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Kevin McNally
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Kevin McNally (born 27 April 1956) is an English actor. He is best known for his role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (2003–2017). 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 Richa…
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Kevin McNally (born 27 April 1956) is an English actor. He is best known for his role in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (2003–2017). 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.
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Kevin McNally's Filmography
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The Wingfeather Saga: The Journey Begins
as Podo Helmer (voice)
Frayed
as George
Largo
as Angus
Fudge Sundae
as David
Apartment 7A
as Roman Castevet
Bottom: Exposed
as Self
Bloody Fury
as Bloody Fury (voice)
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
as Self
On Your Behalf
as Detective McHendry
Musketeer
as Porthos
Curse of the Macbeths
as Duncan
Decrypted
as Colonel Pike
You Really Got Me
as Older James
Painted Beauty
as Det. Greene
Robert the Bruce
as Old Sean
King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Lear
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Joshamee Gibbs
No Poster
Macbeth Unhinged
as Duncan
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Major MacMahon
Legend
as Harold Wilson
No Poster
Marked
as Brian Cruft
No Poster
1946
as Karl
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
as Self
Bounty Killer
as Daft Willy
The Challenger Disaster
as Lawrence Mulloy
The Raven
as Maddux
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Harold Smith
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Joshamee Gibbs
No Poster
Poe
as Kyle Kilpatrick
Margaret
as Kenneth Clarke
Valkyrie
as Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
Tu£sday
as Jerry
The Murder of Princess Diana
as Charles Davis
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Gibbs
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
as Self
Scoop
as Mike Tinsley
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Gibbs
Irish Jam
as Lord Hailstock
Dead Fish
as Frank Rosenheim (as Kevin R. McNally)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Buquet
De-Lovely
as Gerald Murphy
Crust
as Bill Simmonds
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
as Joshamee Gibbs
Johnny English
as Prime Minister
High Heels and Low Lifes
as Mason
Conspiracy
as Martin Luther
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
as Walter Harris (archive footage)
When the Sky Falls
as Tom Hamilton
Entrapment
as Haas
Sliding Doors
as Paul
Spice World
as Policeman
The Precious Blood
as Billy McVea
Eleven Men Against Eleven
as Jake Leach
The Smiths
as Clive Smith
No Poster
Number Six
as Jack Taylor
Return to Blood River
as Terry
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as Tommy O'Neill
Abraham
as Nahor
Stalin
as Kirov
Common Pursuit
A Masculine Ending
as Andrew Gardner
No Poster
Murder East - Murder West
as Regine's Boyfriend in the East
Jekyll & Hyde
as Sergeant Hornby
The Robbie Coltrane Special
as Self
Dream Baby
as Slick
The Hangover
as Colin
Thin Air
as Mark Gentian
Cry Freedom
as Ken
The Berlin Affair
as Heinz von Hollendorf
Not Quite Paradise
as Pete
Praying Mantis
as Bernard
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
as Hugo Lang
The Bad Sister
as Tony
Enigma
as Bruno
Commitments
as Hugh
The Long Good Friday
as Irish Youth
No Poster
Where the Heart Is
as Paul
The Spy Who Loved Me
as HMS Ranger Crewman
The Chester Mystery Plays
The Paradise Run
as Johnny
New George
as Francis
Reflections
as Sid
Plaster
as Edward Perry
Death on the Dearborn
as Sheriff Wilson
No Poster
The Devil Is In The Detail
as Apollyon