- Tim McInnerny
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spouse =Tim McInnerny ("McInnerny" is stressed on the penultimate syllable (IPAEng|mækɪˈnɝːnɪ)) (born
18 September 1956 ) is an Englishactor . He is known for his roles in "Blackadder " as Percy, Duke of Northumberland (series one), Lord Percy (series two) and Captain Darling (series four). He decided not to reprise his role as Percy in series three due to a fear of being typecast, although he did appear in a guest role as half of theScarlet Pimpernel in the episode "Nob and Nobility " (the other half being played byNigel Planer ). This made him the only person other thanRowan Atkinson andTony Robinson to appear in all four series of "Blackadder", though he did not appear in the one-off special "Blackadder's Christmas Carol ".Biography
Early life
McInnerny was born in
Cheadle Hulme ,Stockport , the son of Mary Joan (née Gibbings) and William Ronald McInnerny. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Tim-McInnerny.html Tim McInnerny Biography ((?)-) ] ] He was brought up inCheadle Hulme ,Stockport inCheshire , andStroud, Gloucestershire , and educated atMarling School , Stroud, andWadham College, Oxford .Career
McInnerny has worked as a dramatic actor, appearing on stage in the original production of "Pravda" with
Anthony Hopkins , and on television in "Edge of Darkness " (1985) where he played ananarchist . He was John Clay in the Granada "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" episode entitled "The Red-Headed League ". He has also starred in "Wetherby" (1985), "Erik the Viking " (1989), a film production ofShakespeare 's "Richard III" (1995), "" (1997), "Notting Hill" (1999), "102 Dalmatians " (2000), "The Emperor's New Clothes" (2001), and "Severance" (2006). He also playedDr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1990 West End production of "The Rocky Horror Show ", alongsideAdrian Edmondson as Brad andEd Tudor-Pole as Riff-Raff. His performance can be heard on the soundtrack album of this production. In 1989, he co-starred withKate Bush in themusic video for her song "This Woman's Work". He also appeared in theWestlife video for "Uptown Girl", along withRobert Bathurst ,Crispin Bonham-Carter ,Ioan Gruffudd andJames Wilby . In 1999, he played Tony Hawes, a senior employee with Barings Bank alongsideEwan McGregor in the film "Rogue Trader".In 2004, he joined the cast of the
BBC /Kudos spy drama "Spooks " for its third season, playingOliver Mace , a semi-regular character.In 2006, he starred in the
BBC adaptation of "The Line of Beauty " as Gerald Fedden. That same year, he also starred in "One Day", a short film shown at various international film festivals.Stock-pot Productions, Blog,May 27 ,2008 . http://www.stockpotproductions.co.uk/] ]In summer 2007 he played
Iago in "Othello " atShakespeare's Globe onBankside in London.In April 2008, he guest starred in the episode "
Planet of the Ood " of the fourth series of "Doctor Who ".In May 2008, Stock-pot Productions (producers of "One Day") announced that McInnerny would have a part in a feature-length film entitled "Fly Me", currently in production, co-starring
Toby Stephens (who had a small part as McInnerny's boss in "One Day").References
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