABC soap opera Port Charles in 1997, North moved into voice acting when the show ended in 2003 and has since become best known for his video game roles as Nathan Drake in the Uncharted series, Desmond Miles in the Assassin’s Creed series, Merasmus in Team Fortress 2, the Prince in Prince of Persia (2008), Dr. Edward Richtofen in the Call of Duty Zombies mode, Deadpool in various Marvel Comics media, the Penguin in the Batman: Arkham franchise, Captain Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line, David in The Last of Us, himself as one of the voices for the player character in Saints Row IV, Tony Stark in Marvel’s Avengers, and Ghost in the Destiny video game series.
In animation, North voices Smokescreen on Transformers: Prime and Superboy on Young Justice.
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Alec Utgoff is a British actor. He pursued acting and graduated from the prestigious Drama Centre London. He is known for playing the role of Aleksandr Borovsky in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and Dr. Alexei in the third season of Stranger Things.
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Kim F. Coates is a Canadian–American actor who has worked in both Canadian and American films and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He is best known for his role as Alexander “Tig” Trager in the FX series Sons of Anarchy and as Declan Gardiner in the Citytv series Bad Blood, as well as his recurring roles in Prison Break, Cold Case, CSI and CSI: Miami. He has also had film roles in The Last Boy Scout (1991), Bad Boys (1995), King of Sorrow (2006), Goon (2011).
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Sophie Aldred is an English actress and television presenter. She has worked extensively in children’s television as a presenter and voice artist. She played the Seventh Doctor’s companion, Ace, in the television series Doctor Who during the late 1980s, becoming the final companion in the series’ first run.
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Chandler Riggs is an American actor and DJ, best known for his regular role as Carl Grimes on the AMC horror-drama television series The Walking Dead (based on the comic book series of the same name) from 2010 to 2018. For his work on the series, Riggs won three Saturn Awards from five nominations and a Young Artist Award from three nominations.
Riggs has appeared in the films Get Low (2009), Mercy (2014), Keep Watching (2017), Only (2019), and Inherit the Viper (2019).
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Walter Jones is an American actor, martial artist and dancer, known for playing the role of Zack Taylor, the original Black Ranger on the hit television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
He also appeared in successful television shows including Family Matters, Step by Step, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Moesha, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Early Edition, NYPD Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Off Centre and The Shield.
He played in movies including Backyard Dogs (2000), House of the Dead 2 (2005), and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016).
He gave his voice talent to animated movies including Open Season 2 (2008) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013).
To get tickets to meet Walter please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Dante R. Basco is an American film, television and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg’s Hook, and Julian Lee in Fakin’ da Funk, and for his many voice acting roles, most notably as Prince Zuko from Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, General Iroh II, Zuko’s grandson, in The Legend of Korra, Shingo in EA’s Skate., Jake Long from Disney Channel’s American Dragon: Jake Long, Fukushima in Kim Possible, Kwok Wong in the Proud Family, Jingmei in The Boondocks, Kenny Rodgers in Firebreather, Tuck in Generator Rex, Scorpion in Ultimate Spider-Man, Jai Kell in Star Wars Rebels, Cheddar in We Bare Bears Javier in Victor and Valentino, and Spin Kick from Carmen Sandiego.
To get tickets to meet Dante please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Peter Davison, is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC’s television adaptation of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small stories.
Davison’s subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms Holding the Fort (1980–1982) and Sink or Swim (1980–1982), the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who (1981–1984), Dr. Stephen Daker in A Very Peculiar Practice (1986–1988) and Albert Campion in Campion (1989–1990). He also played David Braithwaite in At Home with the Braithwaites (2000–2003), “Dangerous” Davies in The Last Detective (2003–2007) and Henry Sharpe in Law & Order: UK (2011–2014).
To get tickets to meet Peter please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Mark Boone Junior is an American character actor, best known for his TV roles as Bobby ‘Elvis’ Munson in Sons of Anarchy (2008–14) and Patrick “Pat” Brown in Last Man On Earth, and film roles in Christopher Nolan’s Memento (2000) and Batman Begins (2005), Die Hard 2 (1990), and 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003).
To get tickets to meet Mark please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Paul John McGann is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Percy Toplis in the television serial The Monocled Mutineer (1986), then starred in the dark comedy Withnail and I (1987), which was a critical success and developed a cult following. McGann later became more widely known for portraying the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television film. He is also known for playing Lieutenant William Bush in the series Hornblower.
To get tickets to meet Paul please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Cara Buono is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Dr. Faye Miller in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men; Kelli Moltisanti in the sixth season of The Sopranos; Linda Salvo in the 2006 comedy Artie Lange’s Beer League; and Karen Wheeler in the horror sci-fi Netflix series Stranger Things (2016–present). She has appeared in films including Hulk (2003) and Let Me In (2010).
To get tickets to meet Cara please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Alex Norton is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as DCI Matt Burke in the STV detective drama series Taggart, Eric Baird in BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down, DCS Wallace in Extremely Dangerous, Gerard Findlay in Waterloo Road and Eddie in the Renford Rejects. He has also had roles in internationally successful films including Braveheart, Local Hero and Les Misérables.
To get tickets to meet Alex please go to www.comiconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Simon Carlyle is a writer and script editor, best known as the co-creator of the sitcom Two Doors Down.
To get tickets to meet Simon please go to www.comiconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Colin Baker is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1984 to 1986.
To get tickets to meet Colin please go to www.comiconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Lea Katherine Thompson is an American actress and director. She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines-McFly in the Back to the Future film trilogy (1985–1990) and Beverly Switzler in Howard the Duck (1986). Other films for which she is known include All the Right Moves (1983), Red Dawn (1984), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Dennis the Menace (1993) and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). In the 1990s, she played the title character in the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City. From 2011 to 2017, she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the ABC Family-turned-Freeform series Switched at Birth.
To get tickets to meet Lea please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Grace Van Dien is an American actress and Twitch streamer. She is known for playing Brooke Osmond in the Netflix teen drama series Greenhouse Academy (2017) and Katie Campbell in NBC drama series The Village (2019). She also portrayed Sharon Tate in the Mary Harron-directed film Charlie Says (2018) and Chris Cunningham in Stranger Things season 4.
To get tickets to meet Grace please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Seth Gilliam is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Ellis Carver on The Wire, Clayton Hughes on Oz, Detective Daniels on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007–2008), Dr. Alan Deaton on Teen Wolf, Father Gabriel Stokes on The Walking Dead, and Sugar Watkins in the movie Starship Troopers.
To get tickets to meet Seth please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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Thomas Flanagan is a Scottish actor. He is best known for his role as Filip “Chibs” Telford in the FX crime drama television series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014) and its spin-off Mayans M.C. (2019), Cicero in Gladiator (2000), Morrison in Braveheart (1995), Tullk in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and Williamson in All About The Benjamins (2002).
To get tickets to meet Tommy please go to www.comicconscotlandnortheast.co.uk
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