Joseph Anthony "Joe" McKinney (born 12 May 1967) is an Irish stage,
film and television actor and voice-over artist. Rathfarnham-born
McKinney trained and worked as a hairdresser for four years, before
joining fringe theatre. 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 by Brad Fraser and Saved by Edward
Bond, 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), and Bouncers by John
Godber, 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 advert, Anticipation, 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.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 (2004), and All Is by My Side (2013).
film and television actor and voice-over artist. Rathfarnham-born
McKinney trained and worked as a hairdresser for four years, before
joining fringe theatre. 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 by Brad Fraser and Saved by Edward
Bond, 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), and Bouncers by John
Godber, 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 advert, Anticipation, 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.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 (2004), and All Is by My Side (2013).
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