Dougie Rankin

Dougie Rankin was born on October 23, 1979 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland to Wilma Rankin (Ross) and Daniel M Rankin. Married to Louise Rankin (Ellis) and has 2 children, Jack William Rankin and Chloe Hannah Rankin. Growing up Dougie attended the local Air Training Corps and achieved the rank of Cadet Warrant Officer, becoming the highest ranking cadet in the Scotland and Northern Ireland region before he left just before his 21st Birthday. Throughout his time in the ATC he became a keen rifle shooter both with .22 & 5.56, gaining both ATC and RAF marksman. He also was trained in combat craft, basic gliding training, powered flying in an array of aircraft along with multiple other activities. Dougie won and was awarded various medals & trophies. Having had a huge passion for movies, when he saw that an independent movie was looking for Extras for a Zombie movie filming in Glasgow he jumped at the chance and sent in his details and hoped he got a response. Having been selected to take part in a 2 day shoot, he would have to attend a zombie boot camp. Whilst working on the Redcon-1 (2017) he was advised to sign up to an agency and would become an active Extra in the film & TV industries. Notable Filming Projects include:- T2: Trainspotting (2017) , The Wife (2017) and multiple parts in the TV Series Outlander (2014).