Having spent his childhood in Los Angeles before relocating to Scotland, Birchard earned a Diploma in Dramatic Art from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1981. He first entered the public eye as a Radio Clyde DJ in the 1980s and gained notoriety with the “Diamonds Rap” that topped CBS’s Super Bowl video countdown in 1987. His stage résumé includes a National Theatre turn as Bud in S…
