Television McInnerny's first role was in
Blackadder during the 1980s. He played the two bumbling related aristocrats with the same name of
Lord Percy Percy in the first series (
The Black Adder) and the second series (
Blackadder II); he declined to appear in the third series (
Blackadder the Third) for fear of being
typecast, though he did make a guest appearance in one episode as the Scarlet Pimpernel, and returned to the main cast to play
Captain Kevin Darling in the fourth series (
Blackadder Goes Forth). He had a minor but significant role in the highly acclaimed 1985 BBC TV serial
Edge of Darkness as Emma Craven's boyfriend Terry Shields. More recent TV appearances include
Law & Order: UK (2011) as a man wrongly convicted of murdering his daughter, and
New Tricks (2012). In 2016, McInnerny joined the cast of the HBO series
Game of Thrones in
Season 6 as Lord
Robett Glover. In 2007 McInnerny spoke candidly about his love of ITV sitcoms, after receiving criticism for his views expressed on the BBC cult show ''
I Love the '70s: "I think shows like Mind Your Language and Love Thy Neighbour'' need to be remembered for what they were; truly fantastic examples of sitcom writing that hasn't been seen since. The content is unfortunate in the cold light of modern society, but that's no reason to stop praising the sheer brilliance of the writers that ITV had in its ranks during that decade."
Television Film Since 2012, McInnerny has been a patron of the Norwich Film Festival.
Radio Theatre In 1985 he was cast in
Pravda alongside
Anthony Hopkins. He played Dr Frank-N-Furter in the 1990
West End production of
The Rocky Horror Show. His performance can be heard on the soundtrack album of this production. In summer 2007, he played
Iago in
Othello at
Shakespeare's Globe on
Bankside in London.
Selected theatre performances • Clitandre in
The Misanthrope by
Moliere. Directed by
Casper Wrede at the
Royal Exchange, Manchester (1981) • Charlie in
Detective Story by
Sidney Kingsley. Directed by John Dillon at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1982) • Billy Bibbitt in ''
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'' by
Dale Wasserman. Directed by
Greg Hersov at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1982) • Mick in
The Caretaker by
Harold Pinter. Directed by
Richard Negri at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1983) • Orsino in
Twelfth Night. Directed by
Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (1988)
Music In 1989, he co-starred with
Kate Bush in the
music video for her song "
This Woman's Work". He also appeared in the
Westlife video for "
Uptown Girl", along with
Claudia Schiffer,
Robert Bathurst,
Crispin Bonham-Carter,
Ioan Gruffudd and
James Wilby. ==References==