Tim McInnerny
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Tim McInnerny | |
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 McInnerny at a presentation of Severance in 2006. | |
| Born | 18 September 1956 Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Tim McInnerny (pronounced /ˌmækɨˈnɝːni/ MACK-in-ERNY [1] born 18 September 1956) is an English actor. He is known for his role as Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the Blackadder series.
Early life
McInnerny was born in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Cheshire (present day Greater Manchester) to William Ronald McInnerny and Mary Joan (née Gibbings).[2] He was brought up in Cheadle Hulme, and Stroud, Gloucestershire, and educated at Marling School, Stroud, and Wadham College, Oxford.
Career
One of McInnerny's first roles was the bumbling aristocrat Lord Percy Percy in the The Black Adder during the early 1980's. He reprised his role in the second series Blackadder II but declined to do so for the third series for fear of being typecast, though he did make a guest appearance in one episode. The following year, he returned to the cast for the fourth series Blackadder Goes Forth as Captain Kevin Darling, the cowardly aide of Stephen Fry's General Melchett. Alongside Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson, he is the only cast member to have made appearances in all four series.
McInnerny has also starred in various films including Wetherby, 101 Dalmatians, where he was reunited with Blackadder co-star Hugh Laurie, and Notting Hill, written by Blackadder creator Richard Curtis.
Dramatic Works
Besides television, McInnerny also does dramatic works. He played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1990 West End production of The Rocky Horror Show. His performance can be heard on the soundtrack album of this production. He was cast in Pravda alongside Anthony Hopkins. In summer 2007, he played Iago in Othello at Shakespeare's Globe on Bankside in London and in 2010 Tiberius in a radio adaptation of I, Claudius.
Other
In 1989, he co-starred with Kate Bush in the music video for her song "This Woman's Work". He also appeared in the Westlife video for "Uptown Girl", along with Robert Bathurst, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Ioan Gruffudd and James Wilby. In 2006 he starred in One Day, a short film shown at various international film festivals.[3]
Filmography
References
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- ^ Tim McInnerny Biography ((?)-)
- ^ Stock-pot Productions, Blog, May 27, 2008
- ^ http://www.uk.castingcallpro.com/view.php?uid=246155