| Biography | 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.
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.
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.
In 1977 he was a regular in the second series of Poldark (1975 TV series) 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. 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. |