Andy McPhee

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Andy McPhee (born Andrew McPhee, November 3, 1952, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) is an Australian actor, voice-over artist, and acting coach, 6′ 6″ (198 cm) tall, who was a professional wrestler before turning to acting. He has been active since 1990, accumulating over 134 film and television credits, and is based in Los Angeles, where he has also worked as an acting coach since 2014. He is married to Sonja McPhee and is the father of actors Kodi Smit-McPhee and Sianoa Smit-McPhee. His most notable film credits include Bazza in Wolf Creek (2005), Yobbo #2 in Bad Boy Bubby (1993), The German in The Condemned (2007), Richard Collis in Animal Kingdom (2010), Mr. Belhatchett in Saving Mr. Banks (2013, with Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks), Burly Man in Slow West (2015, with Michael Fassbender), Old Man Gordon in The Legend of Ben Hall (2017), Hank (voice) in Maya the Bee Movie (2014), a role in The Road (2009, with Viggo Mortensen), and Honored Elder in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024, with Owen Teague). On television he is best known as Keith "McGee" McGee in Sons of Anarchy (2008, 6 episodes, FX), with additional credits in Neighbours (1985), Home and Away (1988), Pirate Islands (2003, 26 episodes), Criminal Minds (2011, 2 episodes), Wilfred (2010, as Kosiosko), Underbelly (2008), Jack Irish (2016), Gallipoli (2015), Wolf Creek (TV series, 2016, 3 episodes), and Pacific Rim: The Black (2021, voice, 14 episodes).