Robert Duncan McNeill

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Robert Duncan McNeill (2011)

Robert Duncan McNeill (born November 9, 1964 in Raleigh , North Carolina ) is an American actor , film producer and television director who is best known in German-speaking countries for his role as Lieutenant Tom Paris in the series Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager .

Career

As an actor

Robert Duncan McNeill grew up in Atlanta , the capital of Georgia , and began his acting career in local and regional productions . After attending high school , he moved to New York City to become a professional actor ; Initially, however, he only got small roles, which is why he began to study drama and dance at the renowned New York Juilliard School . A short time later, McNeill got the role of Charlie Brent in the perennial television series All My Children and even received an Emmy nomination for it. He also appeared in the film Masters of the Universe (1987). He played other guest roles, for example, in Alone Against the Future and LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Trials .

In 1992, McNeill played a Star Fleet cadet named Nicholas "Nick" Locarno in the series Starship Enterprise - The Next Century , episode A Failed Maneuver . As team leader, he carried out a prohibited flight maneuver together with Wesley Crusher and three other cadets, in which one person was killed - Locarno was expelled from the academy for this. This laid the foundation for McNeill's best-known role as Lieutenant Tom Paris , from the regular cast of the television series Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager (1995-2001). Originally, the producers intended the character of Locarno to be the helmsman of Voyager, but the producers considered his background to be too gloomy. For McNeill, the new role of Tom Paris was created, which, however, has many parallels to Locarno.

As a director

Robert Duncan McNeill (2009)

McNeill began his career as a film director by directing several Voyager episodes. He then wrote , produced and directed initially two award-winning short films called The Battery and 9mm of Love ; he subsequently directed other television series .

While he was still taking on guest roles, he focused more and more on his work as a director, including directing individual episodes of well-known television series.

From 2007 he acted as both producer and director for the television series Chuck .

Private life

Robert Duncan McNeill married Carol Seder in 1988 and has three children.

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

As a director (TV series only)

As a producer

  • 1999: monsters! (as co-producer)
  • 2007: What About Brian (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 2007–2012: Chuck (TV series, 75 episodes, various functions)
  • 2012-2013: 666 Park Avenue (TV series, 11 episodes, co-producer)
  • 2014–2016: Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (TV series, 19 episodes, executive producer)
  • 2016: Heartbeat (TV series, 10 episodes, executive producer)
  • 2018–2019: The Gifted (TV series, 16 episodes, executive producer)

Web links

Commons : Robert Duncan McNeill  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Filmography on robertduncanmcneill.com (English)
  2. ↑ Robert Duncan McNeill biography on TV.com (English)
  3. ↑ Biography  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on robertduncanmcneill.com (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.robertduncanmcneill.net  
  4. ↑ All My Children on robertduncanmcneill.com (English)
  5. ↑ Masters of the Universe on robertduncanmcneill.com (English)
  6. ↑ Lt. Tom Paris . startrek.com (English)
  7. ↑ Robert Duncan McNeill - Director at imdb.com (English)
  8. ↑ Biography on memory-alpha.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME McNeill, Robert Duncan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, producer, and television director
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Raleigh , North Carolina , United States