Kevin McNally

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

Joshamee Gibbs

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Joshamee Gibbs

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Gibbs

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Mike Tinsley

Scoop

Mason

High Heels and Low Lifes

Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler

Valkyrie

Haas

Entrapment

Joshamee Gibbs

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Nahor

Abraham

Bruno

Enigma

Pete

Not Quite Paradise

Prime Minister

Johnny English

Colonel Pike

Decrypted

Lord Hailstock

Irish Jam

Self

According to Plan: The Making of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'

Irish Youth

The Long Good Friday

Gerald Murphy

De-Lovely

Tommy O'Neill

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Older James

You Really Got Me

Jerry

Tu£sday

Frank Rosenheim (as Kevin R. McNally)

Dead Fish

Maddux

The Raven

Harold Smith

Hamilton - I nationens intresse

Sid

Reflections

Heinz von Hollendorf

Interno berlinese

Charles Davis

The Murder of Princess Diana

Prisoners

Instinct

Daft Willy

Bounty Killer

Walter Harris (archive footage)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure

Johnny

The Paradise Run

Roman Castevet

Apartment 7A

Duncan

Curse of the Macbeths

Karl

1946

Lawrence Mulloy

The Challenger Disaster

Joshamee Gibbs

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Common Pursuit

Detective McHendry

On Your Behalf

Major MacMahon

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Kenneth Clarke

Margaret

Harold Wilson

Legend

Bloody Fury (voice)

Bloody Fury

Paul

Where the Heart Is

Martin Luther

Conspiracy

Self

Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

Self

Bottom: Exposed

Mark Gentian

Thin Air

Andrew Gardner

A Masculine Ending

Ken

Cry Freedom

Bernard

Praying Mantis

HMS Ranger Crewman

The Spy Who Loved Me

Regine's Boyfriend in the East

Murder East - Murder West

Duncan

Macbeth Unhinged

Sergeant Hornby

Jekyll & Hyde

Jake Leach

Eleven Men Against Eleven

Slick

Dream Baby

Policeman

Spice World

Paul

Sliding Doors

Lear

King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Kirov

Stalin

Tony

The Bad Sister

Self

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things

Tom Hamilton

When the Sky Falls

Billy McVea

The Precious Blood

Bill Simmonds

Crust

Terry

Return to Blood River

Hugo Lang

Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma

Buquet

The Phantom of the Opera

Hugh

Commitments

Old Sean

Robert the Bruce

Colin

The Hangover

Brian Cruft

Marked

Kyle Kilpatrick

Poe

Angus

Largo

Primate