Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice is an English actor and voice actor. He found fame portraying government agent Harcourt in the 1985 television miniseries Edge of Darkness, and went on to feature in popular films such as The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, Ace Ventura When Nature Calls, and Frank Herberts Dune. He plays Bert Large in the comedy drama series Doc Martin, and played The Newsreader in historical drama Rome.

McNeice was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. His acting training started at the Taunton School in Somerset, followed by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and two years at the Salisbury Playhouse. The next few years were spent in theatre, including a fouryear career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and a production of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway.

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