Kevin McNally - wikipedia Kevin McNally Kevin McNally McNally in November 2017 Kevin Robert McNally ( 1956 - 04 - 27 ) 27 April 1956 ( age 61 ) Bristol, England Nationality British Other names Kevin R. McNally Occupation Actor Years active 1976 -- present Spouse ( s ) Phyllis Logan ( m. 2011 ) Children 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. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 Selected stage roles 6 References 7 External links 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. 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. 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. Filmography Film McNally at the MagicCity Comic Con in January 2015. 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 Cry Freedom Ken 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 Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl Joshamee Gibbs De-Lovely Gerald Murphy The Phantom of the Opera Joseph Buquet 2005 Irish Jam Lord Hailstock 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man 's Chest Joshamee Gibbs 2006 Scoop Mike Tinsley 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean : At World 's End Joshamee Gibbs 2008 Tuesday Jerry 2008 Valkyrie Carl Goerdeler 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides Joshamee Gibbs 2012 Hamilton : In the Interest of the Nation 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 Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales Joshamee Gibbs 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 Year Title Role 1976 I, Claudius Castor 1976 Survivors ( Parasites ) Kane 1977 The Duchess of Duke Street ( A Lesson in Manners ) Tom Prince 1977 Poldark series II Drake Carne 1978 The Devil 's Crown Henry the Young King 1981 Masada Norbanus 1984 Diana Jan 1984 Doctor Who ( The Twin Dilemma ) Hugo Lang 1991 Bottom ( Smells ) Sex shop owner 1992 The Common Pursuit Stuart Thorne Full Stretch Baz Levick 1995 A Bit of Fry & Laurie Himself / Various 1995 Ghosts Craig Byatt 1997 Underworld Mr Jezzard 1997 -- 1999 Dad Alan Hook 1999 Rab C. Nesbitt ( Commons ) MP Tony Welthorpe 1999 Midsomer Murders ( Blood Will Out ) Orville Tudway 2000 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Walter Burton Harris 2002 Shackleton Captain Frank Worsley 2002 Spooks Robert Osborne 2002 Bedtime Simon 2005 Bloodlines James Hopkin 2007 Life on Mars Supt. Harry Woolf 2007 The Minister of Divine Wesley 2009 Demons Mr Tibbs 2009 Margaret Kenneth Clarke 2009 Wuthering Heights Mr Earnshaw 2009 Law & Order : UK Harry Morgan New Tricks ( Left Field ) Fred Blackledge Marple ( The Blue Geranium ) Inspector Sumerset Midsomer Murders ( The Noble Art ) Gerald Farquaharson 2011 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation ( Freaks & Geeks ) Major Willie 2011 - 2012 Supernatural ( Slash Fiction ) ( Adventures in Babysitting ) ( The Girl with the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo ) Frank Devereaux 2011 - 2012 Downton Abbey Horace Bryant 2012 Burn Notice ( `` Odd Man Out '' ) James Vanek 2013 The Challenger Lawrence Mulloy 2013 The Mill Mr. Timperley 2014 -- 2017 Turn : Washington 's Spies Richard Woodhull 2014 24 : Live Another Day ( Day 9 : 10 : 00PM - 11 : 00AM ) Russian agent 2015 Count Arthur Strong Ernest 2016 Lost Sitcoms : Hancock 's Half Hour Tony Hancock 2016 Designated Survivor Harris Cochrane 2017 Maigret 's Night at the Crossroads Inspector Grandjean Other television 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. Selected stage roles Title Role Theatre Notes King Lear King Lear Shakespeare 's Globe opposite Saskia Reeves, Burt Caesar Hamlet Claudius Donmar at Wyndham 's Theatre opposite Jude Law, Ron Cook and Penelope Wilton Ivanov Lebedev Donmar at Wyndham 's Theatre opposite Kenneth Branagh, Malcolm Sinclair and Gina McKee Nominated -- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role Boeing Boeing Bernard Comedy Theatre The Lady in the Van Alan Bennett 2 Queen 's Theatre opposite Maggie Smith and Alan Bennett Naked Grotti Almeida Theatre opposite Juliette Binoche Dead Funny Richard Savoy Theatre The Iceman Cometh Paritt National Theatre References Jump up ^ Profile, debretts.com ; accessed 29 November 2015. Jump up ^ `` Kevin R McNally ''. findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2015. Jump up ^ `` Kevin McNally - Questions and Answers - Interview ''. Londontheatre.co.uk. 2012 - 02 - 22. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Mr Timperly ( Kevin McNally ) ''. The Mill. Channel 4. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Jump up ^ Profile, joshgill.wordpress.com ; accessed 16 March 2015. Jump up ^ Kevin McNally cast in Supernatural, digitalspy.co.uk ; accessed 16 March 2015. ^ Jump up to : Boshoff, Alison ( 2 October 2015 ). `` How Downton 's unlikely lovebird proved you 're never too old for marriage ! Actress, 55, who plays Mrs Hughes in drama married her own Carson in real life ''. Daily Mail. UK. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016. Records kept by Clark County, Nevada, reveal that she married Kevin McNally, a fellow actor, on August 15, 2011... ( The two met ) Tin 1994. Two years later, they had a baby, David. Jump up ^ Lawrence, Janie ( 29 October 2012 ). `` I 'll stay in Downton Abbey as long as I can says Phyllis Logan ''. Daily Express. UK. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2013. Jump up ^ `` Filmography ''. An Acclamation for Kevin R. McNally ( official site ). Archived from the original on 1 July 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2008. Jump up ^ `` Telly ''. An Acclamation for Kevin R. McNally ( official site ). Archived from the original on 1 July 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2008. Jump up ^ IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214950/ Jump up ^ Michael Billington ( 17 August 2017 ). `` King Lear review -- poverty - stricken Shakespeare puts spotlight on homeless ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 01. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kevin McNally. 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Question: who played gibbs in pirates of the caribbean
Answer: Kevin Robert McNally