John Michie Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

John Michie (born 25 October 1956 in Burma) is a Scottish television and film actor, best known for his role as DI Robbie Ross in the STV Scottish detective television series Taggart and for playing Karl Munro in Coronation Street. Born in Burma, John was raised in Kenya until he was 12, when his family settled in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of 19 he worked his passage to Australia on a cargo ship, where he spent a year as a jackaroo herding cattle before returning to Scotland. He took a job as a stage hand at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, where his interest in acting started. He... MORE

John Michie (born 25 October 1956 in Burma) is a Scottish television and film actor, best known for his role as DI Robbie Ross in the STV Scottish detective television series Taggart and for playing Karl Munro in Coronation Street. Born in Burma, John was raised in Kenya until he was 12, when his family settled in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the age of 19 he worked his passage to Australia on a cargo ship, where he spent a year as a jackaroo herding cattle before returning to Scotland. He took a job as a stage hand at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, where his interest in acting started. He returned to Kenya when he was 22, beginning his acting career in A Private Matter at the Donovan Maule Theatre, Nairobi, in 1980. Following guest appearing on television programmes such as Casualty (TV series), Lovejoy, Poirot, and Bugs, John’s first starring role came in BBC series Moon And Son. Alongside That Was The Week That Was star Millicent Martin, the pair played a couple of clairvoyants who travelled between France and England solving crimes and getting into various adventures. John then headed up north to Yorkshire in 1996 to appear in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries – Master of the Moor with LESS