EXCLUSIVE!!!!

 

KEVIN McNALLY

 

Born on April 27, 1956 in Bristol, England, Kevin McNally got his first job in 1972 at Birmingham Repertory Theater in England. In 1973 he received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England. In 1975, Kevin won the Bancroft Gold Medal for Best Actor for his stage performance. He played in 1976 the role of Castor in the miniseries ˜I, Claudius' and in 1977 in the second season as Drake Carne of the TV series "Poldark". Kevin also had a role in the movie ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’.

 

He starred between 1980 and 1989 in TV series as Bill in "Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn", as Nigel Wood in "The Hard Ward", as Bonny Taylor in "A Brother's Tale", as Johnny Donoghue in “The Contract” and in the second season as Richard Pearce in "Hard Cases". Between 1982 and 1989, Kevin appeared in TV Movies as Bernard in 'Praying Mantis', as Tony in 'The Bad Sister' and as Slick in 'Dream Baby'. He could be admired in 1984 and 1988 in miniseries as Jan in 'Diana' and as Mark Gentian in 'Thin Air'. Between 1985 and 1987, Kevin played roles in films as Pete in 'Not Quite Paradise', as Heinz Von Hollendorf in 'The Berlin Affair' and as Ken in 'Cry Freedom'. He could be admired between 1980 and 1989 in the films 'The Long Good Friday' and 'Enigma' and the miniseries 'Masada', 'We'll Meet Again' and 'Act of Will'. Between 1981 and 1988 Kevin also had roles in the plays Loose Ends, Extremities and Andromache.

 

He appeared between 1990 and 1995 in TV Movies as Sergeant Hornby in 'Jekyll & Hyde', as Andrew Gardner in 'A Masculine Ending' and as Jake Leach in 'Eleven Men Against Eleven'. Between 1990 and 1999, Kevin played roles in TV series as Adam Hartley in “Tygo Road”, as Baz Levick in “Full Stretch”, as Supt. Graham Kirsten in “Frontiers” and two seasons as Alan Hook in “Dad”. He could be admired in 1993 in miniseries as Phil Spencer in 'Love and Reason' and as Nahor in 'Abraham'. In 1999, Kevin played the role of Haas in the movie 'Entrapment'. He appeared between 1990 and 1998 in the TV films 'Murder East – Murder West' and 'Stalin', the mini-series 'Underworld', the films 'Spice World', 'Sliding Doors' and 'The Legend of 1900' and the French film 'Pullman paradis'. Between 1990 and 1994, Kevin wrote two episodes of the TV series “Boon” and nine episodes of the TV series “Minder”. He could be admired between 1990 and 1999 in the theater productions Hidden Laughter, Scenes from an Execution, Four Dog Saloon, Dead Funny and The Lady in the Van.

 

Between 2000 and 2023, Kevin starred in TV series as Terry Gaines in “Up Rising”, as Simon in “Bedtime”, as Maj. Gene. Harold Alexander in "Dunkirk", as Harold Wilson in “Stonehouse”, the first season as The Smith in “The Outpost”, four seasons as Judge Richard Woodhull in "Turn: Washington's Spies" and voiced the characters Ghostworth in "Starshi Goldfish" and Podo Helmer in "The Wingfeather Saga”. He appeared between 2000 and 2022 in films as Tom Hamilton in 'When the Sky Falls', as Mason in 'High Heels and Low Lifes', as Joshamee Gibbs in 'Pirates of the Caribbean 1 – 5', as Bill Simmonds in Crust, as Gerald Murphy in 'De-Lovely', as Frank Rosenheim in 'Dead Fish', as Lord Hailstock in 'Irish Jam', as Mike Tinsley in 'Scoop', as Jerry in 'Tu£sday', as Maddux in 'The Raven', as Daft Willy in 'Bounty Killer', as Major Percy Alexander MacMahon in 'The Man Who Knew Infinity', as Duncan in 'Macbeth Unhinged', as Old Sean in 'Robert the Bruce', as Colonel Pike in ‘Decrypted’, as Det. Greene in ‘Painted Beauty’ and as Duncan in ‘Curse of the Macbeths’. Between 2001 and 2013, Kevin played roles in TV Movies as Luther in ‘Conspiracy’, as James Hopkin in ‘Bloodlines’, as Charles Davis in ‘The Murder of Princess Diana’ and as Mulloy in ‘The Challenger’. He starred in 2009 and 2019 in miniseries as Mr. Earnshaw in ‘Wuthering Heights’, as Mr. Brown in ‘Room at the Top’, as Spencer in ˜Power Monkeys', as Capt. George Mainwaring in 'Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes' and as Alexi Orlov in ‘Catherine the Great’. Between 2002 and 2015, Kevin could also be admired in the films 'Johnny English', 'The Phantom of the Opera' from 2004, 'Valkyrie', 'Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation' and 'Legend', the mini-series 'Shackleton’, ‘Demons’ and ’24: Live Another Day’ and the TV Movie 'Margaret'. He wrote in 2000 two episodes of the TV series “Lock, Stock…”. Between 2012 and 2019, Kevin voiced the video games Assassin's Creed III, Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington, Disney Infinity, Sea of Thieves, and Kingdom Hearts III. He participated in 2014 in the radio program The Missing Hancocks. In 2016 and 2017, Kevin also appeared in the plays Macbeth Unhinged and King Lear. He contributed to the short TV films 'The Launderette', 'The Smiths', 'Eddie Loves Mary', 'Poe' and 'Marked' and the short films 'The Hangover', 'The Dentist', 'Father's Day ', '1946', 'You Really Got Me', 'On Your Behalf', 'Biology', 'Blood Fury' and 'Musketeer’. For his role in the latter short film, he won the prize for 'Best Actor' at both the LA Shorts International Film Festival and the Marbella Film Festival. Kevin directed in 2020 the short films 'Lipstick' and 'Jack!'. He had guest roles in TV series such as “Plays for Britain”, “BBC Play of the Month”, “Survivors”, “Z Cars”, “The Duchess of Duke Street”, “Crown Court”, “The Devil's Crown”, “ITV Playhouse”, “Play for Today”, “Doctor Who” from 1963, “Casualty”, “The Bill”, “The New Statesman”, “Bottom”, “Minder”, “Murder Most Horrid”, “Screen Two ”, “The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones”, “Alleyn Mysteries”, “Ghosts”, “Chiller”, “Alas Smith & Jones”, “Rab C. Nesbitt”, “Midsomer Murders”, “Spooks”, “Life on Mars”, “Law & Order: UK”, “Big Top”, “Agatha Christie's Marple”, “New Tricks”, “Turbo Dates”, “Last Man Standing”, “Supernatural”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “Downton Abbey”, “Burn Notice”, “The Mill”, “Count Arthur Strong”, “Fleabag”, “Designated Survivor”, “The Good Fight”, “Unforgotten”, “The ABC Murders”, “Das Boot” , “The Crown”, “The Sandman”, “Doctor Who” from 2005, “Ten Percent”, “Endeavour”, “Dead Ringers” and “Alex Rider”. Perry was given the opportunity to speak to the very friendly Kevin McNally through an interview for the internet site.

 

001.Can you name both a agreement and big difference in terms of character between yourself and Richard Woodhull from the TV series “Turn:

       Washington’s Spies” of 2017?

       Like Richard, I too have a very strong sense of justice. The difference between us is that he is a monarchist. So Richard is for the royal house, the

       great England. Unlike Richard, I myself am a Republican. He certainly couldn't belong to my own circle of friends. He lacks the necessary humor for

       that. Richard is way too serious.

002.What's it like working on projects with your wife Phyllis Logan?

       Working with Phyllis is like any other to me. We work together when there is a project that appeals to both of us. We met in 1993 on the set of the

       miniseries 'Love and Reason'. Thereafter, Phllis and I worked together in 1999 on an episode of the TV series "Rab C. Nesbitt" and in 2003 for the

       movie ‘Crust’, before getting married on August 15, 2011. After that we worked together in 2011 on three episodes of the TV series “Downton Abbey”

       and in 2021 on the short film ‘You Really Got Me’.

003.How do you look back on the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' -movies and how important was this film series to your career?

       I look back on it with much affection. For the Hollywood film 'Entrapment' from 1999, I had my scenes filming in England. However, the 'Pirates of the

       Caribbean' - movies meant my ticket to Hollywood. I like playing American characters. Because the market is bigger for that. The most recent part,

       'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' is already from 2017 and I have of course already heard the rumors about a sixth part. However,

       these are only rumors, I have not yet heard anything about concrete plans for a new part of the series. But the fact that Johnny (Depp, Jack Sparrow -

       ed.) would not return for a possible sixth part is more due to the media. I don't think he would want to do it himself anymore.

004.What can we expect from you in the future in showbiz?

       Currently I am busy working on the films 'Underdogs Rising', 'Death on the Dearborn' and 'Apartment 7A', the TV-Film 'Argh and the Quest for the

       Golden Dragon Skull' and the short films 'An unexpected encouter’ and ‘Reflections’. However, it is not yet known when these projects will be

       released.

 

Interview: Perry Krootjes