Kevin McNally
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 27, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Bristol, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Supernatural
Legend
Valkyrie
Johnny English
Doctor Who
The Crown
The Spy Who Loved Me
Photos
Filmography
Reflections
Movie · as Sid
Plaster
Movie · as Edward Perry
Death on the Dearborn
Movie · as Sheriff Wilson
The Devil Is In The Detail
Movie · as Apollyon
New George
Movie · as Francis
Largo
Movie · as Angus
Frayed
Movie · as George
The Wingfeather Saga: The Journey Begins
Movie · as Podo Helmer (voice)
Fudge Sundae
Movie · as David
Miss Austen
TV · as Mr. Austen · 4 eps
Apartment 7A
Movie · as Roman Castevet
Bottom: Exposed
Movie · as Self
Bloody Fury
Movie · as Bloody Fury (voice)
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
Movie · as Self
Stonehouse
TV · as Harold Wilson · 3 eps
Beyond Paradise
TV · as George Ellis · 1 ep
Curse of the Macbeths
Movie · as Duncan
On Your Behalf
Movie · as Detective McHendry
Musketeer
Movie · as Porthos
The Wingfeather Saga
TV · as Podo Helmer (voice) · 26 eps
You Really Got Me
Movie · as Older James
Painted Beauty
Movie · as Det. Greene
Decrypted
Movie · as Colonel Pike
Alex Rider
TV · as Max Grendel · 3 eps
Robert the Bruce
Movie · as Old Sean
Catherine the Great
TV · as Alexei Orlov · 4 eps
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes
TV · as Capt. George Mainwaring · 3 eps
Das Boot
TV · as Jack Greenwood, Greenwood Senior · 8 eps
The Outpost
TV · as The Blacksmith · 10 eps
The ABC Murders
TV · as Inspector Japp · 1 ep
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Movie · as Joshamee Gibbs
King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as Lear
The Good Fight
TV · as Franz Mendelssohn · 1 ep
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Movie · as Major MacMahon
Macbeth Unhinged
Movie · as Duncan
Power Monkeys
TV · as Spencer · 6 eps
Designated Survivor
TV · as Harris Cochrane · 6 eps
Fleabag
TV · as Older Man · 1 ep
The Crown
TV · as Bernard Ingham · 5 eps
Legend
Movie · as Harold Wilson
Unforgotten
TV · as James Hollis · 6 eps
1946
Movie · as Karl
Marked
Movie · as Brian Cruft
TURN: Washington's Spies
TV · as Judge Richard Woodhull · 40 eps
Bounty Killer
Movie · as Daft Willy
The Challenger Disaster
Movie · as Lawrence Mulloy
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
Movie · as Self
The Mill
TV · as Mr. Timperley · 4 eps
Count Arthur Strong
TV · as Ernest · 1 ep
Endeavour
TV · as Kenny / Superintendent Jolliphant · 1 ep
The Raven
Movie · as Maddux
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
Movie · as Harold Smith
Room at the Top
TV · as Mr. Brown · 2 eps
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie · as Joshamee Gibbs
Poe
Movie · as Kyle Kilpatrick
Last Man Standing
TV · 1 ep
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV · as Self - Participant · 1 ep
Downton Abbey
TV · as Horace Bryant · 3 eps
Margaret
Movie · as Kenneth Clarke
Demons
TV · 1 ep
Wuthering Heights
TV · as Mr Earnshaw · 2 eps
Big Top
TV · as Dad · 6 eps
Valkyrie
Movie · as Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
Tu£sday
Movie · as Jerry
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Movie · as Gibbs
The Murder of Princess Diana
Movie · as Charles Davis
Movie Connections
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Burn Notice
TV · as James Vanek · 1 ep
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie · as Gibbs
Scoop
Movie · as Mike Tinsley
Irish Jam
Movie · as Lord Hailstock
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
Movie · as Self
Life on Mars
TV · as Harry Woolf · 2 eps
Dead Fish
Movie · as Frank Rosenheim (as Kevin R. McNally)
Supernatural
TV · as Frank Devereaux, Frank Devereaux (voice) · 3 eps
Doctor Who
TV · as Professor Jericho · 3 eps
Bloodlines
TV · as James Hopkin · 2 eps
De-Lovely
Movie · as Gerald Murphy
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as Buquet
New Tricks
TV · as Fred Blackledge · 1 ep
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Movie · as Joshamee Gibbs
Johnny English
Movie · as Prime Minister
Crust
Movie · as Bill Simmonds
Spooks
TV · as Robert Osborne · 1 ep
American Idol
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shackleton
TV · as Frank Worsley · 2 eps
High Heels and Low Lifes
Movie · as Mason
Conspiracy
Movie · as Martin Luther
Bedtime
TV · as Simon · 9 eps
24
TV · as Russian Agent · 1 ep
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
Movie · as Walter Harris (archive footage)
When the Sky Falls
Movie · as Tom Hamilton
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Steven Watt · 1 ep
Up Rising
TV · 5 eps
Entrapment
Movie · as Haas
Sliding Doors
Movie · as Paul
Spice World
Movie · as Policeman
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Orville Tudway, Gerald Farquaharson · 1 ep
Dad
TV · as Alan Hook · 13 eps
Underworld
TV · 6 eps
The Precious Blood
Movie · as Billy McVea
Silent Witness
TV · as Professor Peter Cherry · 2 eps
Frontiers
TV · as Supt. Graham Kirsten · 6 eps
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Movie · as Jake Leach
The Smiths
Movie · as Clive Smith
Number Six
Movie · as Jack Taylor
Chiller
TV · as Jack Taylor · 1 ep
Ghosts
TV · as Craig Byatt · 1 ep
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Movie · as Tommy O'Neill
Return to Blood River
Movie · as Terry
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
TV · 1 ep
Abraham
Movie · as Nahor
Full Stretch
TV · as Baz Levick · 6 eps
Abraham
TV · as Nahor · 2 eps
Common Pursuit
Movie
A Masculine Ending
Movie · as Andrew Gardner
Stalin
Movie · as Kirov
Bottom
TV · as Sex Shop Assistant · 1 ep
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Insp Turner, Mr Bogleby · 1 ep
Murder East - Murder West
Movie · as Regine's Boyfriend in the East
Jekyll & Hyde
Movie · as Sergeant Hornby
Tygo Road
TV · as Adam Hartley · 6 eps
Dream Baby
Movie · as Slick
The Hangover
Movie · as Colin
The Robbie Coltrane Special
Movie · as Self
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV · 1 ep
Act of Will
TV · as Vincent Crowther · 1 ep
Thin Air
Movie · as Mark Gentian
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Contract
TV · as Johnny Donoghue · 3 eps
Thin Air
TV · as Mark Gentian · 5 eps
Hard Cases
TV · as Richard Pearce · 7 eps
Cry Freedom
Movie · as Ken
The New Statesman
TV · as Colonel Gromyko · 1 ep
Casualty
TV · as Tom Bennod · 1 ep
Not Quite Paradise
Movie · as Pete
The Berlin Affair
Movie · as Heinz von Hollendorf
Praying Mantis
Movie · as Bernard
Screen Two
TV · as Stuart Thorn, Tommy O'Neill, Billy McVea, Terry · 1 ep
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Movie · as Hugo Lang
Diana
TV · as Jan Leigh · 8 eps
The Bad Sister
Movie · as Tony
The Hard Word
TV · as Nigel Wood · 6 eps
A Brother's Tale
TV · as Bonny Taylor · 3 eps
Enigma
Movie · as Bruno
Commitments
Movie · as Hugh
Masada
TV · as Norbanus · 1 ep
The Long Good Friday
Movie · as Irish Youth
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn
TV · as Bill · 3 eps
Where the Heart Is
Movie · as Paul
Minder
TV · as Richards · 1 ep
The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie · as HMS Ranger Crewman
The Paradise Run
Movie · as Johnny
The Chester Mystery Plays
Movie
I, Claudius
TV · as Castor · 4 eps
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV · as Tom Prince · 1 ep
Plays for Britain
TV · as Johnny · 1 ep
Survivors
TV · as Jeff Kane · 1 ep
Poldark
TV · as Drake Carne · 13 eps
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Paul · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Hugo Lang · 4 eps
Z-Cars
TV · 1 ep