Kevin McNally
Kevin McNally
Biography
Kevin McNally was born on April 27, 1956, in Bristol, England. He grew up in Birmingham where he attended Redhill and Mapledene Junior schools and Central Grammar School for Boys. At the age of 16, he got his first job at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. A year later he received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1975 he won the Best Actor Bancroft Gold Medal for his stage performance. McNally's most notable stage performances in London's West End include his appearance as Alan Bennett opposite Maggie Smith in 'The Lady in the Van' and opposite Juliette Binoche in 'Naked'. He also starred as Richard in Terry Johnson's 'Dead Funny' at the Savoy Theatre. Since 1976 McNally has been involved in numerous TV productions beginning with his portrayal of the Roman ruler Castor, son of Tiberius, in the acclaimed BBC history series I, Claudius (1976) and his portrayal of Drake Carne in the popular series Poldark (1975). His career on television ascended after his work in Masada (1981) and in the cult TV series Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma (1984). During the 1980s and 1990s McNally established himself as a reputable and versatile actor on both the British and American TV. He played a broad variety of leading and supporting characters ranging from the Soviet politician Kirov in Stalin (1992) to homicide detective Jack Taylor in Chiller (1995), and from an insecure son, Alan Hook, in TV series Dad (1997) to a convicted murderer James Hopkin in Bloodlines (2005). His portrayal of Frank Worsley in Shackleton (2002) as well as the role of Harry Woolf in Life on Mars (2006) are among his best known works for television. Between 2011 - 2012 he appeared in three episodes of Downton Abbey as Horrace Bryant. In 1977 McNally made his big screen debut as HMS Ranger Crewman in the James Bond adventure The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). After having played bit parts in more than twenty feature films, McNally shot to international fame as pirate Joshamee Gibbs, his best known film role, in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and the sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). He returned in the role Joshamee Gibbs in the third installment of the 'Pirates' franchise Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Kevin McNally has been enjoying a happy family life with Scottish actress Phyllis Logan and his two children. He resides with his family in Chiswick, London, England.
Known For
Actor
as Sid
as Roman Castevet
as Self
as Bloody Fury (voice)
as Self
as Harold Wilson
as Detective McHendry
as Duncan
as Podo Helmer
as Colonel Pike
as Older James
as Max Grendel
as Old Sean
as Alexei Orlov
as Captain Mainwaring
as Inspector Japp
as Jack Greenwood
as Greenwood Senior
as The Blacksmith
as Joshamee Gibbs
as Franz Mendelssohn
as Duncan
as Major MacMahon
as Bernard Ingham
as Harris Cochrane
as Older Man
as Spencer
as Harold Wilson
as James Hollis
as Brian Cruft
as Karl
as Judge Richard Woodhull
as Self
as Daft Willy
as Mulloy
as Mr. Timperley
as Ernest
as Kenny / Superintendent Jolliphant
as Maddux
as Harold Smith
as Mr. Brown
as Joshamee Gibbs
as Self - Participant
as Horace Bryant
as Kenneth Clarke
as Dad
as Mr Earnshaw
as Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
as Jerry
as Charles Davis
as Joshamee Gibbs
as Self
as Self
as James Vanek
as Mike Tinsley
as Joshamee Gibbs
as Lord Hailstock
as Harry Woolf
as Frank Rosenheim (as Kevin R. McNally)
as Frank Devereaux
as Frank Devereaux (voice)
as Professor Jericho
as James Hopkin
as Buquet
as Gerald Murphy
as Fred Blackledge
as Bill Simmonds
as Joshamee Gibbs
as Prime Minister
as Self
as Robert Osborne
as Walter Harris
as Frank Worsley
as Mason
as Luther
as Simon
as Walter Harris (archive footage)
as Tom Hamilton
as Steven Watt
as Prisoners
as Haas
as Paul
as Policeman
as Alan Hook
as Orville Tudway
as Gerald Farquaharson
as Billy McVea
as Professor Peter Cherry
as Jake Leach
as Jack Taylor
as Terry
as Tommy O'Neill
as Nahor
as Baz Levick
as Kirov
as Andrew Gardner
as Inspector Turner
as Mr. Bogleby
as Self
as Sex Shop Assistant
as Regine's Boyfriend in the East
as Sergeant Hornby
as Adam Hartley
as Slick
as Colin
as Mark Gentian
as Self
as Johnny Donoghue
as Ken
as Colonel Gromyko
as Tom Bennod
as Heinz von Hollendorf
as Pete
as Stuart Thorn
as Hugo Lang
as Jan (John) Leigh
as Tony
as Bruno
as Hugh
as Bernard
as Norbanus
as Irish Youth
as Paul
as Richards
as HMS Ranger Crewman
as Johnny
as Castor
as Jeff Kane
as Hugo Lang
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director