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Biography

Ian McNeice is an English actor who trained at Taunton School, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Salisbury Playhouse. His early career was in theater, including four years with the Royal Shakespeare Company and a Broadway production of Nicholas Nickleby. He broke through on television as Harcourt in Edge of Darkness and later played Gustave LaRoche in Chef!, Bert Large throughout Doc Martin and the Newsreader in Rome. He was Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in Frank Herbert's Dune and its sequel Children of Dune. His films include The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, 84 Charing Cross Road, No Escape and Day of the Dead, while Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) marked his American breakthrough. He also appeared in Conspiracy (2001), Around the World in 80 Days (2004), White Noise (2005), voiced Kwaltz in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), and played Winston Churchill in Doctor Who.

75years old

Turns 76 on October 2in 5 days

  • Born Basingstoke
  • Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22

Movie Career

Films
33
Career span
36 years1984 to 2020

Genres

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  1. Early training

    McNeice trained at Taunton School, LAMDA, and spent two years at Salisbury Playhouse before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company for four years.

  2. Big break

    Ian McNeice took the part of Fulton Greenwall in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, the 1995 movie that opened American films up to him.

  3. Beyond film

    In the 2005 film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, McNeice lent his distinctive voice and accent to Kwaltz, the Vogon who directs the Vogon Constructor Fleet.

Ian McNeice movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix with the most votes on IMDb, with the part played in each.

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  1. Valkyrie2008 Drama, Thriller, Waras Pompous General

    IMDb rating 7.1277K votes

  2. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls1995 Adventure, Comedyas Fulton Greenwall

    IMDb rating 6.4252K votes

  3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy2005as Kwaltzvoice

    IMDb rating 6.7219K votes

  4. Around the World in 80 Days2004as Colonel Kitchener

    IMDb rating 5.9100K votes

  5. Top Secret!1984as Blind Souvenir Vendor

    IMDb rating 7.284K votes

  6. White Noise2005as Raymond Price

    IMDb rating 5.553K votes

  7. A Life Less Ordinary1997as Mayhew

    IMDb rating 6.339K votes

  8. Oliver Twist2005as Mr. Limbkins

    IMDb rating 6.836K votes

Most often with

David Hugh Jones directed two of these films. Bill Nighy appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Ian McNeice's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$845 million

17 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure, in dollars of the day.

Of the 33 films: 17 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 8 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 17Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 8Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls1995as Fulton Greenwall
    $212M25.1% of the total
  2. 2
    Valkyrie2008as Pompous General
    $200M23.7% of the total
  3. 3
    $105M12.4% of the total
  4. 4
    White Noise2005as Raymond Price
    $91M10.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Around the World in 80 Days2004as Colonel Kitchener
    $72M8.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Oliver Twist2005as Mr. Limbkins
    $43M5.0% of the total
  7. 7
    The Russia House1990as Merrydew
    $23M2.7% of the total
  8. 8
    Top Secret!1984as Blind Souvenir Vendor
    $21M2.4% of the total
No Escape (1994), $15.3 millionA Life Less Ordinary (1997), $14.6 millionNativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012), $14.4 millionThe Beautician and the Beast (1997), $11.5 millionThe Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995), $10.9 millionThe Man Who Invented Christmas (2017), $8.1 million84 Charing Cross Road (1987), $2.5 millionValmont (1989), $1.1 millionBlackball (2003), $48,000

$78.6 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total