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.
as Sid
as Edward Perry
as Sheriff Wilson
as Apollyon
as Francis
as Podo Helmer (voice)
as George
as Angus
as David
as Mr. Austen(4 eps)
as Roman Castevet
as Self
as Bloody Fury (voice)
as George Ellis(1 ep)
as Harold Wilson(3 eps)
as Podo Helmer (voice)(26 eps)
as Detective McHendry
as Porthos
as Duncan
as Colonel Pike
as Older James
as Det. Greene
as Max Grendel(3 eps)
as Alexei Orlov(4 eps)
as Capt. George Mainwaring(3 eps)
as Old Sean
as Inspector Japp(1 ep)
as Jack Greenwood(8 eps)
as Greenwood Senior(1 ep)
as The Blacksmith(10 eps)
as Joshamee Gibbs
as Franz Mendelssohn(1 ep)
as Bernard Ingham(5 eps)
as Harris Cochrane(6 eps)
as Older Man(1 ep)
as Duncan
as Spencer(6 eps)
as Major MacMahon
as James Hollis(6 eps)
as Harold Wilson
as Brian Cruft
as Judge Richard Woodhull(40 eps)
as Karl
as Daft Willy
as Mr. Timperley(4 eps)
as Ernest(1 ep)
as Kenny / Superintendent Jolliphant(1 ep)
as Lawrence Mulloy
as Mr. Brown(2 eps)
as Maddux
as Harold Smith
as Self - Participant(1 ep)
as Joshamee Gibbs
as Kyle Kilpatrick
as Horace Bryant(3 eps)
as Dad(6 eps)
as Mr Earnshaw(2 eps)
as Kenneth Clarke
as Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
as Jerry
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Charles Davis
as James Vanek(1 ep)
as Mike Tinsley
as Harry Woolf(2 eps)
as Lord Hailstock
as Frank Rosenheim (as Kevin R. McNally)
as Frank Devereaux(3 eps)
as Frank Devereaux (voice)(1 ep)
as Professor Jericho(3 eps)
as James Hopkin(2 eps)
as Buquet
as Gerald Murphy
as Fred Blackledge(1 ep)
as Bill Simmonds
as Joshamee Gibbs
as Prime Minister
as Self(1 ep)
as Robert Osborne(1 ep)
as Frank Worsley(2 eps)
as Russian Agent(1 ep)
as Simon(9 eps)
as Mason
as Martin Luther
as Steven Watt(1 ep)
as Walter Harris (archive footage)
as Tom Hamilton
as Haas
as Paul
as Policeman
as Alan Hook(13 eps)
as Orville Tudway(1 ep)
as Gerald Farquaharson(1 ep)
as Billy McVea
as Supt. Graham Kirsten(6 eps)
as Professor Peter Cherry(2 eps)
as Jake Leach
as Clive Smith
as Jack Taylor
as Jack Taylor(1 ep)
as Craig Byatt(1 ep)
as Terry
as Tommy O'Neill
as Nahor
as Nahor(2 eps)
as Baz Levick(6 eps)
as Kirov
as Andrew Gardner
as Insp Turner(1 ep)
as Mr Bogleby(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Sex Shop Assistant(1 ep)
as Regine's Boyfriend in the East
as Adam Hartley(6 eps)
as Sergeant Hornby
as Self
as Vincent Crowther(1 ep)
as Slick
as Colin
as Self(1 ep)
as Mark Gentian
as Mark Gentian(5 eps)
as Richard Pearce(7 eps)
as Johnny Donoghue(3 eps)
as Ken
as Colonel Gromyko(1 ep)
as Tom Bennod(1 ep)
as Heinz von Hollendorf
as Pete
as Bernard
as Stuart Thorn(1 ep)
as Tommy O'Neill(1 ep)
as Billy McVea(1 ep)
as Terry(1 ep)
as Hugo Lang
as Jan Leigh(8 eps)
as Bonny Taylor(3 eps)
as Tony
as Nigel Wood(6 eps)
as Bruno
as Hugh
as Norbanus(1 ep)
as Bill(3 eps)
as Irish Youth
as Richards(1 ep)
as Paul
as HMS Ranger Crewman
as Castor(4 eps)
as Tom Prince(1 ep)
as Johnny(1 ep)
as Johnny
as Drake Carne(13 eps)
as Jeff Kane(1 ep)
as Paul(1 ep)
as Hugo Lang(4 eps)