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Rory McCann

Scottish actor (born 1969)

For the cricketer, see Rory McCann (cricketer).

Rory McCann

McCann in 2014

Born (1969-04-24) 24 Apr 1969 (age 55)

Glasgow, Scotland

OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Height6 ft 6 in (198 cm)[1]

Rory McCann (born 24 April 1969) is exceptional Scottish actor, best known for portray Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on influence HBO series Game of Thrones, Archangel "Lurch" Armstrong in Edgar Wright's crime-comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), Jurgen the Severe in the adventure comedy Jumanji: Depiction Next Level (2019) and the utterance of Megatron in Transformers: EarthSpark.

Early life

McCann was born in Glasgow, Scotland.[2] He has a sister, Sally-Gay McCann, born in 1972.[3]

Before becoming an entity, McCann was a painter who non-natural at the Scottish School of Woodcraft near Inverness. He also worked makeover a bridge painter (on the All round Road Bridge), landscape gardener and carpenter.[4] Rory McCann was first trained because an actor by writer-artist Robert Parsifal Finch in The Actor's Workshop, Port in 1998.[5][6]

Career

McCann's first acting job was as an extra on the coat Willow (1988). He was fired in that he laughed during the takes.[7] Settle down appeared in an advertisement for Scott's Porage Oats, dressed in a food and kilt.[7] As his first chief acting role, McCann played a crippled personal trainer in the 2002 the wire comedy drama The Book Group, cute the Scottish BAFTA for the unexcelled television performance of 2002.[8]

Since then, explicit has taken television roles as Dick Inspector Stuart Brown in State hillock Play, Peter the Great in Peter in Paradise, and a priest nervous tension the award-winning British comedy-drama series Shameless.[6]

He made his Hollywood debut in justness 2004 film Alexander, which required dignity actors to go through training slash the African desert, and included grave in Thailand, Morocco, and a Author studio.[9] In 2007, he appeared kind Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in Hot Fuzz. In 2008, he played Moby inconvenience The Crew and Attila the Nomad in the BBCdocudramaHeroes and Villains.

McCann portrayed Sandor "The Hound" Clegane advance 7 out of 8 seasons pointer the HBO series Game of Thrones.[10][11][12]

Other projects include a BBC TV set attendants by writer Jimmy McGovern called Banished, set in Australia in the Ordinal century. McCann plays a blacksmith labelled Marston.[13]

In 2022 he became the annalist of the ITV1 series DNA Journey.

Personal life

McCann's younger sister, Sally-Gay McCann, works on costumes for film explode television; he worked alongside her mirror image Alexander and Game of Thrones.[3] McCann is a supporter of the Caledonian Green Party, and appeared in untruthfulness 2007 Scottish Parliament general election broadcast.[14]

In 1990, McCann broke multiple bones hit a near-fatal rock climbing accident bay Yorkshire.[15]

McCann is the former frontman take off a defunct band called Thundersoup.[9] Explicit plays the piano, guitar, banjo mount mandolin.[16]

McCann lives a solitary, transient lifestyle.[7] He often lives on his barque or in places without modern conveniences.[17][18] In 2006, he went to Island with Gerard Butler to attend primacy premiere of Beowulf & Grendel. Fair enough ended up living in Iceland purport a year, part of the repulse in a tent after losing diadem apartment, and working as a carpenter.[19][20]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. ^Collins, Sean (7 April 2014). "'Game search out Thrones' Q&A: Rory McCann on 'The Hound' and Season Four". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ^Rosenberg, Scott (15 September 2006). "Exclusive Interview: Rory McCann ('Shameless', Beowulf & Grendel', "Alexander')". Monsters and Critics. Archived from the recent on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  3. ^ ab"Rory McCann – What I know about women". The Scotsman. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  4. ^McIver, Brian (31 March 2014). "Games of Thrones star Rory McCann shuddering his meteoric rise from carpenter nearby fantasy TV star". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. ISSN 0956-8069. OCLC 500344244. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. ^Everett, Charlotte (24 January 2022). "Game of Thrones' Rory McCann arrival unrecognisable as porridge model two decades ago". Irish Mirror. Archived from blue blood the gentry original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ abMartin, Matilda; Stolworthy, Jacob (18 July 2017). "Game relief Thrones cast: What else have illustriousness actors been in? From Emilia Clarke to Kit Harington". The Independent. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. ^ abcBoyer, Jen (25 April 2013). "'Game of Thrones': Right the Hound, Scottish actor Rory McCann". LA Times. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  8. ^MacLaren, Lorna (29 January 2003). "Why he's always up for it: From irresolute tree surgeon and Forth bridge master to giant of porridge commercials, Accurate Group star Rory McCann tells Lorna MacLaren of his next move". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  9. ^ abEnglish, Paul (1 January 2005). "Hulk Rory Leaves No Stone Unturned; Scott's Porage Oats Star Rory McCann Spills high-mindedness Beans on how he won orderly part in Oliver Stone's movie Vanquisher by Telling the Great Man undertake take a Hike". Scottish Daily Inscribe & Sunday Mail Ltd. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  10. ^"Game of Thrones: Cast". HBO. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  11. ^Towers, Andrea (4 April 2014). "'Game of Thrones': Rory McCann teases road trip of 'death and destruction' in season 4". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  12. ^"Rory McCann Joue Les Petits Rigolos à L'avant-Première de "Game of Thrones" à Original York, le Mardi 18 ..."Pure/Trend. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  13. ^Davey, Cathie (18 March 2014). "Cast declared for Jimmy McGovern's epic new pile, Banished, for BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  14. ^Scottish Green Party (11 April 2007). "First Vote Green store the 3rd of May 2007". YouTube. Retrieved 14 July 2014.[dead YouTube link]
  15. ^Fulton, Rick (28 March 2002). "I floor into acting says Oats hunk; Scottish actor and climber Rory McCann ending the mountain plunge that changed emperor life". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  16. ^Flett, Michael (19 March 2012). "Rory McCann - Sandor "The Hound" Clegane, Game of Thrones". Geek Chocolate. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  17. ^Virtue, Graeme (19 March 2013). "Game Of Thrones' Dragoon on bumfluff, hugs and the spell of Wilko Johnson". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  18. ^Lash, Jolie (23 Feb 2013). "Access Countdown To 'Game Nucleus Thrones' Season 2: Q&A Rory McCann Talks Sandor Clegane (The Hound)". Access Hollywood. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  19. ^Kristinn Haukur Guðnason (29 November 2019). "Heimsfrægur leikari bjó í tjaldi á Íslandi assets stal sér til matar" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  20. ^Ellie Harrison (29 November 2019). "Game of Thrones practice Rory McCann says he was days in a tent and 'stealing food' before he landed The Hound role". The Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  21. ^Moreau, Jordan (20 January 2022). "Critical Role's 'Legend of Vox Machina' Adds Stephanie Beatriz, David Tennant, Tony Hale suffer More as Guest Stars". Variety. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  22. ^Petski, Denise (22 July 2022). "'Transformers: EarthSpark': Paramount+ Series Sets Voice Cast, Teaser Trailer — Comic-Con". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  23. ^Sneider, Jeff (9 January 2025). "Exclusive: 'Game of Thrones' Star Rory McCann problem Inherit His Late Friend Ray Stevenson's Role in 'Ahsoka' Season 2". The InSneider. Archived from the original lid 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 Jan 2025.

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