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Pirates of the caribbean: at world's end - Disney

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ABOUT THE CAST<br />

KEVIN R. McNALLY returns to his role as <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>ten sauced but<br />

always reliable Joshamee Gibbs. A well-known actor in his n<strong>at</strong>ive U.K.,<br />

McNally has played leading and supporting roles on stage, film and<br />

television for nearly 30 years. McNally made his fe<strong>at</strong>ure-film debut in <strong>the</strong><br />

James Bond adventure “The Spy Who Loved Me,” with his o<strong>the</strong>r early<br />

credits including “The Long Good Friday,” “Enigma,” “Not Quite<br />

Paradise,” “Cry Freedom” and “All Things Bright and Beautiful.” More<br />

recently, McNally has appeared in “The Leg<strong>end</strong> <strong>of</strong> 1900,” “Entrapment,”<br />

“When <strong>the</strong> Sky Falls,” “Johnny English,” “De-Lovely,” “Andrew Lloyd<br />

Webber’s The Phantom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Opera” and “Irish Jam.”<br />

McNally’s numerous television credits include <strong>the</strong> Emmy ® -nomin<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

“Shackleton” for <strong>the</strong> A&E Network and “Conspiracy” for HBO, both <strong>of</strong><br />

which received BAFTA Awards in <strong>the</strong> United Kingdom. He’s appeared over <strong>the</strong> years in such miniseries<br />

as “Poldark II,” “Masada,” “Diana,” “Thin Air” and “Love and Reason” and <strong>the</strong> TV movies “Praying<br />

Mantis,” “Jekyll & Hyde,” “Stalin,” “Abraham,” “The Smiths,” “Dunkirk” and “Blood Lines.” McNally<br />

has also been a series regular on “The Devil’s Crown,” “Tygo Road,” “Full Stretch,” “Dad,” “Underworld,”<br />

“Up Rising” and “Bedtime.”<br />

In London’s West End, McNally has appeared on stage opposite Maggie Smith in “The Lady in <strong>the</strong> Van”<br />

and Juliette Binoche in “Naked.” He also starred in Terry Johnson’s “Dead Funny” <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> Savoy The<strong>at</strong>re.<br />

JONATHAN PRYCE reprises his role from “<strong>Pir<strong>at</strong>es</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Caribbean: The Curse <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Black Pearl” as Governor Wea<strong>the</strong>rby Swann.<br />

Pryce has excelled in equal measure on both stage and screen, and in <strong>the</strong><br />

process has demonstr<strong>at</strong>ed himself to be one <strong>of</strong> Britain’s most vers<strong>at</strong>ile<br />

talents. For his work on stage, he has received Olivier Awards for Best<br />

Actor as Hamlet and for Outstanding Performance in a Musical for “Miss<br />

Saigon,” in which he origin<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> The Engineer. When Pryce<br />

opened on Broadway in “Miss Saigon,” he garnered <strong>the</strong> Outer Critics<br />

Circle, Drama Desk and Tony ® awards. He has also received Olivier<br />

nomin<strong>at</strong>ions for “The Taming <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Shrew” <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> Royal Shakespeare<br />

Company and for <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> Fagin in <strong>the</strong> 1995 West End revival <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

musical “Oliver!” directed by Sam M<strong>end</strong>es. Pryce also starred as Henry<br />

Higgins in <strong>the</strong> recent hit West End revival <strong>of</strong> “My Fair Lady” (Olivier nomin<strong>at</strong>ion) and recently completed<br />

a long run starring in <strong>the</strong> smash-hit Broadway musical “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” For his Broadway debut<br />

in “Comedians” in 1976, directed by Mike Nichols, he received his first Tony ® award, and he has most<br />

recently starred in Albee’s “The Go<strong>at</strong> or Who is Sylvia” in London’s West End.<br />

On screen, Pryce’s roles have been equally wide-ranging, most notably in Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil” and<br />

“The Adventures <strong>of</strong> Baron Munchausen,” and “The Bro<strong>the</strong>rs Grimm,” Martin Scorsese’s “The Age <strong>of</strong><br />

Innocence,” David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” Christopher Hampton’s “Carrington” (for which he<br />

received <strong>the</strong> Best Actor prize <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cannes Film Festival), Alan Parker’s “Evita” (in which he acted and<br />

sang <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> Juan Peron), <strong>the</strong> James Bond thriller “Tomorrow Never Dies,” John Frankenheimer’s<br />

“Ronin,” Terrence Malick’s “The New World” and John Irvin’s “The Moon and <strong>the</strong> Stars.” L<strong>at</strong>er this year,<br />

he will be seen in George Clooney’s film “Lea<strong>the</strong>rheads” alongside Clooney and Rene Zellweger.<br />

For television, Pryce was honored with Emmy ® and Golden Globe ® nomin<strong>at</strong>ions for HBO’s<br />

“Barbarians <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> G<strong>at</strong>e,” and has appeared in numerous productions, including “Thicker Than W<strong>at</strong>er,”<br />

“Gre<strong>at</strong> Moments in Avi<strong>at</strong>ion,” “Mr. Wroe’s Virgins” and “Selling Hitler.” Most recently, he portrayed<br />

Sherlock Holmes in “The Baker Street Irregulars.”<br />

In <strong>the</strong> fall, Jon<strong>at</strong>han returns to <strong>the</strong> London stage in a major revival <strong>of</strong> “Glengarry Glen Ross” playing<br />

Shelley Levine.<br />

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