Solly McLeod

Solly McLeod’s whole journey is kinda wild, honestly. The guy started out way up in Orkney—yeah, the windswept Scottish islands, not exactly Hollywood—and landed in London when he was ten. Fast forward a bit, and suddenly he’s bouncing from one film set to the next with barely enough time to grab a sandwich, let alone catch his breath. Starting April 2021, he shot four projects basically back-to-back, squeezing in just a single day off between each one. That’s not just work ethic, that’s full-blown chaos. You might’ve caught him in Sky’s supernatural series The Rising, or maybe you spotted him in HBO’s House of the Dragon, which—let’s be real—is a massive deal for any actor. He also got gritty with Jericho Ridge, that indie flick, and popped up in Outlander too. Dude’s been everywhere lately. And he’s not slowing down. In 2023, he’s front and center as Tom Jones—the actual Tom Jones, not the singer, don’t get it twisted—in that ITV and PBS adaptation, sharing the screen with heavy hitters like Hannah Waddingham and Sophie Wilde. Oh, and if you thought he couldn’t surprise you more, he’s also in The Dead Don’t Hurt, a western romance cooked up by Viggo Mortensen. So, from foggy Scottish coasts to the wild west, Solly’s making sure nobody can pin him down to just one kind of role. The guy’s career is basically a highlight reel—blink and you’ll miss something.