Everett McGill

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Everett McGill was the leader of a popular Kansas City dance band prior to becoming an accomplished stage actor with more than 1300 performances on Broadway to his credit. He first acquired wide attention in film with his starring role in Jean-Jacques Annaud's Oscar-winning saga of primitive man, Quest for Fire. He went on to star in a broad range of movie genres playing characters that have been described in every way from malevolent to lovable. He is best known to fans of filmmaker David Lynch as the owner of Big Ed's Gas Farm in the town of Twin Peaks. He replayed the lovelorn Ed Hurley for the Showtime series Twin Peaks: The Return. He studied dance at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music and earned a BA in Speech and Theatre from the University of Missouri.

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Awards
- 2 nominations

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Wendy Robie and Everett McGill in a Showtime promotion for Twin Peaks : The Return February 2017

Peggy Lipton and Everett McGill in Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)

Deborah Harry and Everett McGill in Union City (1980)

Everett McGill and Peggy Lipton in Twin Peaks (2017)

Moses Gunn and Everett McGill in Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Everett McGill in Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Trish Garland and Everett McGill in Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Rae Dawn Chong and Everett McGill in Quest for Fire (1981)

Known for:

Twin Peaks

8.5

TV Series

Big Ed Hurley

The Straight Story

8.0

Tom the John Deere Dealer

1999

Heartbreak Ridge

6.8

Major Malcolm Powers

1986

Quest for Fire

7.3

Naoh

1981

Credits

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Actor

Twin Peaks
- Big Ed Hurley
- TV Series
- 2017
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
- Big Ed Hurley
- 2014
JAG
- Col. Bradley Dunston
- TV Series
- 1999
The Straight Story
- Tom the John Deere Dealer
- 1999
Jekyll Island
- Dalton Bradford
- 1998
My Fellow Americans
- Col. Paul Tanner
- 1996
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
- Marcus Penn
- 1995
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
- Big Ed Hurley (scenes deleted)
- 1992
The People Under the Stairs
- Man
- 1991
Twin Peaks
- Big Ed Hurley
- TV Series
- 1989–1991
Jezebel's Kiss
- Sheriff Dan Riley
- 1990
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
- Bob Rawlings
- TV Mini Series
- 1990
Twin Peaks
- Ed Hurley
- Video
- 1989
Licence to Kill
- Killifer
- 1989
Iguana
- Oberlus
- 1988

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Personal details

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Height
- 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Born
- October 21, 1945
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Other works
He began his acting career on Broadway appearing in the award-winning plays Equus, A Texas Trilogy and Whose Life Is It, Anyway?
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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Trivia
Originally, J. Michael Straczynski intended to cast McGill in the role of Major Ryan in the Babylon 5 (1993) episode "Severed Dreams". However, Straczynski didn't know his full name, so when he asked to have McGill contacted to set up a meeting about casting him, his assistant asked if he meant Bruce, and Straczynski said yes. Bruce McGill was invited to meet with Straczynski, and it was only after the two met that Straczynski realized his mistake. Straczynski decided to use Bruce for the role of Major Ryan, despite this.