Rory McCann
Rory McCann
Rory McCann (born 24 April 1969) is a Scottish actor, best known for portraying Sandor "The Hound" Clegane on the HBO series Game of Thrones, Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in Edgar Wright's crime-comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), Jurgen the Brutal in the adventure comedy Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), and the voice of Megatron in Transformers: EarthSpark. McCann was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He has a sister, Sally-Gay McCann, born in 1972. Before becoming an actor, McCann was a painter who studied at the Scottish School of Forestry near Inverness. He also worked as a bridge painter (on the Forth Road Bridge), landscape gardener, and carpenter. Rory McCann was first trained as an actor by writer-artist Robert Parsifal Finch in The Actor's Workshop, Glasgow, in 1998. McCann's first acting job was as an extra on the film Willow (1988). He was fired because he laughed during the takes. He appeared in an advertisement for Scott's Porage Oats, dressed in a vest and kilt. As his first major acting role, McCann played a disabled personal trainer in the 2002 television comedy-drama The Book Group, winning the Scottish BAFTA for the best television performance of 2002. Since then, he has taken television roles as Detective Inspector Stuart Brown in State of Play, Peter the Great in Peter in Paradise, and a priest in the award-winning British comedy-drama series Shameless. He made his Hollywood debut in the 2004 film Alexander, which required the actors to go through training in the African desert and included shooting in Thailand, Morocco, and a London studio. In 2007, he appeared as Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in Hot Fuzz. In 2008, he played Moby in The Crew and Attila the Hun in the BBC docudrama Heroes and Villains. McCann portrayed Sandor "The Hound" Clegane in 7 out of 8 seasons of the HBO series Game of Thrones. Other projects include a BBC TV series by writer Jimmy McGovern called Banished, set in Australia in the 18th century. McCann plays a blacksmith named Marston. In 2022 he became the narrator of the ITV1 series DNA Journey. McCann's younger sister, Sally-Gay McCann, works on costumes for film and television; he worked alongside her on Alexander and Game of Thrones. McCann is a supporter of the Scottish Green Party, and appeared in its 2007 Scottish Parliament general election broadcast. In 1990, McCann broke multiple bones in a near-fatal rock climbing accident in Yorkshire. McCann is the former frontman of a defunct band called Thundersoup. He plays the piano, guitar, banjo, and mandolin. McCann lives a solitary, transient lifestyle. He often lives on his boat or in places without modern conveniences. In 2006, he went to Iceland with Gerard Butler to attend the premiere of Beowulf & Grendel. He ended up living in Iceland for a year, part of the time in a tent after losing his apartment, and working as a carpenter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rory McCann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 8.931
Birthday 1969-04-24
Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As Рори МакКанн, 罗伊·麦克凯恩,
Young Adam
2003

Young Adam

Alexander
2004

Alexander

Jackdaw
2024

Jackdaw

Season of the Witch
2011

Season of the Witch

Ratcatcher
1999

Ratcatcher

The Crew
2008

The Crew

The Damned
2025

The Damned

Ghost Rig
2003

Ghost Rig

Sixty Six
2006

Sixty Six

Pasty Faces
2000

Pasty Faces

Beowulf & Grendel
2005

Beowulf & Grendel

Solomon Kane
2009

Solomon Kane

Hot Fuzz
2007

Hot Fuzz

Clash of the Titans
2010

Clash of the Titans

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Slow West
2015

Slow West

Regular Rabbit
2022

Regular Rabbit

xXx: Return of Xander Cage
2017

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Attila the Hun
2008

Attila the Hun

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

Jumanji: The Next Level
2019

Jumanji: The Next Level

Gladiator II
2024

Gladiator II

The Last of the Game of Thrones Hot Takes
2019

The Last of the Game of Thrones Hot Takes