Acting

Sean McGinley

Born 1956-03-01 · Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal, Ireland

Seán McGinley is an Irish film and TV actor. He's appeared in about 80 films and television series.

Credits

Newest first

National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
as Pierre
2025
That They May Face the Rising Sun
as Johnny Murphy
2024
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
as Self
2024
The Last Rifleman
as Brendan O'Brien
2023
Wait for Me
as Ged
2023
Christmas at Castle Hart
as Liam
2021
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
as Seamus Dwyer
2020
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
2019
Stalker
as Henry
2019
Death and Nightingales
as Bishop Donnelly
2018
Butterfly
as Peter Duffy
2018
The Alienist
as Bishop Potter
2018
Paula
as Terry
2017
The Truth Commissioner
as Francis Gilroy
2016
Clean Break
as Ben
2015
A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators
as Self
2014
Shetland
as Drew McColl
2013
Republic of Doyle
as Malachy Doyle
2010
Wild Decembers
as O'Dea
2009
Closing the Ring
as Campbell
2007
Shrooms
as Bernie
2007
Lewis
as Keiran Donnelly
2007
Single-Handed
as Dennis Costello
2007
Black Dog
as Grandfather
2006
Sixty Six
as Mr. O'Connor
2006
The Tiger's Tail
as Declan Murray
2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
as Father Denis
2006
48 Angels
as Dilly
2006
On a Clear Day
as Eddie
2005
The Mighty Celt
as I'm A Cripple
2005
Man About Dog
as J.P. McCallion
2004
Freeze Frame
as Detective Louis Emeric
2004
Conspiracy of Silence
as Rector Cathal
2003
Dead Bodies
as Detective Inspector Wheeler
2003
Watermelon
as Joe Ryan
2003
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Gangs of New York
as Forty Thieves Leader
2002
Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?
as Mimms
2002
On Home Ground
as Fergal Collins
2001
Clare sa Spéir
as Eóin
2001
Waking the Dead
as Dr. Donald Roper
2001
The Claim
as Sweetley
2000
The Closer You Get
as Ian O'Donnell
2000
What Where
as Bam
2000
DDU: District Detective Unit
as Det. Sgt. Carl McCadden
1999
Lipservice
as Mairtin O Cathain
1999
Simon Magus
as Maximillian Hase
1999
The Vice
as Tommy Bowers
1999
Cold Feet
as Roy
1998
The General
as Gary
1998
The Butcher Boy
as Sergeant
1998
Resurrection Man
as Sammy McClure
1998
The Ambassador
1998
The Disappearance of Finbar
as Detective Roche
1997
Bogwoman
as Mr D
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Sean O'Connell
1997
The Informant
as Frankie Conroy
1997
Scorned 2
Screenplay
1997
A Further Gesture
as Tommy Breen
1997
Michael Collins
as Smith
1996
Trojan Eddie
as Raymie
1996
Initiation
1996
Safe And Sound
as Dougy Flynn
1996
Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret
as Jim Caine
1995
Braveheart
as MacClannough
1995
Dangerous Lady
1995
The Hanging Gale
as Ferry
1995
Circle of Friends
as Mr Duggan
1995
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
as Michael
1995
The Hanging Gale
as Ferry
1995
Family
as Charlo Spencer
1994
Family
as Charlo Spencer
1994
Rik Mayall Presents
as Michael
1993
The Field
as Father Chris Doran
1990
Fools of Fortune
as Doyle
1990
Who Bombed Birmingham?
as A
1990
The Playboy of the Western World
as Shawn Keogh
1985
Minder
as Alexie Nolan
1979
Gilgamesh
as Utnapishtim
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The Weir
as Jim
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