Kevin R. McNally

Kevin McNally (2006)

Kevin R. McNally (born April 27, 1956 in Bristol , England ) is a British actor . His best known role is that of Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series .

Life

McNally grew up in Birmingham and attended various junior schools such as a Central Grammar School for boys. He got his first job at the age of 16. In 1975 he received the "Best Actor Bancroft Gold Medal" for his achievements. Since 1976 he has been involved in numerous television productions, where he turned out to be a very versatile actor.

He became known in 2003 in the pirate film Pirates of the Caribbean , in which he played the role of the pirate Joshamee Gibbs. He also played the character in the four sequels to date.

In addition, McNally appears regularly at the theater. For his role as Lebedev in the staging of Chekhov's play Ivanov at Wyndham's Theater , he was at the 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards as Best Supporting Actor nomination.

McNally is married to Scottish actress Phyllis Logan and has one son with her.

Filmography (selection)

• 1976: I, Claudius, Kaiser and God (I, Claudius)
• 1977: James Bond 007 - The Spy Who Loved Me
• 1977: Poldark (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1980: Rififi on Good Friday (The Long Good Friday)
• 1982: Enigma
• 1983: The Hard Word (TV series, six episodes)
• 1985: Not Quite Paradise
• 1985: Passions (The Berlin Affair)
• 1987 Cry Freedom (Cry Freedom)
• 1992: Stalin
• 1994: All Things Bright and Beautiful
• 1995: Pullman Paradise
• 1996: Frontiers (TV series, six episodes)
• 1997: Spiceworld - The Movie (Spice World)
• 1997–1999: Dad (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1998: She Loves Him - She Doesn't Love Him (Sliding Doors)
• 1998: The Legend of the Ocean Pianist (La leggenda del pianista sull'Oceano)
• 1999: Entrapment (Entrapment)
• 1999: Inspector Barnaby ( Midsomer Murders , TV series, episode Blood Will Out )
• 2000: Alone Against Crime (When the Sky Falls)
• 2001: Crime Seduced (Hight Heels and Low Lifes)
• 2002: Shackleton (TV movie)
• 2003: Johnny English - The Spy Who Broken It (Johnny English)
• 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
• 2003: Crust
• 2004: De-Lovely - The Cole Porter Story (De-Lovely)
• 2004: Dead Cool
• 2004: The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera)
• 2005: Dead Fish
• 2006: Irish Jam
• 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
• 2006: Scoop - Der Knüller (Scoop)
• 2006: Life on Mars - Trapped in the 70s ( Life on Mars , TV series, two episodes)
• 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End
• 2007: The Murder of Princess Diana ( The Murder of Princess Diana , TV movie)
• 2008: Operation Walküre - The Stauffenberg Assassination (Valkyrie)
• 2009: Emily Brontë's Sturmhöhe ( Wuthering Heights , TV movie)
• 2009: Law & Order: UK (TV series, one episode)
• 2010: Inspector Barnaby ( Midsomer Murders , TV series, episode The Noble Art )
• 2011: Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides (Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides)
• 2011–2012: Supernatural (TV series, four episodes)
• 2011: CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators (TV series, one episode)
• 2012: Agent Hamilton - In the interests of the nation (Hamilton - I nationens intresse)
• 2012: The Raven - Prophet of the Devil (The Raven)
• 2012: Downton Abbey (TV series, three episodes)
• 2012: Burn Notice (TV series, one episode)
• 2013: The Challenger (TV movie)
• 2013: Bounty Killer
• 2013: The Mill (TV series, four episodes)
• 2014–2017: Turn: Washington's Spies (TV series, 34 episodes)
• 2015: The Poetry of Infinity (The Man Who Knew Infinity)
• 2015: Legend
• 2016–2017: Designated Survivor (TV series, six episodes)
• 2017: Inspector Maigret: Maigret's Night at the Crossroads
• 2017: Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)
• 2018: Das Boot (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 2018: The Outpost (TV series, six episodes)
• 2019: Robert the Bruce

Web links

Commons : Kevin McNally  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Kevin McNally in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

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