Kevin McNally

• Name — Kevin McNally • Birth Name — Kevin Robert McNally • Born — 27 April 1956 • Birthplace — Bristol, England • Other Names — Kevin R. McNally • Education — Royal Academy of Dramatic Art • Occupation — * Actor • screenwriter • Years Active — 1976–present • Children — 3

McNally was born in Bristol. McNally spent his early years in Birmingham, attending Redhill Junior School in Hay Mills and Mapledene Junior School (now Mapledene Primary School) in Sheldon. He went to Central Grammar School for Boys on Gressel Lane in Tile Cross.

• Illustration — McNally in 2006 McNally's first professional acting work, at age 16, was at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 1973 he received a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where, in 1975, he won the Best Actor Bancroft Gold Medal. In 1976, he appeared in BBC's I, Claudius and, in 1977, was a regular in the second series of Poldark playing Drake Carne, younger brother of Demelza Poldark. From 1991 to 1994, he wrote nine episodes of Minder, under the pseudonym Kevin Sperring, with writing partner Bernard Dempsey. He also wrote two episodes of Boon, and two episodes of Lock, Stock with Dempsey. McNally played Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. He is one of only three actors who appear in all five films, and reprised the role in Kingdom Hearts III, making him the only actor from the film series to reprise a role in Kingdom Hearts. He also reprised the role in 2021 for Sea of Thieves' "A Pirate's Life" Tall Tale series. Along with fellow British actors Ian McNeice and Kenneth Branagh, McNally appeared in two Second World War films, Valkyrie and Conspiracy, that depict behind the scenes activities of high-ranking officials in Nazi Germany. In 2011, he was cast in the American television series Supernatural as Frank. In 2012, he provided the likeness and voice of Robert Faulkner in the video game Assassin's Creed III. In 2013, he began working on a science-fiction animation project, Starship Goldfish. In 2014, he played the lead role in re-recorded radio plays of five lost episodes of Hancock's Half Hour for BBC Radio 4. Following this, a further video episode was re-recorded and broadcast on BBC Four as part of the Lost Sitcoms series. From 2014 to 2017, McNally played Judge Richard Woodhull of Setauket, Long Island, in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies. In July 2019, he guest-starred as Inspector Grandjean in Season 2, Episode 1 of Amazon's mystery series Maigret. In 2019, McNally portrayed Captain Mainwaring in a series of re-enactments of otherwise lost episodes of the sitcom Dad's Army. In 2021, McNally appeared in three episodes of Flux, Doctor Whos thirteenth series, as Professor Jericho, quickly becoming a fan-favourite character. McNally previously appeared in Doctor Who in the 1984 serial The Twin Dilemma as Lieutenant Hugo Lang. 2021 saw him, also, star as Porthos, in the, multi-award winning, Philip Shaw written and directed, short film, Musketeer.

McNally was in a relationship with actress Stevie Harris and they have two children together. He met actress Phyllis Logan in 1994, and they married in 2011. Their son was born in 1996. In 2013 the family lived in Chiswick.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1976 — Plays for Britain — Johnny — Episode 1.1: "The Paradise Run" • Survivors — Jeff Kane — Episode 2.10: "Parasites" • I, Claudius — Castor — Mini-series; 4 episodes • The Launderette — Philip — Television film • 1977 — Z-Cars — Jeff — Episode 12.10: "Attack" • The Duchess of Duke Street — Tom Prince — Episode 2.3: "A Lesson in Manners" • Poldark — Drake Carne — Series 2; 13 episodes • Crown Court — Paul Adams — 3 episodes: "Street Gang: Parts 1–3" • 1978 — The Devil's Crown — Henry the Young King — 2 episodes: "The Hungry Falcons", "Before the Dark" • 1979 — ITV Playhouse — Paul — Episode 11.3: "Where the Heart Is" • 1980 — Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn — Bill — 3 episodes • 1981 — Masada — Norbanus — aka The Antagonists. Mini-series; episode 1 • 1982 — Play for Today — Hugh — Episode 12.13: "Commitments" • Crown Court — Christopher Baldwin — 3 episodes: "Wrecker: Parts 1–3" • We'll Meet Again — PFC John Wyatt — 2 episodes: "Exceptional Circumstances", "The End of the Beginning" • Praying Mantis — Bernard — Television film • 1983 — The Bad Sister — Tony — Television film • The Hard Word — Nigel Wood — 6 episodes • A Brother's Tale — Bonny Taylor — 3 episodes • 1984 — Diana — Jan — Mini-series; 8 episodes • Doctor Who — Lieutenant Hugo Lang — Serial: The Twin Dilemma • 1987 — Casualty — Tom Bennod — Episode 2.14: "Burning Cases" • 1988 — The Contract — Johnny Donoghue — 3 episodes • Thin Air — Mark Gentian — Mini-series; 5 episodes • 1989 — Dream Baby — Slick — Television film • Hard Cases — Richard Pearce — Series 2; 7 episodes • The Bill — Mr. Todd — Episode 5.72: "Nothing But the Truth" • Act of Will — Vincent Crowther — Mini-series; episode 1 • 1990 — Jekyll & Hyde — Sergeant Hornby — Television film • Tygo Road — Adam Hartley — 6 episodes • Murder East - Murder West — Regine's Boyfriend in the East — Television film • 1991 — The New Statesman — Colonel Gromyko — Episode 3.6: "Profit of Doom" • Bottom — Sex Shop Assistant — Episode 1.1: "Smells" • Minder — Richards — Episode 8.3: "Whatever Happened to Her Indoors" • Murder Most Horrid — Inspector Turner — Episode 1.3: "He Died a Death" • 1992 — The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles — Walter Burton Harris — Episode 1.1: "Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal" • A Masculine Ending — Andrew Gardner — Television film • No Head for Heights — Harry — Television short film • Screen Two — Stuart Thorne — Episode 8.8: "The Common Pursuit" • Stalin — Sergey Kirov — Television film • 1993 — Full Stretch — Baz Levick — 6 episodes • The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries — Luke Watchman — Episode 1.4: "Death at the Bar" • Love and Reason — Phil Spencer — Mini-series; 3 episodes • Mama's Back — Director — Television film • Abraham — Nahor — Mini-series; 2 episodes • 1994 — Screen Two — Tommy O'Neill — Episode 10.3: "All Things Bright and Beautiful" • Terry — Episode 10.7: "Return to Blood River" • Murder Most Horrid — Mr. Bogleby — Episode 2.5: "Mangez Merveillac" • 1994, 1996 — Jo Brand Through the Cakehole — Various characters — 2 episodes • 1995 — Ghosts — Craig Byatt — Episode 1.3: "Massage" • Chiller — Jack Taylor — Episode 1.5: "Number Six" • The Smiths — Clive Smith — Television film • Eleven Men Against Eleven — Jake Leach — Television film • Smith & Jones — Various characters — Episode 8.6: "Rough Direction." • 1996 — Screen Two — Billy McVea — Episode 13.5: "The Precious Blood" • Frontiers — Supt. Graham Kirsten — 6 episodes • 1997 — Underworld — Mr. Jezzard — Mini-series; 5 episodes • 1997–1999 — Dad — Alan Hook — Series 1 & 2: 13 episodes • 1999 — Rab C. Nesbitt — Tony Welthorpe, MP — Episode 8.2: "Commons" • Midsomer Murders — Orville Tudway — Episode 2.4: "Blood Will Out" • 2000 — Up Rising — Terry Gaines — 5 episodes • 2001 — Conspiracy — Martin Luther — Television film • 2002 — Shackleton — Captain Frank Worsley — Mini-series; 2 episodes • Spooks — Robert Osborne — Episode 1.2: "Looking After Our Own". Uncredited role • Bedtime — Simon — Series 2; 6 episodes • 2004 — Dunkirk — Major General Alexander — 2 episodes: "Evacuation", "Deliverance" • 2005 — Bloodlines — James Hopkin — 2-part thriller • 2007 — Life on Mars — Supt. Harry Woolf — Series 2; 2 episodes • The Murder of Princess Diana — Charles Davis — aka Diana: The Final Journey. Television film • The Minister of Divine — Wesley — Television film • 2009 — Demons — Mr. Tibbs — Mini-series; episode 3: "Saving Grace" • Wuthering Heights — Mr. Earnshaw — Mini-series; 2 episodes • Margaret — Kenneth Clarke — Television film • Law & Order: UK — Harry Morgan — Episode 2.3: "Community Service" • Big Top — Dad — Episode 1.4: "Dad" • 2010 — Agatha Christie's Marple — Inspector Sumerset — Episode 5.3: "The Blue Geranium" • New Tricks — Fred Blackledge — Episode 7.3: "Left Field" • Midsomer Murders — Gerald Farquaharson — Episode 13.6: "The Noble Art" • 2011 — Turbo Dates — Wilfred — Episode 3.1: "Chemistry" • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Steven Watt — Episode 12.6: "Freaks & Geeks" • Poe — Kyle Kilpatrick — Television film • 2011–2012 — Supernatural — Frank Devereaux — Season 7; 4 episodes • Downton Abbey — Horace Bryant — Recurring role; 3 episodes • 2012 — Room at the Top — Mr. Brown — Mini-series; 2 episodes • Burn Notice — James Vanek — Episode 6.16: "Odd Man Out" • 2013 — The Challenger Disaster — Lawrence Mulloy — Television film • The Mill — Mr. Timperley — 4 episodes • 2013, 2015, 2018 — Starship Goldfish — Ghostworth (voice) — 3 episodes • 2014 — 24: Live Another Day — Russian Agent — Mini-series; episode 12: "Day 9: 10:00 p.m.–11:00 a.m." • Marked — Brian Cruft — Television film • 2014–2017 — Turn: Washington's Spies — Judge Richard Woodhull — Series 1–4; 40 episodes • 2015 — Count Arthur Strong — Ernest — Episode 2.2: "The Day the Clocks Went Back" • 2016 — Power Monkeys — Spencer — 6 episodes • Fleabag — Older Man — Episode 1.2 • Lost Sitcoms — Tony Hancock — Mini-series; episode 2: "Hancock's Half Hour" • 2016–2017 — Designated Survivor — Harris Cochrane — Recurring role; 6 episodes • 2017 — Maigret — Inspector Grandjean — Episode 2.1: "Night at the Crossroads" • 2018 — The Good Fight — Franz Mendelssohn — Episode 2.6: "Day 443" • Unforgotten — James Hollis — Series 3; 6 episodes • The Outpost — The Smith — 6 episodes • The ABC Murders — Inspector Japp — Mini-series; episode 1 • 2018–2020 — Das Boot — Jack Greenwood — Recurring role; 6 episodes • 2019 — Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes — Capt. George Mainwaring — 3 episodes • Catherine the Great — Count Alexei Orlov — Mini-series; 4 episodes • 2020 — The — Bernard Ingham — Series 4; 5 episodes • 2021 — Doctor — Professor Eustacius Jericho — 3 episodes: "Village of the Angels", "Survivors of the Flux", "The Vanquishers" • 2022 — Ten Percent — Ian Jays — Episode 1.4 • 2022–2025 — The Wingfeather Saga — Podo Helmer — Series 1–3; 18 episodes • 2023 — Stonehouse — Harold Wilson — Mini-series; 3 episodes • The Real Stonehouse — Himself - Narrator — Television Special • Endeavour — Kenny / Supt. Jolliphant — Episode 9.2: "Uniform" • Dead Ringers — Alan — Mini-series; episode 4 • Lovely Little Farm — Darling Donkey (voice) — Series 2; 6 episodes • 2024 — Silent Witness — Professor Peter Cherry — 2 episodes: "Grievance Culture: Parts 1 & 2" • Alex Rider — Max Grendel — Series 3; 3 episodes: "Widow", "Revenge", "Target" • 2025 — Miss Austen — George Austen — Mini-series; 4 episodes • Argh and the Quest for the Golden Dragon Skull — King Kevin — Television film • The Chelsea Detective — George Rushland — Episode 3.4: "For the Greater Good" • Beyond Paradise — George Ellis — Episode 3.5 • Murder Most Puzzling — Gilbert Sullivan — Episode 1.3 • Midsomer Murders — Sir Alan Bruce — Episode 25.3: "Death Strikes Three" McNally also co-wrote several episodes of the television series Minder and Boon in the 1980s.

• Year — Title — Role (voice) — Notes — Ref. • 2006 — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Joshamee Gibbs • 2007 — Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — Joshamee Gibbs • Pirates of the Caribbean Online — Joshamee Gibbs • 2011 — Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game — Joshamee Gibbs • 2012 — Assassin's Creed III — Robert Faulkner • 2013 — Disney Infinity — Joshamee Gibbs • 2018 — Sea of Thieves — Joshamee Gibbs • 2019 — Kingdom Hearts III — Joshamee Gibbs — English version • 2021 — Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life — Joshamee Gibbs • 2025 — Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles — Duke Druksmaid Goltanna / Arazlam J.D. — English version • 2026 — Corsair Cove — Rambulion / Narrator

• Title — Role — Theatre — Notes — Ref. • King Lear — | King Lear — Shakespeare's Globe — opposite Saskia Reeves, Burt Caesar • Hamlet — Claudius — Donmar at Wyndham's Theatre — opposite Jude Law, Ron Cook and Penelope Wilton • Ivanov — Lebedev — Donmar at Wyndham's Theatre — opposite Kenneth Branagh, Malcolm Sinclair and Gina McKee Nominated – Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role • Boeing Boeing — Bernard — Comedy Theatre • The Lady in the Van — Alan Bennett 2 — Queen's Theatre — opposite Maggie Smith and Alan Bennett • Naked — Grotti — Almeida Theatre — opposite Juliette Binoche • Dead Funny — Richard — Savoy Theatre • The Iceman Cometh — Paritt — National Theatre

Kevin McNally is recorded as actor and screenwriter.