Everett McGill

Everett McGill

Born: October 21, 1945
in Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Everett McGill is an American actor who was born in Miami Beach, Florida, on October 21, 1945. He is best known for his roles in the films Quest for Fire (1981), Dune (1984), Silver Bullet (1985), Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Licence to Kill (1989), The People Under the Stairs (1991), and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995). He also had a recurring role as "Big" Ed Hurley on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991).

McGill began his acting career on Broadway, appearing in the award-winning plays Equus, A Texas Trilogy, and Whose Life Is It, Anyway? He made his film debut in 1975 with a small role in the film The Day of the Locust. He went on to have a number of supporting roles in films throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.

In 1981, McGill starred in the film Quest for Fire, which was a critical and commercial success. He followed this up with a starring role in the film Dune, which was also a success. McGill continued to have a successful career in the 1980s, appearing in a number of films, including Silver Bullet, Heartbreak Ridge, Licence to Kill, and The People Under the Stairs.

In the 1990s, McGill's career slowed down, but he still appeared in a number of films, including Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, The Quick and the Dead, and The Faculty. He also had a recurring role on the television series Twin Peaks.

McGill retired from acting in 1999, but he returned for the revival of Twin Peaks in 2017. He has since retired from acting again.

Movies for Everett McGill...

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Title: Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Character: Big Ed Hurley
Released: July 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.
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Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Title: Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Character: Self
Released: February 26, 2002
Type: Movie
"Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks" is a featurette originally released on the 2001 DVD release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It features various cast and crew reflecting on Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
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Postcards From The Cast
Title: Postcards From The Cast
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2001
Type: Movie
"Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the Blu-ray sets, Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery and Twin Peaks: From Z to A. It features interview snippets of various subjects with cast members of Twin Peaks.
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The Straight Story
Title: The Straight Story
Character: Tom the John Deere Dealer
Released: October 15, 1999
Type: Movie
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
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Jekyll Island
Title: Jekyll Island
Character: Dalton Bradford
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Crime Drama - Don Mogavero, Brion James, Olivia Burnette
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My Fellow Americans
Title: My Fellow Americans
Character: Col. Paul Tanner
Released: December 20, 1996
Type: Movie
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
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Title: JAG
Character: Col. Bradley Dunston
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: TV
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.
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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Title: Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Character: Penn
Released: July 13, 1995
Type: Movie
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.
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The People Under the Stairs
Title: The People Under the Stairs
Character: Man
Released: November 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls.
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Jezebel's Kiss
Title: Jezebel's Kiss
Character: Sheriff Dan Riley
Released: November 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Someone runs a woman (Katherine Barrese) off a beach road; she sleeps with a developer (Malcolm McDowell), his son and a sheriff to get even.
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Title: Twin Peaks
Character: Big Ed Hurley
Released: April 8, 1990
Type: TV
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
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Title: Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Character: Bob Rawlings
Released: January 7, 1990
Type: TV
Fact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government.
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Twin Peaks
Title: Twin Peaks
Character: Big Ed Hurley
Released: September 3, 1989
Type: Movie
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
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Licence to Kill
Title: Licence to Kill
Character: Killifer
Released: June 13, 1989
Type: Movie
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
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Iguana
Title: Iguana
Character: Oberlus
Released: April 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A grotesquely disfigured harpooner called Iguana is severely mistreated by his fellow sailors on a whaling ship in the 19th century. One night he escapes and takes up residence on a remote island. He makes himself ruler of the island and declares war on mankind. Anyone unfortunate enough to wind up on the island with Iguana is subjected to his cruel tyranny.
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Title: Tour of Duty
Released: September 24, 1987
Type: TV
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
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3 On a Match
Title: 3 On a Match
Character: Boss
Released: August 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A naive computer expert (Patrick Cassidy), a con artist (David Hemmings), and a tough guy (Bruce A. Young) join together in an escape from a Louisiana prison farm.
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Title: Werewolf
Released: July 11, 1987
Type: TV
Eric Cord, a college student transformed into a werewolf undergoes a quest to rid himself of his curse by killing the apparent originator of his 'bloodline'.
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Heartbreak Ridge
Title: Heartbreak Ridge
Character: Major Malcolm A. Powers
Released: December 5, 1986
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.
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Field of Honor
Title: Field of Honor
Character: Sergeant 'Sire' De Koning
Released: September 26, 1986
Type: Movie
Korea 1951: After a Chinese attack Dutch mercenary sergeant De Koning is left alone by his army. While trying to survive, he meets a woman who is attempting to save her little brother. The image of the boy in shock changes him.
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Silver Bullet
Title: Silver Bullet
Character: Reverend Lowe
Released: October 10, 1985
Type: Movie
The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside, he's preparing the barbecue.
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Dune
Title: Dune
Character: Stilgar
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
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Quest for Fire
Title: Quest for Fire
Character: Naoh
Released: December 16, 1981
Type: Movie
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.
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A Time for Miracles
Title: A Time for Miracles
Character: The Farmer
Released: December 21, 1980
Type: Movie
Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tragic death of her husband, Seton converts to Catholicism. Once again, she suffers terrible loss when two of her children die, but goes on to found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American Catholic schools. Seton died in 1826 and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975.
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Union City
Title: Union City
Character: Larry Longacre
Released: September 26, 1980
Type: Movie
A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.
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Brubaker
Title: Brubaker
Character: Eddie Caldwell
Released: June 20, 1980
Type: Movie
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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Yanks
Title: Yanks
Character: Racist GI at Dance
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: Movie
During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. One relationship that develops is between married John, an Army Captain, and the aristocratic Helen, whose naval husband is away at war. Helen loves her husband, but Helen and John are looking for some comfort during the difficult times.
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Enemies
Title: Enemies
Character: Ryabtsov
Released: January 23, 1974
Type: Movie
In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest among the workers. Rather than submit to a strike, they decide to close down the factory. When an owner is slain in a scuffle with a workman, the ensuing investigation uncovers the socialist fervor that is sweeping the countryside.
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Title: Against All Odds
Character: Host
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Against All Odds is an NBC reality series hosted by Lindsay Wagner and Everett McGill. The series showcased people and animals who overcame enormous odds to survive in life-threatening situations or rescued others at great risk to their own lives.