Robert Duncan McNeill Biography




Robert Duncan McNeill
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Robert Duncan McNeill
Born November 9, 1964 (1964-11-09) (age 44)12
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Occupation actor, producer, movie director, and television director
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Robert Duncan McNeill (born November 9, 196412) is an American actor, producer, movie director, and television director who is best known for his role as Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television show Star Trek: Voyager.

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Acting career

McNeill grew up in Atlanta, and began his career acting in local and regional productions before becoming a student at The Juilliard School in New York City.34 He enjoyed early success as a professional actor, winning the role of Charlie Brent on All My Children15 and starring in the feature film Masters of the Universe.16 He also starred in an acclaimed7 episode of the 1980s version of The Twilight Zone, "A Message from Charity."8 He then appeared with Stockard Channing in the Broadway production of Six Degrees of Separation9 before returning to Los Angeles to pursue roles on television. He appeared in featured guest roles on numerous TV series, including Homefront, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Murder, She Wrote and was a featured cast member on the short-lived series, Going to Extremes1011 before earning the role of Tom Paris on Voyager.12

Directing career

McNeill began his directing career with several episodes of Voyager.13 He then wrote, produced, and directed two award-winning short films, The Battery and 9 mm of Love,141 and began to direct other episodic television. While he has since performed as a guest star on television shows like The Outer Limits and Crossing Jordan, McNeill is now focusing on his directing career, helming episodes of Dawson's Creek, Everwood, Star Trek: Enterprise, Dead Like Me, The O.C., Las Vegas, Summerland, and Supernatural. His directing credits for 2006-2007 include episodes of Desperate Housewives, Medium, Standoff, The Nine, The Knights of Prosperity, In Case of Emergency, What About Brian and My Boys. In 2007 he directed the season 5 premiere of Las Vegas, the pilot of Samantha Who? (which features his Star Trek: Voyager co-star Tim Russ ) and then signed on as a producer - director of the new NBC show Chuck, helming numerous episodes, including the 3D episode in 2009, the first episode of a TV show to be entirely in 3D. In April of 2009 he directed the first episode to feature Scott Bakula in the recurring role of Chuck's father. McNeill had previously directed Bakula in four episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise, and in 1990 guest starred alongside him in an episode of Quantum Leap.115

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Filmography". Official Homepage of Robert Duncan McNeill. http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/film.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  2. ^ a b "Robert Duncan McNeill biography". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/robert-duncan-mcneill/person/14478/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  3. ^ Henderson, Kathy (June 14, 1988). "Soap Opera Digest". http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/soapdig.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  4. ^ "Biography, Official Homepage of Robert Duncan McNeill". http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/bio.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  5. ^ ""All My Children," Official Homepage of Robert Duncan McNeill". http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/amcgallery.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  6. ^ ""Masters of the Universe," Official Homepage of Robert Duncan McNeill". http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/masters.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  7. ^ "A Message from Charity episode summary". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/no-name/A+Message+from+Charity/episode/75264/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  8. ^ ""A Message From Charity" Official Homepage of Robert Duncan McNeill". http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/message.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  9. ^ ""Six Degrees of Separation" Official Homepage of Robert Duncan McNeill". http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/sixdegrees.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  10. ^ Sloan, Allison (January 1993). "Easy Rider". Soap Opera Digest. http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/ezridesod.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  11. ^ ""Going to Extremes" Official Homepage of Robert Duncan McNeill". http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/goingextremes.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  12. ^ ""Star Trek: Voyager Cast Robert Duncan McNeill" Startrek.com". http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/cast/69083.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  13. ^ Kaplan, Anna L (November 1997). "Paris at the Helm: Robert Duncan McNeill on His Shift From Actor to Director". Cinefantastique. http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/cinefan.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  14. ^ Perenson, Melissa (June 2000). "The Final Season Looms, but Robert Duncan McNeill will Always Have Paris". Star Trek Communicator. http://www.robertduncanmcneill.net/communicator129.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
  15. ^ "Filmography as Director, Internet Movie Database". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000536/#director2000. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 

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