Joseph Anthony McKinney (born 12 May 1967) is an Irish actor.
Rathfarnham
Rathfarnham () is a Southside (Dublin), southside suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland in County Dublin. It is south of Terenure, east of Templeogue, and is in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16, 16. It is between the Lo ...
-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 Fr ...
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[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 t ...
'' by Brad Fraser and ''Saved'' by Edward Bond
Thomas Edward Bond (18 July 1934 – 3 March 2024) was an English playwright, theatre director, poet, dramatic theorist and screenwriter. He was the author of some 50 plays, among them '' Saved'' (1965), the production of which was instrument ...
, both directed by Jimmy Fay, for Bedrock Productions in 1994. Other theatre productions include Joe Dowlings production of Brendan Behan's ''Borstal Boy'' (McKinney's first paid role),John Godber
John Harry Godber (born 18 May 1956) is an English playwright, known mainly for observational comedy, observational comedies. The ''Plays and Players Yearbook'' of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK after William Shak ...
, 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 a stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at Guinness Brewery, St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland, in the 18th century. It is now owned by the British-based Multinational corporation, multinational alcoholic bever ...
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 (for ...
'', 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
According to legends, King Arthur (; ; ; ) was a king of Great Britain, Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain.
In Wales, Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a le ...
'' (2004), and All Is by My Side (2013).
Television includes RTÉ One
RTÉ One is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by RTÉ. It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as ''TelefÃs Éireann'' on 31 December 1961, it was renamed ''R ...
drama '' Glenroe'', in which he played property developer Dan Reilly from 1998 to 2001. In 2008, McKinney took part in RTÉ Two
(; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced as an English E () and not an Irish É ()) is an Republic of Ireland, Irish Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on RTÉ Television, television, RTà ...
observational documentary series '' Hollywood Trials''.
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. It recounts the ...
'', 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, and a Minister of the
Universal Life Church
The Universal Life Church (ULC) is an American 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, ' ...
.
References
External links
Joe McKinney IFTN*
Joe McKinney YoutubeJoe McKinney flikr
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1967 births
Living people
Male actors from County Dublin
Former Roman Catholics
Irish male soap opera actors
Irish male stage actors
Irish male television actors
Irish male voice actors
People from Rathfarnham