Joseph Anthony McKinney (born 12 May 1967) is an Irish stage,
film
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and television actor and
voice-over
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artist.
Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham () is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and 16. It is within the administrative areas of both Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council a ...
-born McKinney trained and worked as a hairdresser for four years, before joining
fringe theatre
Fringe theatre is theatre that is produced outside of the main theatre institutions, and that is often small-scale and non-traditional in style or subject matter. The term comes from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.Kemp, Robert, ''More that is Fre ...
.
[Interview with McKinney](_blank)
/ref> He trained at Inchicore VEC Dublin and worked on stage productions such as the Irish Premiere of ''Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love
''Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love'' is a 1989 stage play written by Canadian playwright Brad Fraser. Set in Edmonton, Alberta, the comedy-drama follows the lives of several sexually frustrated "thirty-somethings" who try ...
'' by Brad Fraser
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and ''Saved'' by Edward Bond
Edward Bond (born 18 July 1934) is an English playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of some fifty plays, among them '' Saved'' (1965), the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of the ...
, both directed by Jimmy Fay, for Bedrock Productions in 1994. Other theatre productions include Joe Dowling
Joe Dowling (born 27 September 1948) is an artistic director. He was artistic director for the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. He is known for his work as artistic director of the Abbey Theatre in Ireland and his produc ...
s production of Brendan Behan's ''Borstal Boy'' (McKinney's first paid role),John Godber
John Harry Godber (born 18 May 1956) is known mainly for observational comedies. The ''Plays and Players Yearbook'' of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK after William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has been cre ...
, both 1995. Recent theatre includes Attic Improv's ''Spoonfed'', Dublin Fringe 2005 and ''An Image for The Rose'', which was nominated for Sexiest Fringe Show 2006.
In 1994, after featuring in a couple of commercials, McKinney starred in the Guinness
Guinness () is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland, in 1759. It is one of the most successful alcohol brands worldwide, brewed in almost 50 countries, and available in ove ...
advert, ''Anticipation
Anticipation is an emotion involving pleasure or anxiety in considering or awaiting an expected event. Anticipatory emotions include fear, anxiety, hope and trust. When the anticipated event fails to occur, it results in disappointment (if posi ...
'', in which he danced around a pint while waiting for it to settle. Following the success of the commercial, he spent two years touring Europe making personal appearances to promote the product.[
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In 1997, McKinney moved to New York to pursue artistic representation and auditions. Moving back to Ireland, he also worked on such short films as ''Phone'' (1997), ''The Boogie Man'' (1999), ''Area 51'' (2002), ''Easy Street'' (2003), ''A Dublin Story'' (2003), ''Past Pupil'' (2005), and ''Nuts'' (2007). Feature films include ''The Crooked Mile'' (2001), ''Starfish'' (2004), ''King Arthur
King Arthur ( cy, Brenin Arthur, kw, Arthur Gernow, br, Roue Arzhur) is a legendary king of Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain.
In the earliest traditions, Arthur appears as a ...
'' (2004), and All Is by My Side (2013).
Television includes RTÉ One
RTÉ One ( ga, RTÉ a hAon) is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by Raidió TeilifÃs Éireann (RTÉ). It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as ''TelefÃs à ...
drama ''Glenroe
''Glenroe'' was a television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One in Ireland between September 1983, when the first episode was aired, and May 2001. A spin-off from ''Bracken'' — a short-lived RTÉ drama itself spun off from ''The Riordans'' †...
'', in which he played property developer Dan Reilly from 1998 to 2001. In 2008, McKinney took part in RTÉ Two
(RTÉ) (; Irish for "Radio & Television of Ireland") is the national broadcaster of Ireland headquartered in Dublin. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, while ...
observational documentary series ''Hollywood Trials
''Hollywood Trials'' was an observational documentary series which ran on RTÉ Two Ireland, in 2008.
The series followed ten Irish actors trying to break into Hollywood. The participants lived together as a group for four weeks as they were groo ...
''.
McKinney's more recent work includes the IFTA-NominatedA Christmas Carol
''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...
'', adapted for the screen and directed by Jason Figgis.
''The Irish Times''. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
In March 2009, Guinness announced that the ''Anticipation'' advert would be aired again as part of a "Classic Ads" campaign to mark the brewery's 250th anniversary. However, despite the popularity of the commercial, McKinney was excluded from the Arthur's Day celebrations which were held to mark the brewery's 250th anniversary.
A Founding Member and artistic director of The Attic Studio, McKinney is a Reiki Master/Teacher, and a priest in the Order of Melchizedek,
Melchizedek Priesthood
The priesthood of Melchizedek is a role in Abrahamic religions, modelled on Melchizedek, combining the dual position of king and priest.
Hebrew Bible
Melchizedek is a king and priest appearing in the Book of Genesis. The name means "King of Right ...
, and a Minister of the
Universal Life Church
The Universal Life Church (ULC) is a non-denominational religious organization founded in 1962 by Kirby J. Hensley,James R. Lewis, The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions' (2001), p. 769-70.U.S. Department of the Army, ''Religious R ...
.
References
External links
Joe McKinney IFTN*
Joe McKinney YoutubeJoe McKinney flikr
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1967 births
Irish male stage actors
Irish male television actors
Irish male voice actors
Irish male soap opera actors
Living people
People from Rathfarnham
Former Roman Catholics