| Ian Mcneice |
Article Index for Ian |
Website Links For Ian |
Information AboutIan Mcneice |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT IAN MCNEICE | |
| 1950 births | |
| mcneice, ian | |
| living people | |
| old tauntonians | |
| english actors | |
| british voice actors | |
Ian McNeice (born October 2 , 1950 ) is an internationally known English Actor from Basingstoke in Hampshire . CAREER McNeice's acting training started in the Taunton School in Somerset . This was followed up with two years at the Salisbury Playhouse . The next few years were spent in theatre, including a four-year career with the Royal Shakespeare Company , and a production of '' Nicholas Nickleby '' on Broadway . His television breakthrough was as Harcourt in the award-winning series '' Edge Of Darkness ''. He went on the appear in the 2000 Television Mini-series adaptation of Frank Herbert 's '' Dune '' as the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen – a role he later reprised for the 2003 sequel '' Children Of Dune ''. Most recently, television viewers can see him in the memorable, if minor, role of the Forum Crier ("Newsreader") in the joint HBO / BBC production '' Rome '', and he has recently filmed a third series of '' Doc Martin '', in which he plays Bert. McNeice has also appeared in a number of films, including the '' ( 1995 ). He played Nazi Gerhard Klopfer in the BBC/HBO TV movie '' Conspiracy '', dramatising the Wannsee Conference . Since then he has gone on to do other, more recent, films such as '' Around The World In 80 Days '' ( 2004 ), and the 2005 Drama /supernatural Thriller '' White Noise ''. He has also applied his distinctive voice and accent to voice-acting roles: the Vogon character Kwaltz – director of the Vogon Constructor Fleet – in the 2005 Film Adaptation of Douglas Adams ' multi-format creation '' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ''; and in 2007 when he made his '' Doctor Who '' debut guest-starring as villain Zeus in the Big Finish BBC Digital Radio 7 / CD-released drama '' Immortal Beloved '', starring Paul McGann (as the Eighth Doctor ). EXTERNAL LINKS |
|
|