Mark McGann

Mark McGann
Mark McGann
Born 12 July 1961 (1961-07-12) (age 50)
Liverpool

Mark McGann (born 12 July 1961 in Liverpool) is an English actor, director and musician.

Contents

Acting career

McGann first appeared on stage in 1981 in the production Lennon at the Everyman Theatre and the London Astoria where he portrayed John Lennon, role which won him the first of his two Olivier Award nominations for best actor in a West End show. He was later to reprise this role in two other productions, Imagine and the film John and Yoko: A Love Story for NBC television in the United States.

His first television appearance was as 'Mad Dog' in Scully by Alan Bleasdale in 1983 with Cathy Tyson and Elvis Costello. A long career in TV followed seeing him play a wide variety of characters including 'Marcus Bannerman' in the World War I era drama series by Russell T. Davies The Grand in 1999; 'Joseph Bazalgette' the great Victorian industrial engineer in the award winning factual drama/doc Seven Great Industrial Wonders of the World in 2002; and 'Tom Crean' the Irish companion of Ernest Shackleton in Shackleton opposite Kenneth Branagh; and 'Niven Craig' in Peter Medak's Let Him Have It.

He also received acclaim for his role as 'Conor Phelan' in The Hanging Gale a BBC drama set against the backdrop of the Irish Potato Famine of 1846 in which he appeared with his three brothers.

McGann has appeared in many theatre productions including Blood Brothers by Willy Russell in 1984 in which he played 'Mickey', An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley for the National Theatre in which he played 'Inspector Goole', and also at the National Theatre in Alan Bleasdale's On the Ledge for which he played 'Upright'; other theatre appearances include Macbeth in Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Mosca in Volpone by Ben Jonson.

Production career

McGann was musical director and principal actor, (along with Gary Olsen and Felicity Montagu) in the musical Up On The Roof, which started out at The Donmar Warehouse before transferring in to the West End and for which he received his second Olivier Award nomination. He went on to star as Gethin Price in Comedians by Trevor Griffiths at the Young Vic; Killers at the Royal Court, and as Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni at Greenwich.

McGann is also a songwriter who has written many original compositions including the original song for the show Up On The Roof and all the original songs on the album The McGanns which he made in 1999 with his brothers Joe and Steve for Coalition/Warner Bros.

He has recently directed versions of new plays by South African writer Peter Krummeck and English writers Colin Swash and Neil A.Edwards for the Oval Theatre London, Andover Lights Theatre Hampshire and Greenwich Theatre respectively. McGann also runs two businesses, Drama Direct and Screen Direct, offering professional insets, projects and workshops to the education sector. He has recently designed an educational project called 'Gadfly' based on the life, trial and execution of the Greek philosopher, Socrates.

Personal life and family

His three brothers — Joe, Paul and Stephen — are all professional actors.

He now lives in Frome, Somerset with his wife Caroline.

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • McGann — is a surname, and may refer to: Ambrose McGann Bernie McGann Australian jazz alto saxophone player Brad McGann New Zealand film director and screenwriter Dennis Lawrence Dan McGann baseball player Jerome McGann textual scholar Lawrence E. McGann… …   Wikipedia

  • Mark Lindsay Chapman — For other people of the same name, see Mark Chapman (disambiguation). Mark Lindsay Chapman Born September 8, 1954 (1954 09 08) (age 57) London, England, UK Occupation Actor Spouse Cheree Vandoren (divorced) …   Wikipedia

  • Mark Steinberg — is a sports agent who has been representing top golfers since 1992. He is currently a Partner at Excel Sports Management[1] where he heads the professional golf division. Established in 2002, Excel Sports Management is a full service sports… …   Wikipedia

  • Mark Wright (writer) — Mark Wright is a British writer of audio plays, best known for his collaborations with Cavan Scott. They first came to light writing as the writers of the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play , where they created the original villain… …   Wikipedia

  • Paul McGann — Born 14 November 1959 (1959 11 14) (age 51) Liverpool, England Occupation Actor …   Wikipedia

  • Paul McGann — (* 14. November 1959 in Liverpool) ist ein britischer Schauspieler. Er wurde durch seine Rolle in Withnail and I und als der achte Darsteller in der Titelrolle des Science Fiction Franchises Doctor Who bekannt. Seine drei Brüder Joe McGann, Mark… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Joe McGann — Infobox actor name = Joe McGann imagesize = caption = birthname = birthdate = Birth date and age|1958|7|24|df=yes birthplace = Liverpool, Merseyside, UK deathdate = deathplace = othername = homepage = yearsactive = 1983 ndash;Present spouse = Joe …   Wikipedia

  • William C. McGann — Infobox actor name = William C. McGann birthdate = 15 April, 1893 birthplace = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA deathdate = 15 November, 1977 deathplace = Los Angeles, California, USA othername = occupation = Film director yearsactive = 1930 1940… …   Wikipedia

  • Jake McGann — (born 1991) is an English actor. He is the second and youngest son of actor Paul McGann and Annie Milner. He has an elder brother, Joseph ( Joe ), born in 1989. He is the nephew of actors Joe, Mark and Stephen McGann.In 2007, he appeared in two… …   Wikipedia

  • William C. McGann — est un réalisateur, directeur de la photographie et producteur américain né le 15 avril 1893 à Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie (États Unis), décédé le 15 novembre 1977 à Woodland Hills (États Unis). Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Filmographie …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”