Kevin McNally
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 27, 1956 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Bristol, England, UK
- Credits
- 165
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.
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003Movie
Joshamee Gibbs
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006Movie
Gibbs
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007Movie
Gibbs
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011Movie
Joshamee Gibbs
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017Movie
Joshamee Gibbs
Supernatural
2005TV
Frank Devereaux, Frank Devereaux (voice)
Filmography
The Wingfeather Saga: The Journey Begins
2025Movie
Podo Helmer (voice)
Frayed
2025Movie
George
Largo
2025Movie
Angus
Fudge Sundae
2025Movie
David
Miss Austen
2025TV
Mr. Austen
Apartment 7A
2024Movie
Roman Castevet
Bottom: Exposed
2024Movie
Self
Bloody Fury
2023Movie
Bloody Fury (voice)
Beyond Paradise
2023TV
George Ellis
Hancock: Very Nearly an Armful
2023Movie
Self
Stonehouse
2023TV
Harold Wilson
The Wingfeather Saga
2022TV
Podo Helmer (voice)
On Your Behalf
2022Movie
Detective McHendry
Musketeer
2022Movie
Porthos
Curse of the Macbeths
2022Movie
Duncan
Decrypted
2021Movie
Colonel Pike
You Really Got Me
2021Movie
Older James
Painted Beauty
2021Movie
Det. Greene
Alex Rider
2020TV
Max Grendel
Catherine the Great
2019TV
Alexei Orlov
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes
2019TV
Capt. George Mainwaring
Robert the Bruce
2019Movie
Old Sean
The ABC Murders
2018TV
Inspector Japp
Das Boot
2018TV
Jack Greenwood, Greenwood Senior
The Outpost
2018TV
The Blacksmith
King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2017Movie
Lear
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017Movie
Joshamee Gibbs
The Good Fight
2017TV
Franz Mendelssohn
The Crown
2016TV
Bernard Ingham
Designated Survivor
2016TV
Harris Cochrane
Fleabag
2016TV
Older Man
Macbeth Unhinged
2016Movie
Duncan
Power Monkeys
2016TV
Spencer
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016Movie
Major MacMahon
Unforgotten
2015TV
James Hollis
Legend
2015Movie
Harold Wilson
Marked
2014Movie
Brian Cruft
TURN: Washington's Spies
2014TV
Judge Richard Woodhull
1946
2014Movie
Karl
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013Movie
Self
Bounty Killer
2013Movie
Daft Willy
The Mill
2013TV
Mr. Timperley
Count Arthur Strong
2013TV
Ernest
Endeavour
2013TV
Kenny / Superintendent Jolliphant
The Challenger Disaster
2013Movie
Lawrence Mulloy
Room at the Top
2012TV
Mr. Brown
The Raven
2012Movie
Maddux
Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012Movie
Harold Smith
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011TV
Self - Participant
Last Man Standing
2011TV
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011Movie
Joshamee Gibbs
Poe
2011Movie
Kyle Kilpatrick
Downton Abbey
2010TV
Horace Bryant
Big Top
2009TV
Dad
Wuthering Heights
2009TV
Mr Earnshaw
Margaret
2009Movie
Kenneth Clarke
Demons
2009TV
Valkyrie
2008Movie
Carl-Friedrich Goerdeler
Tu£sday
2008Movie
Jerry
Movie Connections
2007TV
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007TV
Self
The Murder of Princess Diana
2007Movie
Charles Davis
Burn Notice
2007TV
James Vanek
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007Movie
Gibbs
According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest
2006Movie
Self
Scoop
2006Movie
Mike Tinsley
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006Movie
Gibbs
Life on Mars
2006TV
Harry Woolf
Irish Jam
2006Movie
Lord Hailstock
Dead Fish
2005Movie
Frank Rosenheim (as Kevin R. McNally)
Supernatural
2005TV
Frank Devereaux, Frank Devereaux (voice)
Doctor Who
2005TV
Professor Jericho
Bloodlines
2005TV
James Hopkin
The Phantom of the Opera
2004Movie
Buquet
De-Lovely
2004Movie
Gerald Murphy
New Tricks
2004TV
Fred Blackledge
Crust
2003Movie
Bill Simmonds
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003Movie
Joshamee Gibbs
Johnny English
2003Movie
Prime Minister
American Idol
2002TV
Self
Spooks
2002TV
Robert Osborne
Shackleton
2002TV
Frank Worsley
24
2001TV
Russian Agent
Bedtime
2001TV
Simon
High Heels and Low Lifes
2001Movie
Mason
Conspiracy
2001Movie
Martin Luther
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Steven Watt
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000Movie
Walter Harris (archive footage)
When the Sky Falls
2000Movie
Tom Hamilton
Up Rising
2000TV
Entrapment
1999Movie
Haas
Sliding Doors
1998Movie
Paul
Spice World
1997Movie
Policeman
Underworld
1997TV
Dad
1997TV
Alan Hook
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Orville Tudway, Gerald Farquaharson
The Precious Blood
1996Movie
Billy McVea
Frontiers
1996TV
Supt. Graham Kirsten
Silent Witness
1996TV
Professor Peter Cherry
Eleven Men Against Eleven
1995Movie
Jake Leach
The Smiths
1995Movie
Clive Smith
Number Six
1995Movie
Jack Taylor
Chiller
1995TV
Jack Taylor
Ghosts
1995TV
Craig Byatt
Return to Blood River
1994Movie
Terry
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994TV
All Things Bright and Beautiful
1994Movie
Tommy O'Neill
Abraham
1993Movie
Nahor
Abraham
1993TV
Nahor
Full Stretch
1993TV
Baz Levick
Stalin
1992Movie
Kirov
Common Pursuit
1992Movie
A Masculine Ending
1992Movie
Andrew Gardner
Murder Most Horrid
1991TV
Insp Turner, Mr Bogleby
Pebble Mill
1991TV
Self
Bottom
1991TV
Sex Shop Assistant
Murder East - Murder West
1990Movie
Regine's Boyfriend in the East
Tygo Road
1990TV
Adam Hartley
Jekyll & Hyde
1990Movie
Sergeant Hornby
The Robbie Coltrane Special
1989Movie
Self
Act of Will
1989TV
Vincent Crowther
Dream Baby
1989Movie
Slick
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989TV
The Hangover
1989Movie
Colin
This Morning
1988TV
Self
Thin Air
1988Movie
Mark Gentian
Thin Air
1988TV
Mark Gentian
Hard Cases
1988TV
Richard Pearce
The Contract
1988TV
Johnny Donoghue
Cry Freedom
1987Movie
Ken
The New Statesman
1987TV
Colonel Gromyko
Casualty
1986TV
Tom Bennod
The Berlin Affair
1985Movie
Heinz von Hollendorf
Not Quite Paradise
1985Movie
Pete
Screen Two
1985TV
Stuart Thorn, Tommy O'Neill, Billy McVea, Terry
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
1984Movie
Hugo Lang
Diana
1984TV
Jan Leigh
A Brother's Tale
1983TV
Bonny Taylor
The Bad Sister
1983Movie
Tony
The Hard Word
1983TV
Nigel Wood
Enigma
1982Movie
Bruno
Commitments
1982Movie
Hugh
Praying Mantis
1982Movie
Bernard
Masada
1981TV
Norbanus
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn
1980TV
Bill
The Long Good Friday
1980Movie
Irish Youth
Minder
1979TV
Richards
Where the Heart Is
1979Movie
Paul
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977Movie
HMS Ranger Crewman
I, Claudius
1976TV
Castor
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976TV
Tom Prince
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976Movie
Plays for Britain
1976TV
Johnny
The Paradise Run
1976Movie
Johnny
Poldark
1975TV
Drake Carne
Survivors
1975TV
Jeff Kane
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Paul
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
Doctor Who
1963TV
Hugo Lang
Z-Cars
1962TV
New George
Movie
Francis
Reflections
Movie
Sid
Death on the Dearborn
Movie
Sheriff Wilson
Plaster
Movie
Edward Perry
The Devil Is In The Detail
Movie
Apollyon