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Mark McGann (born 12 July 1961) is an English actor, director and musician. == Acting career == Mark McGann is one of the four McGann Brothers, an acting dynasty who first came to public attention in the early 1980s due to various successes achieved in Theatre, Film and TV in the UK. First recognised in 1979 as a young actor of great promise by Youth Theatre leader Roger Hill and artistic director Ken Campbell during the Everyman Theatre Liverpool, Mark subsequenty appeared for Campbell in minor speaking roles in various productions during the Everyman 1979-80 season, including the 60s extravaganza ''The Warp'' by Neil Oram which starred Jim Broadbent and Neil Cunningham; ''Disco Queen'' and ''The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward'' by Camilla Saunders in which McGann sang the accompanying score along with a young Holly Johnson. During one particular performance of ''The Warp,'' the band onstage were required to perform 'Revolution' by the Beatles, something for which McGann was required to don a long wig and glasses. On seeing and hearing this performance and being moved by the actor's uncanny characterisation of John Lennon, Campbell decided to write a show about the Beatle to be performed at the Everyman the following year. A script was duly written but shelved due to a feeling by Campbell himself that the ending was unsatisfactory. Within a few months however, John Lennon was to be assassinated outside the Dakota in New York City and the Everyman Theatre Liverpool, a theatre very much within the familiar old stomping ground of Lennon himself, suddenly had the ending to its story about the flawed Liverpudlian genius. Campbell stepped down as AD with the Everyman in summer 1981 to be succeeded by Bob Eaton who was the former artistic director of Contact Theatre Manchester. Campbell presented Eaton with the idea and draft of his Lennon script and suggested that he might like to include it as part of his 1981-82 season. He suggested that Eaton should look no further than McGann for the lead role. Bob Eaton proceeded to rewrite the script and called it simply ''Lennon'' with McGann cast in the role of the young John. It opened at the Everyman to great acclaim in September 1981 and quickly sold out before being extended by several weeks due to demand. This production transferred to Broadway and then the West End for a successful 10-month run at the Astoria Theatre in 1985 where it was directed by Clare Venables, winning McGann his first of two Olivier Award nominations for best Actor in a West End production. McGann was then cast by Yoko Ono to play John in the film John & Yoko: A love story for NBC in late 1985. During these first five years as a professional, McGann appeared in numerous productions for the Everyman (''1984, Blood Red Roses'') BBC (''Moving On The Edge'' with Eleanor Bron) Granada (''Recording Studio'' with Peter Howitt and Robert Stephens) TV and in independent film ''No Surrender'' by Alan Bleasdale starring Joanne Whalley, Bernard Hill and Michael Angelis. In 1982 he appeared with his three brothers for the first time in ''Yakety Yak'', a musical by Rob Walker-based around the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller which also starred The Darts and which ran for 4 months at the Astoria Theare Charing Cross Rd. This led to the McGanns being offered their first recording contract with Chrysalis Records in 1982 and the first single ''Shame About The Boy'' with Mark singing lead vocal released later that year. In 1983 he appeared as Mad Dog in ''Scully'' by Bleasdale with Elvis Costello and Cathy Tyson before returning to the theatre to play Mickey in ''Blood Brothers'' by Willy Russell opposite Peter Capaldi for the 1984 first major touring production for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. Further high profile work followed including the opposite Tilda Swinton in the role of Verrezzi in the adaptation of Percy Bysshe Shelly's gothic horror ''Zastrozzi'' for C4 in 1986 and the as Glenda Jackson and John Thaw's son in the independent film ''Business As Usual''. More roles followed in 1987-88 including most notably Gethin Pryce in ''Comedians'' by Trevor Griffiths at the New Vic London and Scott in ''Up On The Roof'' at the Apollo Theatre Shaftesbury Avenue for which McGann as musical director wrote the original composition in the show and also received his second Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actor in a West End Production. In 1989, McGann was back on screen playing the lead role in German thriller ''Abducted'' which was filmed in 35mm black and white and set in Berlin during the 2nd World War and directed by Alexandra Von Grote at Babelsburg Studios. Two further high profile lead roles followed including as Detective Brady for Yorkshire TVs ''Yellowthread St'', a Miami Vice type detective series which was entirely filmed on location in Hong Kong and as captain Keith Halliwell in the C4 series ''The Manageress'' with Warren Clarke. McGann returned to the theatre in 1990 to play the leading role in ''Mozart's Don Giovanni'' at Greenwich; Mosca in Ben Jonson's ''Volpone'' for Cambridge Theatre Company and in ''Killers'' at the Royal Court London directed by Ian Rickson. In 1991-92 McGann was approached by director Peter Medak to play the role of Niven Craig in British Screen film ''Let Him Have It.'' Following various TV appearances including leading roles in ''Crime Story'' for Granada TV and ''Murder Most Horrid'' for BBC McGann returned to the stage to appear as 'Upright' at the National Theatre in ''On The Ledge'' and then as Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' at the New Wimbledon Theatre production of the same name''.'' In 1994 Mark appeared opposite Catherine Zeta Jones as Gregory Orlov in the film ''Catherine the Great'' before travelling to Ireland to film for the role of 'Conor Phelan' in ''The Hanging Gale'' a BBC drama set against the backdrop of the Irish Potato Famine of 1846 which was co-produced by McGann, his three brothers, Irish Production Company Little Bird and the BBC. Further screen work followed including as Jimenez in C4 film Pleasure and as Mahal in Samson and Delilah where he was directed by Nic Roeg. In 1997-98 McGann played Marcus Bannerman, the charismatic machiavellian owner of the eponymous hotel for two seasons of ''The Grand'' for Granada TV, the World War I era drama series by Russell T. Davies. He appeared on TV again as Joseph Bazalgette' the great Victorian industrial engineer in the award winning factual drama/doc ''Seven Great Industrial Wonders of the World'' in 2001; as 'Tom Crean' the Irish companion of Ernest Shackleton in ''Shackleton'' opposite Kenneth Branagh for C4 also in 2001; as Commander Rosenthal in ''The Hindenburg'' for C4 2006 and as the chilling psychopath Norris in Endgame, a UK Independent film made on location in London and Wales in 2003. Mark is also an accomplished theatre Director who has directed productions at various theatres including new plays by South African writer Peter Krummeck and English writers Colin Swash and Neil A. Edwards for the Oval Theatre, London, Andover Lights Theatre, Hampshire and Greenwich Theatre London respectively. McGann also runs his own creative company Drama Direct Ltd offering a wide variety of creative and professional development projects to actors, directors and writers. 1985 Laurence Olivier Awards 1987 Laurence Olivier Awards 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark McGann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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