context: -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Emmy-winning Patrick McGoohan , the actor who created one of British television 's most surreal thrillers , has died aged 80 , according to British media reports . Fans holding placards of Patrick McGoohan recreate a scene from ` The Prisoner ' to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the show in 2007 . The Press Association , quoting his son-in-law Cleve Landsberg , reported he died in Los Angeles after a short illness . McGoohan , star of the 1960s show ` The Danger Man , ' is best remembered for writing and starring in ` The Prisoner ' about a former spy locked away in an isolated village who tries to escape each episode . The Internet Movie Data Base Web site says the `` mysterious final episode caused such an uproar that McGoohan was to desert England for more than 20 years . '' In a long career in TV and movies , he was King Edward Longshanks in ` Braveheart , ' and he won two Emmys for work on the ` Columbo ' series starring Peter Falk . He also did a voiceover on ` The Simpsons ' cartoon of his character in ` The Prisoner . ' He was born in Astoria , New York to Irish emigrants but the family returned to Ireland shortly afterwards . McGoohan was raised in Ireland and England .
question: Who is the Emmy winning actor ?
answers.text: Patrick McGoohan
content_segment_normalized_text: emmy-winning patrick mcgoohan , the actor who created one of british television 's most surreal thrillers , has died aged eighty , according to british media reports .
question_normalized_text: who is the emmy winning actor ?