1956-04-27 ( 68 years old ) in Bristol, England, UK
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.
Movies
Apartment 7A
2024-09-20
Bottom: Exposed
2024-04-18
Bloody Fury
2023-09-23
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
2023-01-14
On Your Behalf
2022-10-19
Curse of the Macbeths
2022-07-11
Decrypted
2021-11-01
Doctor Who: Flux
2021-10-31
You Really Got Me
2021-04-02
Robert the Bruce
2019-06-28
King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2017-09-21
Macbeth Unhinged
2016-06-16
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016-04-08
Legend
2015-09-09
Marked
2014-12-18
1946
2014-01-01
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013-12-24
Bounty Killer
2013-09-05
The Challenger Disaster
2013-03-18
The Raven
2012-03-09
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012-03-02
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011-05-15
Poe
2011-01-01
Margaret
2009-03-26
Valkyrie
2008-12-25
Tu£sday
2008-10-10
The Murder of Princess Diana
2007-08-25
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007-05-19
Scoop
2006-07-27
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006-07-06
Irish Jam
2006-01-01
Dead Fish
2005-10-11
The Phantom of the Opera
2004-12-08
De-Lovely
2004-07-02
Crust
2003-12-12
Johnny English
2003-03-14
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001-07-16
Conspiracy
2001-05-19
When the Sky Falls
2000-06-26
Instinct
1999-06-04
Entrapment
1999-04-29
Sliding Doors
1998-04-23
Spice World
1997-12-18
The Precious Blood
1996-06-08
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995-08-31
Return to Blood River
1994-04-13
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994-03-16
Abraham
1993-12-12
Stalin
1992-11-21
Common Pursuit
1992-11-09
A Masculine Ending
1992-04-12
Murder East - Murder West
1990-12-01
Jekyll & Hyde
1990-01-06
Dream Baby
1989-05-29
The Hangover
1989-01-01
Thin Air
1988-04-08
Cry Freedom
1987-11-06
The Berlin Affair
1985-10-03
Not Quite Paradise
1985-03-28
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
1984-03-30
The Bad Sister
1983-02-05
Enigma
1982-10-15
Commitments
1982-01-26
Praying Mantis
1982-01-01
The Long Good Friday
1980-11-01
Where the Heart Is
1979-03-13
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977-07-07
The Paradise Run
1976-04-05
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