Joe McGann
| Joe McGann | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Joseph McGnn 24 July 1958 Kensington, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Residence | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983 – present |
| Children | Lottie |
Joseph "Joe" McGann (born 24 July 1958) is an English actor. His most well known role is the lead role of Charlie Burrows, the "housekeeper" in the TV comedy series The Upper Hand (1990–1996). He is also known as a television reporter on the BBC's South Today programme, reporting on local events in the south of England. He was also a key character in ITV's soap Night and Day, who had an affair with the underage main character Jane Harper before her disappearance.
McGann was born in Kensington, Liverpool, Lancashire, to a metallurgist father and a teacher mother, Claire McGann. His three younger brothers — Paul, Mark and Stephen — are also actors. Together with Stephen and Mark, he starred in Tom, Dick and Harry, a play by Ray and Michael Cooney at the Duke of York's Theatre, in 1995.
Before this Joe got a big break in 1987, when he played the part of PC Gerry O'Dowd in the series Rockliffe's Babies.
In 1989, he portrayed Lord Glozelle in the BBC version of Prince Caspian.
In 1992 Joe was the voice of Masklin in the TV adaptation of Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's three books in The Nome Trilogy.
Joe featured as Grimes at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the 2003 stage musical adaptation (by Jason Carr and Gary Yershon) of the novel The Water Babies.
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