Everett McGill
Everett Charles McGill III (born October 21, 1945 in Miami Beach , Florida ) is an American actor .
Life
Everett McGill was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London . He then played in several award-winning plays on Broadway in New York .
After a role in the soap opera Springfield Story (1975), he became known to a larger audience for his impersonation of the caveman Naoh in the French-Canadian-American film In the Beginning of the Fire by Jean-Jacques Annaud . His roles as the corrupt FBI agent Killifer in the James Bond film License to Kill or as an opponent of Steven Seagal on Red Alert are also remembered . With his muscular stature and distinctive facial features, McGill was particularly often subscribed to villain roles.
Repeatedly he worked with David Lynch , who cast him in his movies The Desert Planet and A True Story - The Straight Story and as a gas station owner Big Ed Hurley in the series Twin Peaks . McGill retired from acting to Arizona in the late 1990s and was at times considered hard to find. It was not until 2017, after David Lynch had found him after a long search, to appear again as Big Ed in the new edition of Twin Peaks .
His last name equality with the actor Bruce McGill was his undoing in the course of the casting preparations for the series Babylon 5 . Inventor and producer J. Michael Straczynski wanted to cast him for the role of Major Ryan in the episode The Criminal Action. Straczynski only knew Everett McGill's last name when he tried to invite him to an audition. So, against his better judgment, he answered yes to his assistant's question whether he wanted Bruce McGill. He only noticed the mix-up when he was standing in front of him. Despite this mistake, Straczynski chose Bruce McGill.
Awards
For his role in the Twin Peaks series , McGill was nominated for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Prime Time Series .
Filmography
- 1974: Great Performances (TV series, episode Enemies )
- 1975–1976: Springfield Story ( The Guiding Light , soap opera)
- 1979: Yanks - Yesterday we were strangers (Yanks)
- 1980: At night in Union City (Union City)
- 1980: Brubaker
- 1980: A Time for Miracles (TV movie)
- 1981: In the beginning there was fire (La guerre du feu)
- 1984: The Desert Planet (Dune)
- 1985: The Werewolf of Tarker Mills (Silver Bullet)
- 1986: Field of Honor
- 1986: Heartbreak Ridge
- 1987: Three on a Match (TV movie)
- 1987: The Werewolf Returns ( Werewolf ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1988: NAM - Service in Vietnam ( Tour of Duty ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1988: Fight on Death Island (Iguana)
- 1989: James Bond 007 - License to Kill
- 1990: The Camarena Plot ( Drug Wars: The Camarena Story ; TV miniseries, 3 episodes)
- 1990: Deadly Greed (Jezebel's Kiss)
- 1990–1991: Twin Peaks (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 1991: The People Under the Stairs (The People Under the Stairs)
- 1995: Red Alert 2 (Under Siege 2: Dark Territory)
- 1996: A President Just in Case (My Fellow Americans)
- 1998: Jekyll Island - No way out (Jekyll Island)
- 1999: A True Story - The Straight Story (The Straight Story)
- 1999: JAG - On behalf of honor (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2014: Twin Peaks : The Missing Pieces ; with archive footage from McGill
- 2017: Twin Peaks (TV series, 2 episodes)
Web links
- Everett McGill in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Help David Lynch Find “Big Ed Hurley” Everett McGill [UPDATED]. In: Welcome to Twin Peaks. August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2019 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McGill, Everett |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McGill, Everett Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miami Beach , Florida |