Joe McGann
| Joe McGann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 July 1958 Liverpool, Merseyside, UK |
| Years active | 1983–Present |
Joseph 'Joe' McGann (born 24 July 1958) is an English actor. His most well known role is the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the "housekeeper" in the TV comedy series The Upper Hand (1990–1996). He is also known as a television reporter on the BBC's South Today programme, reporting on local events in the south of England. He was also a key character in ITV's soap Night and Day, who had an affair with the underage main character Jane Harper before her disappearance.
[edit] Life and career
McGann was born in Kensington, Liverpool, to a metallurgist father and a teacher mother, Claire McGann.[1] His three younger brothers — Paul, Mark and Stephen — are also actors. Together with Stephen and Mark, he starred in Tom, Dick and Harry, a play by Ray and Michael Cooney at the Duke of York's Theatre, in 1995.
Joe featured as Grimes at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the 2003 stage musical adaptation (by Jason Carr and Gary Yershon of the novel The Water Babies.
Joe starred as Nathan Detroit (alongside Claire Sweeney who played Miss Adelaide) in the UK tour of Guys and Dolls from September 2006 to February 2007.
He recently participated on 16 December 2007 playing one of the three Magi in BBC Three's Nativity; a live performance of the Bible story of Jesus's birth, set in modern day Liverpool. His main solo song was "Lady Madonna", singing to the newly-born Jesus who is lying in a shopping trolley in a pub garage.[2]
McGann appeared on tour with Fiddler on the Roof playing the paterfamilias, Tevye, in 2008 but left the show 2 months before the tour ended due to an arm injury sustained on stage.
In 2009, he appeared on BBC's Celebrity MasterChef alongside Linda Barker and Ninia Benjamin and dropped out in the semi-finals. In May and June 2009, Joe appeared as Richard in "Lost Monsters" by Laurence Wilson at Liverpool Everyman theatre.
As of 2011, Joe can be seen occasionally guest presenting STV's daily magazine show, The Hour, alongside regular host Michelle McManus.
Joe has one daughter, born in 1988.
He currently lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
[edit] References
- ^ "Paul McGann Biography (1959-)". Filmreference.com. 1959-11-14. http://www.filmreference.com/film/37/Paul-McGann.html. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Three Programmes — Liverpool Nativity". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/programmes/nativity/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-18.[dead link]
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