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Everett McGill

エヴェレット・マッギル / えゔぇれっと・まっぎる

American actor

October 21, 1945 (age 80) ・ Miami Beach, Florida, United States

  • Florida
  • actor
  • television actor
  • film actor

My Take

Everett McGill is one of those actors whose face you absolutely know even if his name doesn't ring a bell right away, and honestly that's kind of a testament to how effectively he inhabited roles rather than chased celebrity. Growing up in Miami Beach and eventually landing a career-defining part as a prehistoric caveman in Quest for Fire — a film with almost no dialogue — takes serious physical commitment and presence, and McGill delivered both. He had this brooding intensity that directors kept casting around: Dune, Heartbreak Ridge, Licence to Kill, Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs. He was never the marquee name but he was reliably the guy who made you lean forward. A quietly underrated journeyman of '80s and early '90s genre cinema.

Overview

Charles Everett McGill III (born October 21, 1945) is an American retired actor, who rose to prominence for his portrayal of a caveman in Quest for Fire (1981). He went on to have prominent roles in the films Dune (1984), Silver Bullet (1985), Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Iguana (1988), Licence to Kill (1989), The People Under the Stairs (1991) and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

1. Profile

Name (English)
Everett McGill
Name (Japanese)
エヴェレット・マッギル
Reading
えゔぇれっと・まっぎる
Born
October 21, 1945 (age 80)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Libra / Rooster
Origin
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
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Occupation
actor / television actor / film actor

2. Background

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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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Tags

  • Florida
  • actor
  • television actor
  • film actor
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.