- Born
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Multi talented and award winning actor Neal McDonough has been blessed to have an incredible career in the film industry.
He is now producing films alongside his wife Ruvé for the McDonough company. Films such as THE WARRANT, BREAKERS LAW, REDSTONE, BOON, BLACK SPARTANS ,and most recently the hit film THE SHIFT for Angel Studios.
McDonough is about to start filming THE LAST RODEO which he has written with his partner Derek Presley.
The McDonough company will be producing this film with Jon Avnet directing.
After that they will going into production on their next western he has written called THE WICKED AND THE RIGHTEOUS .
McDonough is well known for performances in productions, such as BAND OF BROTHERS, MINORITY REPORT, WALKING TALL and STAR-TREK FIRST CONTACT. He also started in many stage productions, and most recently playing Whitey Bulger on stage in FINDING WHITEY at the Wilbur theater in Boston.
He also recently played Daddy Warbucks in ANNIE and numerous other stage productions as well.
His voice over career is what really started him. The voice of many cartoons, including Bruce Banner in the INCREDIBLE HULK and in many video games such as CALL OF DUTY ZOMBIES.
He has also been the long term voice of FIDELITY AND CADILLAC.
But he's most proud of his relationship with God, his wife, Ruvé, and their five children.
McDonough trained at Syracuse University and studied at LAMDA in London.
- IMDb mini biography by: Catherine Maggie
- SpouseRuvé McDonough(December 1, 2003 - present) (5 children)
- ChildrenCatherine Maggie McDonoughMorgan McDonough
- ParentsCatherine McDonough (Bushe)Frank McDonough
- RelativesSibling(Sibling)Sibling(Sibling)Sibling(Sibling)Gerard McDonough(Sibling)John McDonough(Sibling)
- Deep resonant voice
- Light bold blue eyes
- Often appears in adaptations of comic books
- Decided to give up on acting until his manager got him a meeting and audition for Band of Brothers (2001). His work on that led to Steven Spielberg casting him in Minority Report (2002).
- In grade school, his first acting role was that of the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz". According to McDonough, he really wanted to play the Tin Man. In 2007, he finally got his chance, appearing in the title role of Sci-Fi Network (now Syfy)'s miniseries Tin Man (2007).
- According to Nathan Fillion in his appearance on the Nerdist podcast, Neal McDonough was also under consideration for the part of Captain Malcolm Reynolds on Firefly (2002).
- He has dual US and Irish citizenship.
- In a 2019 speech, he said that when accepting roles in multiple productions he stipulated that he would not kiss or do sex scenes with anyone other than his wife. This led to him being blackballed for many years, causing his family significant hardship.
- With four kids, it's hard to watch anything other than 'Sesame Street.'
- The great thing about 'Justified' is that the writers will craft a scene, but if the actors come up with a great idea, they're 100% for it.
- Graham Yost is a genius, and I know that very well because we worked together on 'Band of Brothers' and 'Boomtown.'
- Acting is probably the number one team sport in America as far as I'm concerned.
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