Nationality British Name Kevin McNally Other names Kevin R. McNally Role Actor | Occupation Actor Years active 1976–present | |
Full Name Kevin Robert McNally Children David McNally, Rachel McNally TV shows Turn: Washington's Spies, I, Claudius, Wuthering Heights, Dad, Bedtime, Up Rising, Underworld, Big Top Movies Pirates of the Caribbea, Pirates of the Caribbea, Pirates of the Caribbea, Pirates of the Caribbea, Pirates of the Caribbea Similar People Geoffrey Rush, Phyllis Logan, Jack Davenport, Stephen Graham, Ian McShane Profiles |
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Kevin Robert McNally (born 27 April 1956) is an English actor who has worked in theatre and radio as well as in film and television. He is best known for portraying Joshamee Gibbs in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
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- Unforgotten Star Kevin McNally Good Morning Britain
- Unforgotten Season 3 Guest Actors
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Film
- Television
- Filmography
- References
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 (now Mapledene Primary School) on Mapledene Road in Sheldon. He went to Central Grammar School for Boys on Gressel Lane in Tile Cross.
Career

His first professional job, at the age of 16, was at the Birmingham Rep. In 1973 he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where, in 1975, he won the Best Actor Bancroft Gold Medal.

From 1991 to 1994, he wrote nine episodes of Minder under the pseudonym Kevin Sperring with writing partner Bernard Dempsey. He played Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, and is one of three actors to have appeared in all five films.
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 video game 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 called Sam Sweetmilk.
Personal life
McNally met actress Phyllis Logan in 1994, and they married on 15 August 2011. Their son David was born in 1996. The family lives in Chiswick.
Film
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.
Television
Other TV credits include: Z-Cars, The Bill, Casualty, The New Statesman and Murder Most Horrid. McNally also co-wrote several episodes of the television series Minder and Boon in the 1980s.