Acting · Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal, Ireland · Born March 1, 1956
Seán McGinley is an Irish film and TV actor. He's appeared in about 80 films and television series.
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
2025
as Pierre
MovieThat They May Face the Rising Sun
2024
as Johnny Murphy
MovieBrendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024
as Self
MovieThe Last Rifleman
2023
as Brendan O'Brien
MovieWait for Me
2023
as Ged
MovieChristmas at Castle Hart
2021
as Liam
MovieThe Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
2020
as Seamus Dwyer
MovieLost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
MovieStalker
2019
as Henry
TVDeath and Nightingales
2018
as Bishop Donnelly
TVButterfly
2018
as Peter Duffy
TVThe Alienist
2018
as Bishop Potter
TVPaula
2017
as Terry
MovieThe Truth Commissioner
2016
as Francis Gilroy
TVClean Break
2015
as Ben
MovieA Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators
2014
as Self
TVShetland
2013
as Drew McColl
TVRepublic of Doyle
2010
as Malachy Doyle
MovieWild Decembers
2009
as O'Dea
MovieClosing the Ring
2007
as Campbell
MovieShrooms
2007
as Bernie
TVLewis
2007
as Keiran Donnelly
TVSingle-Handed
2007
as Dennis Costello
MovieBlack Dog
2006
as Grandfather
MovieSixty Six
2006
as Mr. O'Connor
MovieThe Tiger's Tail
2006
as Declan Murray
MovieThe Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
as Father Denis
Movie48 Angels
2006
as Dilly
MovieOn a Clear Day
2005
as Eddie
MovieThe Mighty Celt
2005
as I'm A Cripple
MovieMan About Dog
2004
as J.P. McCallion
MovieFreeze Frame
2004
as Detective Louis Emeric
MovieConspiracy of Silence
2003
as Rector Cathal
MovieDead Bodies
2003
as Detective Inspector Wheeler
MovieWatermelon
2003
as Joe Ryan
MovieCheck the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGangs of New York
2002
as Forty Thieves Leader
Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?
2002
as Mimms
On Home Ground
2001
as Fergal Collins
MovieClare sa Spéir
2001
as Eóin
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Dr. Donald Roper
MovieThe Claim
2000
as Sweetley
MovieThe Closer You Get
2000
as Ian O'Donnell
MovieWhat Where
2000
as Bam
DDU: District Detective Unit
1999
as Det. Sgt. Carl McCadden
MovieLipservice
1999
as Mairtin O Cathain
MovieSimon Magus
1999
as Maximillian Hase
TVThe Vice
1999
as Tommy Bowers
TVCold Feet
1998
as Roy
MovieThe General
1998
as Gary
MovieThe Butcher Boy
1998
as Sergeant
MovieResurrection Man
1998
as Sammy McClure
TVThe Ambassador
1998
MovieThe Disappearance of Finbar
1997
as Detective Roche
MovieBogwoman
1997
as Mr D
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Sean O'Connell
MovieThe Informant
1997
as Frankie Conroy
MovieA Further Gesture
1997
as Tommy Breen
MovieMichael Collins
1996
as Smith
MovieTrojan Eddie
1996
as Raymie
Initiation
1996
Safe And Sound
1996
as Dougy Flynn
Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret
1995
as Jim Caine
MovieBraveheart
1995
as MacClannough
Dangerous Lady
1995
TVThe Hanging Gale
1995
as Ferry
MovieCircle of Friends
1995
as Mr Duggan
MovieRik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
as Michael
MovieThe Hanging Gale
1995
as Ferry
MovieFamily
1994
as Charlo Spencer
TVFamily
1994
as Charlo Spencer
TVRik Mayall Presents
1993
as Michael
MovieThe Field
1990
as Father Chris Doran
MovieFools of Fortune
1990
as Doyle
MovieWho Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as A
The Playboy of the Western World
1985
as Shawn Keogh
TVMinder
1979
as Alexie Nolan
MovieGilgamesh
as Utnapishtim
