McNeice's television breakthrough was as Harcourt in the award-winning series "Edge of Darkness". He played the alcoholic sous chef Gustave LaRoche on the television series "Chef!", and went on to appear in the 2000 miniseries "Frank Herbert's Dune" as the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, a role he later reprised for the 2003 sequel "Children of Dune". His television appearances have included all seven series of "Doc Martin", in which he plays Bert Large, series 4 episode 4 of "Midsomer Murders", and the third episode of the second series of "Lewis". He appears as the Newsreader in the HBO/BBC production "Rome" and as the Mr. Tapling of the British diplomatic service in Hornblower - The Examination for Lieutenant.