Kevin McNally
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.
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Films (88)
Well Being
2026 · Director
The Wingfeather Saga: The Journey Begins
2025 · Podo Helmer (voice)
Frayed
2025 · George
Largo
2025 · Angus
Fudge Sundae
2025 · David
L'Appartement 7A
2024 · Roman Castevet
Bottom: Exposed
2024 · Self
Exterminate
2023 · Director
Bloody Fury
2023 · Bloody Fury (voice)
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
2023 · Self
On Your Behalf
2022 · Detective McHendry
Musketeer
2022 · Porthos
Curse of the Macbeths
2022 · Duncan
El plan de millones
2021 · Colonel Pike
You Really Got Me
2021 · Older James
Painted Beauty
2021 · Det. Greene
Robert Bruce
2019 · Old Sean
King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2017 · Lear
Pirates des Caraïbes : La Vengeance de Salazar
2017 · Joshamee Gibbs
Macbeth Unhinged
2016 · Duncan
L'homme qui défiait l'infini
2016 · Major MacMahon
Légende
2015 · Harold Wilson
Marked
2014 · Brian Cruft
1946
2014 · Karl
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013 · Self
Bounty Killer
2013 · Daft Willy
Challenger
2013 · Lawrence Mulloy
L'Ombre du mal
2012 · Maddux
Hamilton : Dans l'intérêt de la nation
2012 · Harold Smith
Pirates des Caraïbes : La Fontaine de jouvence
2011 · Joshamee Gibbs
Poe
2011 · Kyle Kilpatrick
Margaret
2009 · Kenneth Clarke
Walkyrie
2008 · Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
Tu£sday
2008 · Jerry
Diana : À la recherche de la vérité
2007 · Charles Davis
Pirates des Caraïbes : Jusqu'au bout du monde
2007 · Gibbs
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Self
Scoop: La primicia
2006 · Mike Tinsley
Pirates des Caraïbes : Le Secret du coffre maudit
2006 · Gibbs
Irish Jam
2006 · Lord Hailstock
Dead Fish
2005 · Frank Rosenheim (as Kevin R. McNally)
Le Fantôme de l’Opéra
2004 · Buquet
De-Lovely
2004 · Gerald Murphy
Crust
2003 · Bill Simmonds
Pirates des Caraïbes : La Malédiction du Black Pearl
2003 · Joshamee Gibbs
Johnny English
2003 · Prime Minister
Rouge à lèvres et arme à feu
2001 · Mason
Conspiration
2001 · Martin Luther
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000 · Walter Harris (archive footage)
When the Sky Falls
2000 · Tom Hamilton
Entrapment
1999 · Haas
Sliding Doors
1998 · Paul
Spice World
1997 · Policeman
The Precious Blood
1996 · Billy McVea
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995 · Jake Leach
The Smiths
1995 · Clive Smith
Number Six
1995 · Jack Taylor
Return to Blood River
1994 · Terry
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994 · Tommy O'Neill
Abraham
1993 · Nahor
Stalin
1992 · Kirov
Common Pursuit
1992
A Masculine Ending
1992 · Andrew Gardner
Murder East - Murder West
1990 · Regine's Boyfriend in the East
Jekyll & Hyde
1990 · Sergeant Hornby
The Robbie Coltrane Special
1989 · Self
Dream Baby
1989 · Slick
The Hangover
1989 · Colin
Thin Air
1988 · Mark Gentian
Cry Freedom
1987 · Ken
The Berlin Affair
1985 · Heinz von Hollendorf
Not Quite Paradise
1985 · Pete
Praying Mantis
1985 · Bernard
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
1984 · Hugo Lang
The Bad Sister
1983 · Tony
Enigma
1982 · Bruno
Commitments
1982 · Hugh
The Long Good Friday
1980 · Irish Youth
Where the Heart Is
1979 · Paul
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 · HMS Ranger Crewman
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
The Paradise Run
1976 · Johnny
Reflections
· Sid
Plaster
· Edward Perry
Death on the Dearborn
· Sheriff Wilson
The Devil Is In The Detail
· Apollyon
New George
· Francis
Pirates of the Caribbean: Secrets of the Lamp
· Thanks
Séries (81)
Miss Austen
2025 · Mr. Austen
Mystères au paradis
2023 · George Ellis
Stonehouse
2023 · Harold Wilson
La saga Wingfeather
2022 · Podo Helmer (voice)
Alex Rider
2020 · Max Grendel
Catherine la Grande
2019 · Alexei Orlov
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes
2019 · Capt. George Mainwaring
ABC contre Poirot
2018 · Inspector Japp
Das Boot
2018 · Jack Greenwood, Greenwood Senior
The Outpost
2018 · The Blacksmith
Une lutte exemplaire
2017 · Franz Mendelssohn
The Crown
2016 · Bernard Ingham
Survivant désigné
2016 · Harris Cochrane
Fleabag
2016 · Older Man
Power Monkeys
2016 · Spencer
Unforgotten : Le passé déterré
2015 · James Hollis
TURN : Washington's Spies
2014 · Judge Richard Woodhull
The Mill
2013 · Mr. Timperley
Count Arthur Strong
2013 · Ernest
Les Enquêtes de Morse
2013 · Kenny / Superintendent Jolliphant
Room at the Top
2012 · Mr. Brown
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Self - Participant
C’est moi le chef !
2011
Downton Abbey
2010 · Horace Bryant
Big Top
2009 · Dad
Les hauts de Hurlevent
2009 · Mr Earnshaw
Demons
2009
Movie Connections
2007 · Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self
Agent libre
2007 · James Vanek
Life on Mars
2006 · Harry Woolf
Surnaturel
2005 · Frank Devereaux, Frank Devereaux (voice)
Doctor Who
2005 · Professor Jericho
Bloodlines
2005 · James Hopkin
New Tricks
2004 · Fred Blackledge
American Idol
2002 · Self
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2002 · Robert Osborne
Shackleton, aventurier de l'Antarctique
2002 · Frank Worsley
24
2001 · Russian Agent
Bedtime
2001 · Simon
Les Experts
2000 · Steven Watt
Up Rising
2000
Lock, Stock...
2000 · Writer
Underworld
1997
Dad
1997 · Alan Hook
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Orville Tudway, Gerald Farquaharson
Frontiers
1996 · Supt. Graham Kirsten
Silent Witness
1996 · Professor Peter Cherry
Chiller
1995 · Jack Taylor
Ghosts
1995 · Craig Byatt
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
Abraham
1993 · Nahor
Full Stretch
1993 · Baz Levick
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Insp Turner, Mr Bogleby
Pebble Mill
1991 · Self
Bottom
1991 · Sex Shop Assistant
Tygo Road
1990 · Adam Hartley
Act of Will
1989 · Vincent Crowther
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989
This Morning
1988 · Self
Thin Air
1988 · Mark Gentian
Hard Cases
1988 · Richard Pearce
The Contract
1988 · Johnny Donoghue
The New Statesman
1987 · Colonel Gromyko
Casualty
1986 · Tom Bennod
Screen Two
1985 · Stuart Thorn, Tommy O'Neill, Billy McVea, Terry
Diana
1984 · Jan Leigh
A Brother's Tale
1983 · Bonny Taylor
The Hard Word
1983 · Nigel Wood
Masada
1981 · Norbanus
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn
1980 · Bill
Minder
1979 · Richards, Writer
I, Claudius
1976 · Castor
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · Tom Prince
Plays for Britain
1976 · Johnny
Poldark
1975 · Drake Carne
Survivors
1975 · Jeff Kane
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Paul
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Doctor Who
1963 · Hugo Lang
Z-Cars
1962