Actor Ian McNeice, who played in "Doctor Who", "Rome", "Dune"

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There are actors who have not excelled in the main roles in the cinema, but they are known to viewers all over the world. These artists include Ian McNeice. During his long career, he played madmen, villains, good people and politicians. He was able to confirm the fact that it is not necessary to have the body of Apollo in order to have a successful acting career. The ability to transform allowed him to play in many films, many of which were in the world box office. Today McNeice continues to work on new projects.

Short biography

Ian McNeice was born on 1950-02-10 in the city of Basingstoke, located in the UK, seventy-seven kilometers south of London. From a young age, he decided to become an actor. First, Ian studied at Somerset School, then at the Academy of Arts in London, where he studied musical and dramatic craft.

After graduation, Ian McNeice devoted himself to the theater. He wasmember of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later worked on a play about Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway. The artist made his film debut in 1979. In the TV series The Mechanic, he played the role of Eric Morgan.

Ian McNeice's personal life is available to Twitter users. The actor has been registered on the social network since 2012 and regularly posts information about his work, trips, personal meetings and other moments of life.

Filmography

The actor starred in films, television series, took part in the dubbing of more than thirty tapes. During this time, he has almost a hundred film roles to his credit. Many of them were episodic, but some of Ian McNeice's films made him popular.

List of the most successful works:

• "Ace Ventura" - the role of Fulton Greenwall;
• "Spartacus" - the image of Lentulus Batiatus;
• "Around the World in Eighty Days" - the image of Colonel Kitchener;
• "Bridget Jones" - episodic role;
• played by Raymond Price in White Noise;
• "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" - the role of Qu alts;
• in the film "Purely English Murder" played the coroner;
• "Inspector Morse" - the image of the pathologist;
• "Relic Hunters" - the role of Lord Andrew in the episode "The Secret of Youth";
• in the film "Doctor Who" played Winston Churchill in several episodes.

Throughout his film career, the actor was not without work, he moved from films to television series. For a year, Ian could star in five films. In some filmsthe actor played himself. It can be found not only in English cinema, but also in world projects.

Participation in the Dune project

Ian McNeice played the role of the cruel representative of his family Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in two series. In 2000, the three-part film Dune, created by John Harrison, was released, and in 2003, the continuation of the film, Children of Dune, appeared on the screens.

The character played by the actor is a direct descendant of Harkonnen and the head of the house. He holds the position of planetary governor. Lady Jessica is the daughter of a baron, so Paul and Vladimir are grandfather and grandson. Paul found out about this in one of his visions and told his unsuspecting mother. The death of the baron was brought by his own granddaughter Alia during the uprising of Paul on Arrakis.

The actor was able to make the image of one of the central characters really evil and vile, unlike the actor Kenneth Macmillan, who played the role of the baron in David Lynch's Dune. Most viewers and film critics believe that Macmillan portrayed Vladimir Harkonnen as a distraught psychopath.

Participation in the series "Rome"

Historical television series filmed in Italy. Three famous channels from Great Britain, USA and Italy took part in its creation. The first season was released in 2005 and the second in 2007. Unfortunately, all the recreated sets were destroyed in a fire at the Cinecitta film studio in 2007.

The plot of the series tells about the civilwar in Rome, when Pompey the Great opposed Julius Caesar. The main characters are veterans of the Thirteenth Legion, Lucius and Titus. They are involved in all the most important events of that time that took place in the Roman Empire. Titus has a one-night stand with Cleopatra, which results in her having a baby. Everyone considers him the father of Caesar.

Friends went through many trials: they lost their loved ones, quarreled, saved each other from death. The second season ends with Lucius dying, and Titus is left to raise his son from Cleopatra, leaving the service forever.

Ian McNeice, whose biography is connected with world cinema, played the herald in the series. The character informed the people of Rome about important news.