<P> Since then, he has taken television roles as Detective Inspector Stuart Brown in State of Play, Peter the Great in Peter in Paradise, and a priest in the award - winning British comedy drama series Shameless . </P> <P> He made his Hollywood debut in the 2004 film Alexander, which required the actors to go through a boot - camp in the African desert, and included shooting in Thailand, Morocco as well as a London studio . In 2007, he appeared as Michael "Lurch" Armstrong in Hot Fuzz . In 2008, he played Moby in The Crew and Atilla the Hun in the BBC docudrama Heroes and Villains . </P> <P> McCann portrays Sandor "The Hound" Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones . </P> <P> Other projects include a BBC TV Series by writer Jimmy McGovern called Banished, set in Australia in the 18th century . McCann plays a blacksmith named Marston . </P>

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