Ian McNeice
Ian McNeice ( born October 2, 1950 in Basingstoke, Hampshire ) is a British actor.
Life
He attended Taunton School in Somerset and then played two years at the Salisbury Playhouse. After that he played in a wide variety of British and international stages, as well as on Broadway. He became known to a wide audience When Nature Calls (1995 ) - By supporting roles in films such as The Russia House (1990 ), The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) and Ace Ventura. Later he played among others in From Hell (2001) and Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason ( 2004).
In the two TV movie trilogies Dune - Dune (2000) and Children of Dune (2003) McNeice played the diabolical Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. In the television series Hornblower and Rome, he was seen in distinctive supporting roles.
McNeices three children Travers, Angus and Maisie live with her mother and stepfather, who both work as a lion researcher, in the bush of Botswana.