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Tim McInnerny | |
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 McInnerny at a presentation ofSeverance in 2006 | |
| Born | Timothy L. McInnerny (1956-09-18)18 September 1956 (age 69) Cheadle Hulme,Cheshire, England |
| Education | Marling School |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | Annie Gosney |
Timothy L. McInnerny (/ˌmækɪˈnɜːrni/MAK-in-UR-nee; born 18 September 1956) is a British actor. He is known for his many roles on stage and television, including asLord Percy Percy andCaptain Kevin Darling in the 1980sBritish sitcomBlackadder.
McInnerny was born on 18 September 1956 inCheadle Hulme,Cheshire, the son of Mary Joan (née Gibbings) and William Ronald McInnerny.[1] He has one sister. He was brought up in Cheadle Hulme and inStroud, Gloucestershire, and educated atMarling School, a grammar school in Stroud, and read English atWadham College, Oxford, matriculating in 1976[2] after taking a gap year backpacking around the world.[3]
McInnerny's first role was inBlackadder during the 1980s. He played the two bumbling related aristocrats with the same name ofLord Percy Percy in the first series (The Black Adder) and the second series (Blackadder II); he declined to appear in the third series (Blackadder the Third) for fear of beingtypecast, though he did make a guest appearance in one episode as the Scarlet Pimpernel, and returned to the main cast to playCaptain Kevin Darling in the fourth series (Blackadder Goes Forth).
He had a minor but significant role in the highly acclaimed 1985 BBC TV serialEdge of Darkness as Emma Craven's boyfriend Terry Shields. More recent TV appearances includeLaw & Order: UK (2011) as a man wrongly convicted of murdering his daughter, andNew Tricks (2012). In 2016, McInnerny joined the cast of the HBO seriesGame of Thrones inSeason 6 as LordRobett Glover.[4]
In 2007 McInnerny spoke candidly about his love of ITV sitcoms, after receiving criticism for his views expressed on the BBC cult showI Love the '70s: "I think shows likeMind Your Language andLove Thy Neighbour need to be remembered for what they were; truly fantastic examples of sitcom writing that hasn't been seen since. The content is unfortunate in the cold light of modern society, but that's no reason to stop praising the sheer brilliance of the writers that ITV had in its ranks during that decade."[5]
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1983 | The Black Adder | Lord Percy Percy | ||
| 1985 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | John Clay Vincent Spalding | Episode: "The Red-Headed League" | |
| Edge of Darkness | Terry Shields | |||
| 1986 | Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna | Yakovlev | ||
| Blackadder II | Lord Percy Percy | |||
| 1987 | Blackadder the Third | Topper The Scarlet Pimpernel | Episode: "Nob and Nobility" | |
| 1988 | A Very British Coup | Fiennes | Three-part TV serial | |
| 1989 | Blackadder Goes Forth | Captain Kevin Darling | ||
| 1992 | The Bill | Kevin Finch | Episode: "Open to Offers" | |
| 1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Franz Kafka | Episode: "Prague, August 1917" | |
| 1997 | Tracey Takes On... | Timothy Bugge | ||
| 1999 | Blackadder: Back and Forth | Archdeacon Darling the Duke of Darling le Duc de Darling | ||
| The Vice | Max Wilson | episode "Sons" (Parts 1 and 2) | ||
| 2000 | The Miracle Maker | Barabbas | voice only | |
| 2002 | Don't Eat the Neighbours | Terrapin | ||
| Trial & Retribution | Eric Fowler | Series 6 | ||
| 2004 | Spooks | Oliver Mace | ||
| Agatha Christie's Marple:The Murder at the Vicarage | Reverend Leonard Clement | |||
| Gunpowder, Treason & Plot | Cecil | |||
| 2006 | The Line of Beauty | Gerald Fedden | TV miniseries | |
| 2008 | Doctor Who | Klineman Halpen | Episode: "Planet of the Ood" Series 4 | |
| 2009 | Hustle | Judge Anthony Kent | ||
| Inspector George Gently | Geoffrey Pershore | Episode: "Gently Through the Mill" | ||
| 2010 | Midsomer Murders | Hugh Dalgleish | Episode: "The Sword of Guillaume" #13.2 | |
| 2011 | Law & Order: UK | Simon Bennett | Episode: "Haunted" | |
| Twenty Twelve | Tony Ward | Episode #1.6 | ||
| The Body Farm | Richard Warner | Episode "You've Got Visitors" | ||
| 2011–2012 | New Tricks | Stephen Fisher | Episodes: "The Gentleman That Vanished", "A Death in the Family" and "Part of a Whole" | |
| 2012 | The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff | Harmswell Grimstone | Episodes: "#1.1", "#1.2", "#1.3" | |
| 2014 | Castles in the Sky | Churchill | ||
| Outlander | Father Bain | |||
| Utopia | Airey Neave | Episode: "Episode 1" | ||
| The Boy in the Dress | Mr Hawthorn | |||
| 2015 | Strike Back: Legacy | Robin Foster | ||
| 2016 | Sherlock | Eustace Carmichael | Episode: "The Abominable Bride" | |
| Houdini and Doyle | Horace Merring | Episodes: "#1", "#2", "#8" | ||
| 2016–2017 | Game of Thrones | Robett Glover | Episodes: "The Broken Man", "The Winds of Winter", "Dragonstone", "Stormborn", "Eastwatch" | |
| 2016 | National Treasure | Karl | ||
| 2017 | In the Dark | Frank Linnell | Episodes: 1.3, 1.4 | |
| Strike | Daniel Chard | The Silkworm | ||
| Harlots | Lord Repton | Episodes: 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 | ||
| 2018 | Strangers | Arthur Bach | ||
| 2019–2020 | The Trial of Christine Keeler | Martin Redmayne | Recurring role | |
| 2020 | The Windermere Children | Leonard Montefiore | ||
| Gangs of London | Mr Jacob | Episode: 1.9 | ||
| 2021 | The Serpent | Paul Siemons | ||
| 2022 | Ten Percent | Simon Gould | [6] | |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis | Apron Man | Episodes: "Zwei Sie Piel mit Seitung Sie Wirtschaftung", "A Baby with Wings, a Sad Boy with Wings and a Great Helmet" | |
| 2024 | One Day | Stephen Mayhew | ||
| 2025 | Bookish | D | Episodes: "Slightly Foxed: Part 1", "Slightly Foxed: Part 2","Such Devoted Sisters: Part 1" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1983 | Dead on Time | Customer | Short film | |
| 1985 | Wetherby | John Morgan | ||
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Sven the Berserk | ||
| 1995 | Richard III | William Catesby | ||
| 1996 | 101 Dalmatians | Alonzo | ||
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | John Ferret | ||
| 1999 | Rogue Trader | Tony Hawes | ||
| Notting Hill | Max | |||
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Alonzo | ||
| 2001 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Dr. Lambert | ||
| 2005 | Casanova | The Doge | ||
| 2006 | Severance | Richard | ||
| 2008 | The Devil's Whore | Joliffe | ||
| 2010 | Black Death | Hob | ||
| 2011 | Johnny English Reborn | Patch Quartermain | ||
| 2014 | The Minister of Chance | The King | ||
| 2014 | Automata | Vernon Conway | ||
| 2015 | Spooks: The Greater Good | Oliver Mace | ||
| 2016 | Eddie The Eagle | Target | ||
| 2017 | The Hippopotamus | Oliver Mills | ||
| 2018 | Agatha and the Truth of Murder | Randolph | ||
| Peterloo | Prince Regent | |||
| Sometimes Always Never | Arthur | |||
| 2019 | Killers Anonymous | Calvin | ||
| The Aeronauts | Airy | [7] | ||
| 2022 | Marooned Awakening | Karl | Voice | |
| 2022 | Stromboli | Harold | ||
| 2024 | The End | Butler | ||
| Gladiator II | Thraex | |||
| TBA | Grow | Lord Smyth-Gherkin | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 1998 | Cider with Rosie | Laurie | By Nick Darke | |
| 1999 | The Saturday Play:Two Planks and a Passion | Earl of Oxford | ||
| 2001 | Habbakuk of Ice | Geoffrey Pyke | by Steve Walker | |
| 2004 | The Odyssey | Odysseus | Adapted by Simon Armitage | |
| 2010 | I, Claudius | Tiberius | ||
| 2013 | Headlong | Tony Churt | ||
| 2013 | Kokomo | Pantalone | by Julian Simpson | |
| 2015 | Fugue State | Johnson | by Julian Simpson | |
| 2017 | Mythos | Johnson | by Julian Simpson | |
| 2017 | King Solomon's Mines | Allan Quatermain | ||
| 2022 | Make Death Love Me | Antony |
In 1985 he was cast inPravda alongsideAnthony Hopkins.[8]
He played Dr Frank-N-Furter in the 1990West End production ofThe Rocky Horror Show. His performance can be heard on the soundtrack album of this production.[9]
In summer 2007, he playedIago inOthello atShakespeare's Globe onBankside in London.[10]
Selected theatre performances
In 1989, he co-starred withKate Bush in themusic video for her song "This Woman's Work".[11] He also appeared in theWestlife video for "Uptown Girl", along withClaudia Schiffer,Robert Bathurst,Crispin Bonham-Carter,Ioan Gruffudd andJames Wilby. Since 2012, McInnerny has also been a patron of the Norwich Film Festival.[12]
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