Ian McNeice (born 2 October 1950) is an English actor.
McNeice was born in Basingstoke in Hampshire. 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-w...
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Ian McNeice (born 2 October 1950) is an English actor.
McNeice was born in Basingstoke in Hampshire. 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 to appear in the 2000 television miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune as the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen – a role he later reprised for the 2003 sequel Children of Dune. Most recently, his television appearances have included all four series of Doc Martin (in which he plays Bert Large), the third episode of the second series of Lewis and as the recurring minor character of Forum crier ("Newsreader") in the joint HBO/BBC production Rome.
McNeice has also appeared in a number of films, including 84 Charing...
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