Acting

Des McAleer

Born 1952-05-25 · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Des McAleer is a Belfast born actor of film, TV and stage.

Credits

Newest first

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
as Father William
2026
Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motion
as Narrator
2023
Hope Street
as Barry Pettigrew
2021
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
2019
Out of Innocence
as Père O'Reilly
2019
Death and Nightingales
as Jim Rutledge
2018
The Children Act
as Jim the Porter
2018
My Mother and Other Strangers
as Ned Hanlon
2016
The Crown
as Philip Kinghorn Burbidge
2016
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
as Shamrayev
2016
North
as Richard
2014
How I Live Now
as Major McEvoy
2013
My Week with Marilyn
as Senior Policeman
2011
Wuthering Heights
as Joseph
2009
Hunger
as Mr Sands
2008
The Penalty King
as Denis Cleghorn
2006
Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
as Col. Burton C. Andrus
2006
Deadlines
as Jim Prager
2005
An Everlasting Piece
as Mr. Black
2000
When the Sky Falls
2000
Angela's Ashes
as Mr. Benson
1999
Picking Up the Pieces
as Bill Tansey
1998
Titanic Town
as Finbar
1998
I Want You
as Flowers Salesman
1998
This Is the Sea
as Inspector Wilson
1997
Touching Evil
as DCI Frank Dolland
1997
Safe And Sound
as Tommy Delaney
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Butterfly Kiss
as Eric McDermott
1995
Life After Life
as Paddy John O'Neill
1995
Family
as Ray Harris
1994
Between the Lines
1992
Heartbeat
as Matt Rawlings
1992
Trainer
as Joe Hogan
1991
Roy's Raiders
as Gavin Bailey
1991
Hidden Agenda
as Sgt Kennedy
1990
Shoot to Kill
as CID Supt. Jimmy Richards
1990
The Paradise Club
as DCS Flemyng
1989
Coppers
1988
Crossfire
as Dermot Shea
1988
No Man's Land
1986
Casualty
as Dave McGann
1986
Screen Two
as Paddy John O'Neill
1985
Four Days in July
as Eugene
1984
The Bill
1984
Anne Devlin
as James Hope
1984
The Schooner
as Boatman
1983
The Writing on the Wall
as Major Bond
1983
Juno and the Paycock
as 1st Furniture Removal Man
1980