![]() He said that modeling for art students helped him for the role and now "nudity is just part of the job". In mid-2011, McGowan joined the cast of the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Jody, first as a guest star (Season 2) and then as a series regular (Season 3). He is a 2nd-generation Irish-American Jew. He graduated in 2002 from Carleton College. He attended Ethical Culture Fieldston School from kindergarten through senior year in high school, where he was the captain of the football and ice hockey teams and a member of the drama and theater societies. He guest-starred in the television series Numbers, CSI: Miami, and Cold Case, with voice-over work for the Scream Awards, Animal Planet and the video games Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and Iron Man. Other highlights include parts in the films Terminator Salvation, The Hunt for Eagle One, and the sequel The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point. as Anton Ivanov/The Superior, Shameless,īlack Sails, and The 100. ![]() He is known for his roles in television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Mr Butler aquainting Lt.Zach McGowan (born May 5, 1980) is an American film, television and voice actor. Maynards sloop enters himself the first man, with a rope in his hand to lash or make fast the two sloops. ‘Thatch observing his decks clear of men presently concluded the vessel his own, and then sheers on board Lt. ![]() His body was riddled with cuts and gunshot wounds, while his head was cut off and hung from Maynard’s sloop. A bloody battle ensued at Blackbeard’s base at Ocracoke Island, ending with his death and the defeat of his crew. This proved to be the final straw for the Governor of Virginia Alexander Spotswood who dispatched Lieutenant Robert Maynard to apprehend Teach. However, despite accepting a royal pardon, Teach soon returned to his piratical ways. It was this reputation that enabled him to blockade and successfully ransom the Port of Charles Town (now Charleston), at the height of his power. Possibly the most infamous pirate to have ever set sail, Edward Teach (or Edward Thatch) – known to the world as Blackbeard – caused mayhem across the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.īlackbeard’s power was built on a ruthless reputation and a carefully cultivated image of fear – even tying smoking fuses under his hat to create a more imposing and ferocious physical appearance. ‘Ye and each of ye, are adjudged and Sentenced to be carried back to the Place, from whence ye came, from thence to the Place of Execution, without the Gates of this Castle and there within the Flood Marks to be hanged by the Neck till ye are Dead, Dead, Dead, and the Lord have Mercy upon your Souls.’ Blackbeard A grapeshot tore out his throat and his body was quickly buried at sea by his crew, shortly before their capture.Ī sentence to death against 15 crew members of Bartholomew Roberts reads: Roberts was killed in battle in 1722 when HMS Swallow, captained by Challoner Ogle, came across his fleet at Cape Lopez. However, authorities eventually caught up with him. During his command, Roberts was successful in capturing hundreds of vessels. Roberts – popular among both Captain and crew – was elected to replace Davis after he was killed in an ambush. He turned to piracy after the slave ship on which he served was captured by Captain Howell Davis. Sentence to death against fifteen crew members of Bartholomew Roberts, 1722 (catalogue reference: HCA 1/99/3)īartholomew Roberts (born John Roberts) was a highly successful, particularly ruthless pirate. Vane stood trial in Jamaica and was hanged on 29 March 1721, in Port Royal. Upon being rescued, he was identified by the captain of a passing ship who had been invited to dine with Vane’s erstwhile liberator and imprisoned. ![]() Following this incident, Vane’s ship was wrecked in a storm and he was marooned on an uninhabited island. However, his luck started to run out after he was voted out of command by his crew, in favour of ‘Calico’ Jack Rackham. In one incident – when seemingly cornered by the navy in Nassau – Vane set ablaze his newly commandeered flagship and sailed it directly at the British blockade, providing enough distraction to allow his escape. Charles VaneĬharles Vane was a brazen yet skilled pirate and one of the few who refused to accept the King’s pardon. However, the real-life pirates of the Caribbean often had short careers, meeting with violent ends. Pirates have often been dramatised in popular culture: romantic figures, taking to the high seas in search of freedom and treasure.
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