Kevin McNally
Kevin Robert McNally is an English actor who has worked in theatre, radio, film and television. He is best known for portraying Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
Early life
Born in Bristol, McNally spent his early years in Birmingham, attending Redhill Junior School on Redhill Road in Hay Mills and Mapledene Junior School on Mapledene Road in Sheldon. He went to Central Grammar School for Boys on Gressel Lane in Tile Cross.Career
McNally's first professional acting work, at age 16, was at the Birmingham Rep. 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.
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.
In 2011, he was cast in the American television series Supernatural as Frank. In 2012, he performed as a voice actor for the best selling videogame Assassin's Creed III, providing the likeness and voice of the character of Robert Faulkner. 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 2014-2017, 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.
Personal life
McNally met actress Phyllis Logan in 1994, and they married in 2011 Their son David was born in 1996. The family lives in Chiswick.Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me | HMS Ranger Crewman |
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday | Irish Youth |
| 1982 | Enigma | Bruno |
| 1985 | Not Quite Paradise | Pete |
| 1985 | The Berlin Affair | Heinz von Hollendorf |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Ken |
| 1990 | Jekyll & Hyde | Sergeant Hornby |
| 1992 | Stalin | Sergey Kirov |
| 1997 | Spice World | Policeman |
| 1998 | Sliding Doors | Paul |
| 1999 | Entrapment | Haas |
| 2000 | When the Sky Falls | |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Martin Luther |
| 2001 | High Heels and Low Lifes | Mason |
| 2003 | Johnny English | Prime Minister |
| 2003 | ' | Joshamee Gibbs |
| 2004 | De-Lovely | Gerald Murphy |
| 2004 | The Phantom of the Opera | Joseph Buquet |
| 2005 | Irish Jam | Lord Hailstock |
| 2006 | ' | Joshamee Gibbs |
| 2006 | Scoop | Mike Tinsley |
| 2007 | ' | Joshamee Gibbs |
| 2008 | Tuesday | Jerry |
| 2008 | Valkyrie | Carl Goerdeler |
| 2011 | ' | Joshamee Gibbs |
| 2012 | ' | Harold Smith |
| 2012 | The Raven | Henry Maddux |
| 2013 | Bounty Killer | Daft Willy |
| 2015 | Legend | Harold Wilson |
| 2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Percy Alexander MacMahon |
| 2017 | ' | Joshamee Gibbs |
| 2019 | Robert the Bruce | Sean |
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.