Everett McGill is an American actor and dancer. He became famous thanks to his unusual appearance and characteristic voice. Most famous for his collaboration with director David Lynch, as well as the roles of charismatic villains in Hollywood blockbusters of the nineties. After a long break in his acting career, he returned to the screens in the third season of the series "Twin Peaks".
Childhood and youth
Charles Everett McGill was born on October 21, 1945 in the city of Miami Beach, Florida. Soon he moved to Kansas City, where he graduated from high school in 1965.
Before the start of his acting career, McGill, despite his impressive dimensions, trained as a professional dancer at the conservatory. He was the leader of the popular dance troupe in Kansas City. He also graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Stage Speech and Theater.
Later, the young man moved to New York, where he began to play in Broadway theaters and spent about 1300 performances throughout his theatrical career.
First roles
In the mid-seventies, Everett McGill began appearing on television series, but without much success. In 1979, luck finally smiled at the actor. The Yankee war drama starring Richard Gere was the first full-length film by Everett McGill. He played a cameo role of an anonymous soldier, but a year later he starred in two films. One of them is the prison drama with Robert Redford, The Brubaker, where the actor was finally able to fully demonstrate his talent.
Success
Real fame came to Everett McGill after starring in the adventure film Jean-Jacques Annotte "Fight for Fire", where the actor played the role of a caveman.
After this picture, proposals for cooperation sprinkled on McGill. However, the next film with the participation of the actor was released only in 1984 - three years later. It was a long-suffering science fiction picture by David Lynch, which the producers remounted many times. Everett McGill, like other members of the cast, had a clause in the contract on mandatory participation in the sequels of the film. However, due to the box office failure, the continuation pictures were never taken.
Then began the most fruitful stage in the filmography of Everett McGill. In 1985, he co-starred in the iconic horror movie written by Stephen King's Silver Bullet. A year later, he played the main role in the military drama "Fields of Pride" and a secondary one in another film about the war, a black-and-white film by Clint Eastwood, "Pass of Broken Hearts".
In 1988, the actor starred in the not-so-successful historical drama Iguana, and the following year played the villain in the James Bond film License to Kill.
After that, Everett McGill began to act much less often - with interruptions of several years. In 1991, he co-starred in the comedy horror film directed by Wes Craven, People Under the Stairs, and four years later portrayed the main villain in the action movie Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.
In 1990, the actor reunited with David Lynch and co-starred in the legendary TV series Twin Peaks. McGill appeared in most of the series of the project.
An interesting fact: one of his partners in the series, Miguel Ferrer, is a cousin of George Clooney. In the comedy of the Cohen brothers "Oh, where are you, brother?" The 1999 character Clooney's name is Ulysses Everett McGill. Everett’s last appearance on the screen also happened in the Lynch film, he played in the drama “Simple Story” and in 1999 announced the end of the career of the actor.
Retirement and Return
After completing his acting career, Everett McGill moved to Arizona and began to live outside the city, completely avoiding publicity. However, David Lynch personally found the actor and convinced him to return to the screens for the continuation of “Twin Peaks”. He played the role of Big Ed Hurley in two episodes of the revived series, but does not plan to return to acting on an ongoing basis.