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Ian McNeice (born 2 October 1950) is an English actor. He found fame portraying government agent Harcourt in the 1985 television series Edge of Darkness, and went on to feature in popular films such as The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and Frank Herbert's Dune.

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Ian McNeice
McNeice in 2009
Born	(1950-10-02) 2 October 1950 (age 72) Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Television	B&B (1992) Doc Martin (2004–2022) Rome (2005–2007) Doctor Who (2010–2011)
Spouse	Katie Nicholls (separated)
Children	3

He played the Newsreader in historical drama Rome (2005–2007) and Bert Large in the comedy drama series Doc Martin (2004–2022).

Early life and education

McNeice was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. His acting training started at the Taunton School in Somerset, followed by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and two years at the Salisbury Playhouse. The next few years were spent in theatre, including a four-year period with the Royal Shakespeare Company and a production of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway.[1][2]

Career

McNeice's television breakthrough was as Harcourt in the award-winning series Edge of Darkness. He played the alcoholic sous chef Gustave LaRoche on the television series Chef!, and went on to appear in the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune as the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, a role he later reprised for the 2003 sequel Children of Dune. His television appearances have included all nine series of Doc Martin, in which he plays Bert Large, series 4 episode 4 of Midsomer Murders, and the third episode of the second series of Lewis. He appears as the Newsreader in the HBO/BBC production Rome and as the Mr. Tapling of the British diplomatic service in Hornblower - The Examination for Lieutenant.^{[citation needed]}

McNeice has also appeared in a number of films, including 84 Charing Cross Road, Day of the Dead, No Escape, From Hell and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain.[3] His breakthrough into American films occurred when he played Fulton Greenwall in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995). He played the Nazi Gerhard Klopfer in the 2001 BBC/HBO television film Conspiracy.[4]

Since then, he has been in Around the World in 80 Days (2004) and the 2005 supernatural thriller White Noise.[5] He also appeared as Potiphar in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.^{[citation needed]}

McNeice gave his distinctive voice and accent to voice-acting roles like the Vogon character Kwaltz, director of the Vogon Constructor Fleet, in the 2005 film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 2007, he made his Doctor Who debut when he guest-starred as villain Zeus in the Big Finish BBC Digital Radio 7 drama Immortal Beloved. He had a cameo role as Joachim von Kortzfleisch, a German general who refused to put his troops under the command of officers plotting to depose Hitler's government, in Valkyrie.[6]

McNeice was initially cast in the role of Illyrio Mopatis in the HBO pilot of Game of Thrones, but because of scheduling conflicts the role was then given to Roger Allam.[7] McNeice appeared as Winston Churchill[8] in four episodes of Doctor Who in 2010 and 2011; he had previously played Churchill in the 2008 premiere production of the Howard Brenton play Never So Good, and later played him again in the 2012 stage version of The King's Speech.[9]

McNeice also starred as The Architect in the 2017 independent feature film, The House of Screaming Death.[10][11][12]

Personal life

McNeice has three children.[13]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Wackford Squeers / Scaley / Croupier	TV series
1983	The Cleopatras	Alexander	TV series
1983	Grizzly II: The Concert	Bernie
1983	Voice Over	"Fats" Bannerman
1984	Minder	Eric Morgan	Episode: "Rocky Eight and a Half"
1984	Top Secret!	Blind souvenir salesman
1985	The Optimist	Thug	Episode: "The Light Fantastic"
1985	Edge of Darkness	Harcourt	TV Mini-Series
1986	Whoops Apocalypse	Thrush
1987	Personal Services	Harry
1987	84 Charing Cross Road	Bill Humphries
1987	Cry Freedom		Uncredited
1987	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne	Bernard Rice
1987	Sputniks, Bleeps and Mr.Perry	Geoffrey Perry	TV drama/documentary
1987	A Perfect Spy	Sefton Boyd
1988	The Raggedy Rawney	Farmer
1989	Valmont	Azolan
1989	Around the World in 80 Days	Batcular	TV Mini-Series
1990	1871	Prince of Wales
1990	The Russia House	Merrydew
1991	Secret Friends	First Businessman
1991	Lovejoy	Gervais Rackham
1991	Inspector Wexford, Ruth Rendell Mysteries - Episode "Murder Once Being Done"	Ivan Teal
1991	Miss Pym's Day Out	Vicar of Finstock
1992	Year of the Comet	Ian
1992	B & B	Horace Gilbert
1992	The Blackheath Poisonings	George Collard	TV film
1992	An Ungentlemanly Act	Dick Baker	TV film
1993	Don't Leave Me This Way	Oscar Ghilardi
1993	Inspector Morse	Pathologist	TV series
1993	Age of Treason	Casca	TV film
1994	No Escape	King
1994	The Wimbledon Poisoner	Dent	TV mini series
1995	Pie in the Sky	Barry Wilkes	"The Mystery of Pikey" S2:E9
1995	Funny Bones	Stanley Sharkey
1995	Sharpe's Battle	Wagonmaster-General Colonel Runciman	TV film
1995	The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain	George Garrad
1995	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Fulton Greenwall
1996	Chef!	Gustave LaRoche	TV series
1996	Cadfael : The Devil's Novice	Canon Eluard	TV series
1997	The Beautician and the Beast	Iva Grushinsky
1997	A Life Less Ordinary	Mayhew
1998	How to Make the Cruelest Month	Peggy Asks
1998	Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant	Mr. Tapling	TV film
1999	The Auteur Theory	Sir Maximilian Fair Brown
1999	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Potiphar
1999	The Cherry Orchard	Pishchik
1999	A Christmas Carol	Fezziwig	TV film
1999	David Copperfield	Mr. Dick	TV film
2000	Longitude	Doctor	TV series
2000	Frank Herbert's Dune	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen	TV miniseries
2000	The Sleeper	Mr. Tarburck	TV film
2000	The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz	Inspector
2001	Anazapta	Bishop
2001	The Body	Dr. Sproul
2001	Town & Country	Peter Principal
2001	Conspiracy	Dr. Gerhard Klopfer	TV film
2001	The Fourth Angel	MI5 officer Lewison
2001	From Hell	Dr. Robert Drudge
2002	Amnèsia	Doug Chandler
2002	Man and Boy	Nigel Batty
2002	The Final Curtain	Priest
2003	Chaos and Cadavers	Harry Kane
2003	Frank Herbert's Children of Dune	Baron Vladimir Harkonnen	TV miniseries
2003	I'll Be There	Graham
2003	Blackball	Hugh the Sideburns
2004	Spartacus	Lentulus Batiatus	TV film
2004	Spooks	Judge	Series 3 Episode 6
2004	Freeze Frame	Forensic Profiler Saul Seger
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Colonel Kitchener
2004	The Rocket Post	Alex Miln
2004	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Quizmaster
2004–2022	Doc Martin	Bert Large	TV series
2005	White Noise	Raymond Price
2005	Cherished	Bill Bache	TV film
2005	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Kwaltz	Voice
2005	Oliver Twist	Limbkins
2005–2007	Rome	The Newsreader	TV series
2006	The Black Dahlia	Coroner
2007	New Tricks	Michael Meadowcroft	Series 4 Episode 8
2008	Day of the Dead	DJ Paul
2008	Valkyrie	Joachim von Kortzfleisch
2009	Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer	Cassius Dio (Historian)	TV film
2010–2011	Doctor Who	Winston Churchill	4 episodes
2010	Jonathan Creek	Father Roderick Alberic
2012	Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger	Mr. Peterson Senior	Film
2012	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Mayor Sapsea	TV film
2017	We Are Tourists	Harry
2017	The Man Who Invented Christmas	Edward Chapman	Film
2017	The House of Screaming Death	The Architect	Film
2021	Foundation	Master Statistician Tivole	Apple TV+ Series
2022	The Sandman	Bartender	Episode: "The Sound of Her Wings"

References

External links

• Ian McNeice at the British Film Institute
• Ian McNeice at IMDb
• Ian McNeice at the Internet Broadway Database

На других языках

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[de] Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice (* 2. Oktober 1950 in Basingstoke, Hampshire) ist ein britischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Ian McNeice

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[ru] Макнис, Иэн

Иэн Макнис (англ. Ian McNeice, род. 2 октября 1950, Бейзингсток, Хэмпшир, Англия) — британский киноактёр. Он стал известен благодаря роли Харкорта в мини-сериале 1985 года «На краю тьмы», а затем снялся в популярных фильмах, таких как «Англичанин, который поднялся на холм, а спустился с горы», «Эйс Вентура 2: Когда зовёт природа»[3] и «Дюна».

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