Rory McCann

Rory McCann Biography

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Rory McCann (born April 24, 1969) is a Scottish film and television actor. He is best known for portraying "The Hound" Sandor Clegane on HBO's Game of Thrones.

Early life

Prior to McCann's career in acting, he was a gardener for estates in the south of Glasgow, as well as a painter on the Forth Road Bridge.

Career

McCann's first acting role came in an advert for Scott's Porage Oats dressed in a vest and kilt. He was next seen in the 2002 television comedy-drama The Book Group playing a disabled personal trainer, for which he won a Scottish BAFTA award for the best television performance of 2002. Since then, McCann has taken television roles as Detective Inspector Stuart Brown in State of Play, as Peter the Great in Peter in Paradise and appeared as a priest in the award-winning British comedy drama television series Shameless. He made his Hollywood debut in Oliver Stone's film Alexander. In 2007, he also appeared in Hot Fuzz as Michael Armstrong. In 2008, he played Moby in The Crew and Atilla the Hun in the BBC docudrama Heroes and Villains. He portrays Sandor "The Hound" Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Personal life

Rory has a younger sister, Sally-Gay McCann, who works on costumes for film and television, and worked alongside Rory on Alexander. She has also worked with him in the series Game of Thrones.

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Coming Soon	Fergus	TV movie
2000	Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)	Bouncer	Episode "Mental Apparition Disorder"
2000	Monarch of the Glen	Roger	Episode #1.6
2002	London's Burning	Keith	Episode #14.7
2002–2003	The Book Group	Kenny McLeod	Main cast (12 episodes)
2003	State of Play	Stuart Brown	Episode #1.1 (uncredited)
2003	Peter in Paradise	Peter the Great	TV movie
2003	Rockface	Adam	6 episodes
2006	Shameless	Father Critchon	2 episodes
2008	Heroes and Villains	Attila the Hun	Episode "Attila the Hun"
2011	The Jury	Derek Hatch	5 episodes
2011-present	Game of Thrones	Sandor "The Hound" Clegane	19 episodes

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Pasty Faces	Goon
2003	The Devil's Tattoo	Eric
2003	Young Adam	Sam
2004	Alexander	Crateros
2005	Beowulf & Grendel	Breca
2006	Sixty Six	Policeman
2007	Hot Fuzz	Michael Armstrong
2008	The Crew	Moby
2009	Solomon Kane	McNess
2010	Clash of the Titans	Belo
2011	Season of the Witch	Soldier Commander	Credited as Rory MacCann

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