Everett McGill

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.

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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 81)

Origin

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett%20McGill
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721586

Tags

• Florida
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

October 21, 2026

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