Rory McCann
Encyclopedia
Rory McCann is a Scottish
film
and television
actor
.
for Scott's Porage Oats
dressed in a vest and kilt
. He was next seen in the 2002 television comedy-drama The Book Group
playing a disabled personal trainer, for which he won a Scottish BAFTA award for the best television performance of 2002. Since then, McCann has taken television roles as Peter the Great in Peter In Paradise and appeared as a priest in the award-winning British
comedy drama television series Shameless
. He made his Hollywood debut in Oliver Stone
's film Alexander
. In 2007, he also appeared in Hot Fuzz
as Michael Armstrong. 2008 saw him play Moby in The Crew
. He portrays Sandor Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones
. Prior to McCann's career in acting, he was a gardener for estates in the south of Glasgow.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Career
McCann's first acting work came in an advertTelevision advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
for Scott's Porage Oats
Scott's Porage Oats
Scott's Porage Oats is a Scottish breakfast cereal sold in the United Kingdom.- History of the brand :Porridge has been consumed in Scotland as a staple food since the Middle Ages, and is primarily consumed in the winter...
dressed in a vest and kilt
Kilt
The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic heritage even more broadly...
. He was next seen in the 2002 television comedy-drama The Book Group
The Book Group
The Book Group is a comedy drama that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 2002 and 2003, and ran for two series. It was written and directed by the American-born Glasgow resident Annie Griffin, who also wrote and directed Festival...
playing a disabled personal trainer, for which he won a Scottish BAFTA award for the best television performance of 2002. Since then, McCann has taken television roles as Peter the Great in Peter In Paradise and appeared as a priest in the award-winning British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
comedy drama television series Shameless
Shameless
Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
. He made his Hollywood debut in Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
William Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
's film Alexander
Alexander (film)
Alexander is a 2004 epic film based on the life of Alexander the Great. It is not a remake of the 1956 film which starred Richard Burton. It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role...
. In 2007, he also appeared in Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action dark comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. The three had previously worked together on the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead as well as the television series Spaced...
as Michael Armstrong. 2008 saw him play Moby in The Crew
The Crew (2008 Film)
The Crew is a 2008 British crime film based on the novel "Outlaws" by Kevin Sampson. It is set in the criminal underworld of Northern England especially Liverpool, Merseyside.-Synopsis:...
. He portrays Sandor Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones (TV series)
Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...
. Prior to McCann's career in acting, he was a gardener for estates in the south of Glasgow.