Ruaridh Mollica

Ruaridh Silvio James MacGillivray-Mollica (born 14 October 1999) is a Scottish actor, writer, and director. For his performance in the film Sebastian, he was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. On television, he appeared in the Channel 5 series Witness Number 3 and the BBC Three series Red Rose (both 2022).

Mollica was named one of Screen Internationals 2024 Rising Stars Scotland.

Early life and education Mollica was born in Prato, Italy to a Scottish mother and an Italian father. Mollica attended Broughton High School in Edinburgh. He joined the Strange Town youth theatre company, where he met his agent Ruth Hollyman. Mollica graduated with a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Heriot-Watt University in 2021. During his time at university, he participated in snowsports. He intended to do a master's degree in Cybersecurity at a London university, but declined the offer when he was cast in Red Rose. and the 2018 romance film Tell It to the Bees.

During his final year at university, which won a Scottish BAFTA. He then landed his first recurring television role as Patrick Hume in the BBC Three horror series Red Rose, which Mollica declined his postgraduate university place to film, and his first main role in the Channel 5 series Witness Number 3. He also appeared in Wasted at the Jack Studio Theatre.

In 2024, Mollica starred as the lead character Max Williamson in Mikko Mäkelä's sophomore feature Sebastian, which opened at the Sundance Film Festival. For his performance, Mollica was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performance. Mollica also played a young version of Stephen Moyer's character Teddy in the Paramount+ series Sexy Beast. He has an upcoming role in the film Sukkwan Island. In July, it was announced that Mollica would make his London West End debut in Clarkston, a play by Samuel D. Hunter, in September alongside Joe Locke.

In October 2025, Mollica was added to the cast of Marvel's VisionQuest.

Personal life Mollica is queer. While he identifies as bisexual, he prefers the term queer. Regarding his sexuality, in a February 2024 interview with Queerty, Mollica said, "it was only when I moved to London and had the ability to be myself that I realised, 'Oh actually, no, I like men as well'". He explained in an interview with The Skinny in April 2025 that "The circles I moved in at school and uni were not really queer circles, so I only started to learn about queer culture as I was coming out in London."

Tommy Maximoff / Thomas Shepherd / Speed Main role; post-production

Theatre Year Title Role Venue 2025 Clarkston Chris Trafalgar Theatre, West End

Music videos "Easter Road" (2020), Callum Beattie