Rory McCann | |
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 McCann in 2014 | |
| Born | 24 April 1969 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) [1] |
Rory McCann (born 24 April 1969) is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on the HBO series Game of Thrones , Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in Edgar Wright's crime-comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), Jurgen the Brutal in the adventure comedy Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and the voice of Megatron in Transformers: EarthSpark .
McCann was born in Glasgow, Scotland. [2] He has a sister, Sally-Gay McCann, born in 1972. [3]
Before becoming an actor, McCann was a painter who studied at the Scottish School of Forestry near Inverness. He also worked as a bridge painter (on the Forth Road Bridge), landscape gardener and carpenter. [4] Rory McCann was first trained as an actor by writer-artist Robert Parsifal Finch in The Actor's Workshop, Glasgow in 1998. [5] [6]
McCann's first acting job was as an extra on the film Willow (1988). He was fired because he laughed during the takes. [7] He appeared in an advertisement for Scott's Porage Oats, dressed in a vest and kilt. [7] As his first major acting role, McCann played a disabled personal trainer in the 2002 television comedy drama The Book Group , winning the Scottish BAFTA for the best television performance of 2002. [8]
Since then, he has taken television roles as Detective Inspector Stuart Brown in State of Play , Peter the Great in Peter in Paradise, and a priest in the award-winning British comedy-drama series Shameless . [6]
He made his Hollywood debut in the 2004 film Alexander, which required the actors to go through training in the African desert, and included shooting in Thailand, Morocco, and a London studio. [9] In 2007, he appeared as Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in Hot Fuzz . In 2008, he played Moby in The Crew and Attila the Hun in the BBC docudrama Heroes and Villains .
McCann portrayed Sandor "The Hound" Clegane in 7 out of 8 seasons of the HBO series Game of Thrones . [10] [11] [12]
Other projects include a BBC TV series by writer Jimmy McGovern called Banished , set in Australia in the 18th century. McCann plays a blacksmith named Marston. [13]
In 2022 he became the narrator of the ITV1 series DNA Journey .
McCann's younger sister, Sally-Gay McCann, works on costumes for film and television; he worked alongside her on Alexander and Game of Thrones. [3] McCann is a supporter of the Scottish Green Party, and appeared in its 2007 Scottish Parliament general election broadcast. [14]
In 1990, McCann broke multiple bones in a near-fatal rock climbing accident in Yorkshire. [15]
McCann is the former frontman of a defunct band called Thundersoup. [9] He plays the piano, guitar, banjo and mandolin. [16]
McCann lives a solitary, transient lifestyle. [7] He often lives on his boat or in places without modern conveniences. [17] [18] In 2006, he went to Iceland with Gerard Butler to attend the premiere of Beowulf & Grendel . He ended up living in Iceland for a year, part of the time in a tent after losing his apartment, and working as a carpenter. [19] [20]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Pasty Faces | Goon | |
| 2003 | The Devil's Tattoo | Eric | |
| Young Adam | Sam | ||
| 2004 | Alexander | Craterus | |
| 2005 | Beowulf & Grendel | Breca | |
| 2006 | Sixty Six | Policeman | |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Michael "Lurch" Armstrong | |
| 2008 | The Crew | Mobey | |
| 2009 | Solomon Kane | McNess | |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans | Belo | |
| 2011 | Season of the Witch | Soldier Commander | Credited as Rory MacCann |
| 2015 | Slow West | John Ross | |
| 2017 | XXX: Return of Xander Cage | Tennyson "The Torch" | |
| 2019 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Jurgen The Brutal | |
| 2023 | Jackdaw | Armstrong | |
| 2024 | The Damned | In post-production [21] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Coming Soon | Fergus | Television film |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk | Bouncer | Episode: "Mental Apparition Disorder" |
| Monarch of the Glen | Roger | Episode No. 1.6 | |
| 2002 | London's Burning | Keith | Episode No. 14.7 |
| 2002–2003 | The Book Group | Kenny McLeod | Main role; 12 episodes |
| 2003 | State of Play | Stuart Brown | Episode No. 1.1 |
| Rockface | Adam | Recurring role; 6 episodes | |
| Peter in Paradise | Peter the Great | Television film | |
| 2006 | Shameless | Father Critchon | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Heroes and Villains | Attila the Hun | Episode: "Attila the Hun" |
| 2011 | The Jury | Derek Hatch | Main role (season 2); 5 episodes |
| 2011–2014; 2016–2019 | Game of Thrones | Sandor "The Hound" Clegane | Main role; 38 episodes (seasons 1–4, 6–8) |
| 2015 | Banished | Marston | Main role; 4 episodes |
| 2021 | The Irregulars | Arthur "the birdmaster" Hilton | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Legend of Vox Machina | Duke Vedmire (voice) | 3 episodes [22] |
| Transformers: EarthSpark | Megatron (voice) | Main role; 6 episodes [23] | |
| 2024 | Knuckles | "The Buyer" | Miniseries |
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