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. McNallys most notable stage performances in Londons 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 Johnsons 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 Mans Chest (2006). He returned in the role Joshamee Gibbs in the third installment of the Pirates franchise Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds 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 unavailable from Kevin McNally

Entrapment

Haas

Movie 1999

Not Quite Paradise

Pete

Movie 1985

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

Self

Movie 2006

De-Lovely

Gerald Murphy

Movie 2004

You Really Got Me

Older James

Movie 2021

Reflections

Sid

Movie

The Berlin Affair

Heinz von Hollendorf

Movie 1985

The Murder of Princess Diana

Charles Davis

Movie 2007

Bounty Killer

Daft Willy

Movie 2013

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure

Walter Harris (archive footage)

Movie 2000

The Paradise Run

Johnny

Movie 1976

1946

Karl

Movie 2014

Common Pursuit

Movie 1992

On Your Behalf

Detective McHendry

Movie 2022

Where the Heart Is

Paul

Movie 1979

Conspiracy

Luther

Movie 2001

Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful

Self

Movie 2023

Bottom: Exposed

Self

Movie 2024

Thin Air

Mark Gentian

Movie 1988

A Masculine Ending

Andrew Gardner

Movie 1992

Praying Mantis

Bernard

Movie 1982

Murder East - Murder West

Regine's Boyfriend in the East

Movie 1990

Macbeth Unhinged

Duncan

Movie 2016

Eleven Men Against Eleven

Jake Leach

Movie 1995

Dream Baby

Slick

Movie 1989

King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Lear

Movie 2017

The Bad Sister

Tony

Movie 1983

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things

Self

Movie 2013

The Precious Blood

Billy McVea

Movie 1996

Crust

Bill Simmonds

Movie 2003

Return to Blood River

Terry

Movie 1994

Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma

Hugo Lang

Movie 1984

The Hangover

Colin

Movie 1989

Marked

Brian Cruft

Movie 2014

Poe

Kyle Kilpatrick

Movie 2011

Largo

Angus

Movie

Primate

Movie

Tv series unavailable from Kevin McNally

Midsomer Murders

Orville Tudway

Tv 1997

This Morning

Self

Tv 1988

Murder Most Horrid

Inspector Turner

Tv 1991

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Steven Watt

Tv 2000

Doctor Who

Hugo Lang

Tv 1963

Z-Cars

Tv 1962

Das Boot

Jack Greenwood

Tv 2018

Spooks

Robert Osborne

Tv 2002

American Idol

Self

Tv 2002

Bottom

Sex Shop Assistant

Tv 1991

Survivors

Jeff Kane

Tv 1975

Demons

Tv 2009

Dad

Alan Hook

Tv 1997

Movie Connections

Self

Tv 2007

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Self

Tv 2007

Bedtime

Simon

Tv 2001

Pebble Mill

Self

Tv 1991

Big Top

Dad

Tv 2009

Underworld

Tv 1997

BBC Play of the Month

Tv 1965

Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

Tv 1994

Unforgotten

James Hollis

Tv 2015

Up Rising

Tv 2000

The Outpost

The Blacksmith

Tv 2018

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Tv 1989

Burn Notice

James Vanek

Tv 2007

Murder Most Horrid

Mr. Bogleby

Tv 1991

The Mill

Mr. Timperley

Tv 2013

Tygo Road

Adam Hartley

Tv 1990

Room at the Top

Mr. Brown

Tv 2012

Last Man Standing

Tv 2011

New Tricks

Fred Blackledge

Tv 2004

TURN: Washington's Spies

Judge Richard Woodhull

Tv 2014

Power Monkeys

Spencer

Tv 2016

Chiller

Jack Taylor

Tv 1995

Count Arthur Strong

Ernest

Tv 2013

The Duchess of Duke Street

Tv 1976

Designated Survivor

Harris Cochrane

Tv 2016

Casualty

Tom Bennod

Tv 1986

Downton Abbey

Horace Bryant

Tv 2010

Miss Austen

Tv

The Good Fight

Franz Mendelssohn

Tv 2017

The ABC Murders

Inspector Japp

Tv 2018

The New Statesman

Colonel Gromyko

Tv 1987

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Self - Participant

Tv 2011

Silent Witness

Professor Peter Cherry

Tv 1996

Full Stretch

Baz Levick

Tv 1993

Doctor Who

Professor Jericho

Tv 2005

The Wingfeather Saga

Podo Helmer

Tv 2022

Das Boot

Greenwood Senior

Tv 2018

Alex Rider

Max Grendel

Tv 2020

Midsomer Murders

Gerald Farquaharson

Tv 1997

Endeavour

Kenny / Superintendent Jolliphant

Tv 2013

Screen Two

Stuart Thorn

Tv 1985