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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 27, 1956
Place of Birth
Bristol, England, UK
Also Known As
- Kevin R. McNally
- Kevin Sperring
Kevin McNally
1.6 Popularity
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
Credits
Primate
2026
0.0
The Wingfeather Saga: The Journey Begins
as Podo Helmer
2025
0.0
Frayed
as George
2025
0.0
Largo
as Angus
2025
5.0
Fudge Sundae
as David
2025
0.0
Miss Austen
as Mr. Austen
2025
6.1
Apartment 7A
as Roman Castevet
2024
6.1
Bottom: Exposed
as Self
2024
5.5
Bloody Fury
as Bloody Fury (voice)
2023
0.0
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
as Self
2023
8.0
Stonehouse
as Harold Wilson
2023
6.3
The Wingfeather Saga
as Podo Helmer
2022
8.5
On Your Behalf
as Detective McHendry
2022
7.5
Musketeer
as Porthos
2022
6.0
Curse of the Macbeths
as Duncan
2022
1.7
Decrypted
as Colonel Pike
2021
4.9
You Really Got Me
as Older James
2021
8.0
Painted Beauty
as Det. Greene
2021
0.0
Alex Rider
as Max Grendel
2020
7.8
Catherine the Great
as Alexei Orlov
2019
6.7
Robert the Bruce
as Old Sean
2019
5.4
The ABC Murders
as Inspector Japp
2018
6.5
Das Boot
as Jack Greenwood
2018
6.9
Das Boot
as Greenwood Senior
2018
6.9
The Outpost
as The Blacksmith
2018
7.4
King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Lear
2017
0.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Joshamee Gibbs
2017
6.7
The Good Fight
as Franz Mendelssohn
2017
7.5
The Crown
as Bernard Ingham
2016
8.2
Designated Survivor
as Harris Cochrane
2016
7.1
Fleabag
as Older Man
2016
8.3
🎬
Macbeth Unhinged
as Duncan
2016
2.0
Power Monkeys
as Spencer
2016
6.1
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Major MacMahon
2016
7.2
Unforgotten
as James Hollis
2015
7.5
Legend
as Harold Wilson
2015
7.1
🎬
Marked
as Brian Cruft
2014
5.0
TURN: Washington's Spies
as Judge Richard Woodhull
2014
7.1
🎬
1946
as Karl
2014
0.0
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
as Self
2013
4.0
Bounty Killer
as Daft Willy
2013
5.7
The Mill
as Mr. Timperley
2013
7.3
Count Arthur Strong
as Ernest
2013
6.9
Endeavour
as Kenny / Superintendent Jolliphant
2013
8.1
The Challenger Disaster
as Lawrence Mulloy
2013
7.2
Room at the Top
as Mr. Brown
2012
6.9
The Raven
as Maddux
2012
6.3
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
as Harold Smith
2012
6.1
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
5.0
Last Man Standing
2011
7.3
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Joshamee Gibbs
2011
6.6
🎬
Poe
as Kyle Kilpatrick
2011
1.0
Downton Abbey
as Horace Bryant
2010
8.1
Big Top
as Dad
2009
2.0
Wuthering Heights
as Mr Earnshaw
2009
7.2
Margaret
as Kenneth Clarke
2009
5.8
Demons
2009
6.3
Valkyrie
as Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
2008
6.9
Tu£sday
as Jerry
2008
5.6
Movie Connections
as Self
2007
0.0
🎬
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
3.7
The Murder of Princess Diana
as Charles Davis
2007
5.7
Burn Notice
as James Vanek
2007
7.5
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Gibbs
2007
7.3
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
as Self
2006
8.4
Scoop
as Mike Tinsley
2006
6.6
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Joshamee Gibbs
2006
7.4
Life on Mars
as Harry Woolf
2006
7.8
Irish Jam
as Lord Hailstock
2006
5.6
Dead Fish
as Frank Rosenheim (as Kevin R. McNally)
2005
5.4
Supernatural
as Frank Devereaux
2005
8.3
Supernatural
as Frank Devereaux (voice)
2005
8.3
Doctor Who
as Professor Jericho
2005
7.6
Bloodlines
as James Hopkin
2005
7.0
The Phantom of the Opera
as Buquet
2004
7.3
De-Lovely
as Gerald Murphy
2004
6.1
New Tricks
as Fred Blackledge
2004
7.4
Crust
as Bill Simmonds
2003
2.8
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
as Joshamee Gibbs
2003
7.8
Johnny English
as Prime Minister
2003
6.3
American Idol
as Self
2002
5.1
Spooks
as Robert Osborne
2002
7.7
Shackleton
as Frank Worsley
2002
7.1
24
as Russian Agent
2001
7.8
Bedtime
as Simon
2001
2.0
High Heels and Low Lifes
as Mason
2001
6.1
Conspiracy
as Martin Luther
2001
7.3
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Steven Watt
2000
7.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
as Walter Harris (archive footage)
2000
5.7
When the Sky Falls
as Tom Hamilton
2000
4.6
Up Rising
2000
0.0
Entrapment
as Haas
1999
6.2
Sliding Doors
as Paul
1998
6.6
Spice World
as Policeman
1997
4.9
Underworld
1997
7.0
Dad
as Alan Hook
1997
7.0
Midsomer Murders
as Orville Tudway
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Gerald Farquaharson
1997
7.5
The Precious Blood
as Billy McVea
1996
0.0
🎬
Frontiers
as Supt. Graham Kirsten
1996
0.0
Silent Witness
as Professor Peter Cherry
1996
7.5
Eleven Men Against Eleven
as Jake Leach
1995
6.3
The Smiths
as Clive Smith
1995
0.0
Chiller
as Jack Taylor
1995
5.6
Return to Blood River
as Terry
1994
0.0
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
0.0
Abraham
as Nahor
1994
8.0
All Things Bright and Beautiful
as Tommy O'Neill
1994
8.0
Abraham
as Nahor
1993
6.9
🎬
Full Stretch
as Baz Levick
1993
8.0
Stalin
as Kirov
1992
5.1
Common Pursuit
1992
0.0
A Masculine Ending
as Andrew Gardner
1992
0.0
Murder Most Horrid
as Inspector Turner
1991
6.8
Murder Most Horrid
as Mr. Bogleby
1991
6.8
🎬
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
3.1
Bottom
as Sex Shop Assistant
1991
7.9
🎬
Murder East - Murder West
as Regine's Boyfriend in the East
1990
6.0
Tygo Road
as Adam Hartley
1990
6.0
Jekyll & Hyde
as Sergeant Hornby
1990
5.8
Act of Will
as Vincent Crowther
1989
3.8
Dream Baby
as Slick
1989
0.0
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
7.9
The Hangover
as Colin
1989
0.0
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
Thin Air
as Mark Gentian
1988
0.0
🎬
Hard Cases
as Richard Pearce
1988
0.0
The Contract
as Johnny Donoghue
1988
0.0
Cry Freedom
as Ken
1987
7.0
The New Statesman
as Colonel Gromyko
1987
7.4
Casualty
as Tom Bennod
1986
6.1
The Berlin Affair
as Heinz von Hollendorf
1985
5.2
Not Quite Paradise
as Pete
1985
4.8
Screen Two
as Stuart Thorn
1985
6.8
Screen Two
as Tommy O'Neill
1985
6.8
Screen Two
as Billy McVea
1985
6.8
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
as Hugo Lang
1984
3.2
Diana
as Jan (John) Leigh
1984
5.0
The Bad Sister
as Tony
1983
4.0
Enigma
as Bruno
1982
5.5
Commitments
as Hugh
1982
0.0
Praying Mantis
as Bernard
1982
5.0
Masada
as Norbanus
1981
7.0
The Long Good Friday
as Irish Youth
1980
7.2
Minder
as Richards
1979
6.8
🎬
Where the Heart Is
as Paul
1979
0.0
The Spy Who Loved Me
as HMS Ranger Crewman
1977
6.8
I, Claudius
as Castor
1976
7.8
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
8.0
The Paradise Run
as Johnny
1976
0.0
Poldark
as Drake Carne
1975
6.8
Survivors
as Jeff Kane
1975
8.0
BBC Play of the Month
1965
5.0
Doctor Who
as Hugo Lang
1963
7.9
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
Reflections
as Sid
N/A
0.0