With his brooding dark looks and intense blue eyes, Angus Macfadyen made an auspicious debut and gained international prominence as Robert the Bruce in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning epic "Braveheart" (1995).Born in Scotland but raised in France, Macfadyen began his performing career as a child clown in a circus. He returned to Scotland to attend college and moved to London to attend drama school. He began making appearances with the Edinburgh Fringe Theatre, featured in such productions as "The Tempest" and "The Immortals". In 1991, his play "1905", which he has described as a sequel of sorts to
