Kevin McNally played the role of Horace Bryant, Charlie’s grandfather in Downton Abbey.
The English actor and writer Kevin Robert McNally is well known for his role as Joshamee Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
A native of Bristol, United Kingdom, McNally attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he won the Best Actor Bancroft Gold Medal in 1995.
McNally earned his first film work in the 1977 James Bond spy film The Spy Who Loved Me.
After being a regular in the second series of Poldark playing Drake Carne, McNally wrote nine episodes of Minder, a British comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld.
Throughout his career, McNally has played in 164 movies and tv shows including Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes (2019), The Crown (2020), Doctor Who (Village of the Angels, Survivors of the Flux, The Vanquishers (2021)), Painted Beauty (2021), Painted Beauty (2021), Stonehouse (2023), and others.