Colin grew up in
Perth and began acting as a child at
Perth Theatre before attending the Scottish Youth Theatre. He trained at the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in
Glasgow and graduated in 1993. He joined
Taggart aged 23 and appeared in over 75 episodes from 1995 to 2010. In December 2009 McCredie was informed that he and his character would not be returning for the next series of
Taggart. On 15 October 2010, it was announced that McCredie would be joining the BBC Scotland drama
River City, playing the role of
Nick Morrison. McCredie is a patron of the
Scottish Youth Theatre and a supporter of his hometown football team
St Johnstone, where he sponsors a player. On 10 January 2011 it was announced that McCredie would be joining
Sharleen Spiteri and
Dawn Steele in the forthcoming Scottish film
Between Weathers. He appeared in the
BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
Care by Clara Glynn, and also as the Dad in the
CBeebies series
Woolly and Tig which stars his daughter Betsy and sister-in-law
Jenny Ryan and is made by Tattiemoon, the makers of
Balamory. He played
Alan McCombes in the
Tommy Sheridan play
I, Tommy by
Ian Pattison at
The Gilded Balloon Edinburgh in August and at
King's Theatre, Glasgow in November 2012. ==Television==