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Neal McDonough
Birth at
23 February 1966
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American actor Neal McDonough was born on February 23, 1966, to Irish immigrants Catherine and Frank McDonough in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Back in high school, Nick tried his hand at the stage, playing the role of Snoopy in the production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The debut of the young actor was crowned by a sea of applause from an admiring audience. In 1988, after graduating from Syracuse University, Neil went to study acting at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences. On
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American actor Neal McDonough was born on February 23, 1966, to Irish immigrants Catherine and Frank McDonough in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Back in high school, Nick tried his hand at the stage, playing the role of Snoopy in the production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. The debut of the young actor was crowned by a sea of applause from an admiring audience.
In 1988, after graduating from Syracuse University, Neil went to study acting at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences. On television, he played a number of small roles, after which in 1990 he made his debut on the big screen, where he had a role in the superhero action movie Sam Raimi “Man of Darkness”. In 1991, he was even given a Dramalogue Award in the Best Actor category for his role in Away Alone. In the same year, Neil McDonough played Lou Gehrig in Babe Ruth; his performance was noted by many critics, and he immediately became a significantly more prominent figure. The next significant step to success was Francis Ford Coppola’s painting “White Dwarf”, released in 1995 on the Fox channel.
While acting in films, Neil was actively engaged in voice acting. For example, his voice is spoken by Dr. Bruce Banner in the animated series The Incredible Ambal. In 1996, Neil’s long-held dream comes true – he gets to the bridge of the legendary Enterprise in Star Trek: First Contact.
In the late nineties comes the film “Brothers in arms”, where McDonough played Lieutenant Lynn Compton, experiencing a strong shock after watching the death of two of his friends. In 2002, the actor invited Steven Spielberg in his fantastic thriller “Minority opinion”. In the same year, McDonough played another major role in the crime drama Boomtown, for which he received the Golden Satellite award in the category Best Supporting Actor. Then there was "Medical Investigation," "Third Shift," "The Rocks."
"Wide walking" "Flags of Our Fathers", "The Traveler", thriller with Al Pacino "88 Minutes".
Having played in a number of little-known TV series and films, Nick finally got a major role - Dave Williams from the series Desperate Housewives. In 2009, McDonough played the role of Buffalo in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chan-Lee.