Ross Anderson was born July 15th 1987 in Paisley, Scotland. He grew up in Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland; the eldest of six brothers. He studied at Drama Centre London in 2008, leaving a year early in 2010 after being cast in the National Theatre Of Scotland's Olivier Award winning "Black Watch". He first appeared on television as Lomax in the BBC One series "Privates" (2012). Then, after impressing Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.Wilson, he made his big screen breakthrough when he was cast opposite Andrea Riseborough and Damian Lewis in the Eon produced "The Silent Storm" (2014) which screened at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival. He was then cast in Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken" (2014) opposite Jack O'Connell and Justin Kurzel's "Macbeth" (2015) alongside Michael Fassbender. He was recently seen in the critically acclaimed "Des" starring David Tennant. The series depicted the arrest and trial of one of Britain's worst serial killers, Dennis Nilsen. Ross portrayed Nilsen's escaped victim, Douglas Stewart, who stood against him at the trial but was subsequently ridiculed for selling his story to the press. He also starred alongside Kaya Scodelario and Barry Pepper in Paramount's hit summer blockbuster "Crawl" from producer Sam Raimi and acclaimed horror director Alexandre Aja.