Acting · Dublin, Ireland · Born August 28, 1959
Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker.
MovieNational Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
2026
as Michael Flaherty
MovieThe Three Urns
2026
as Liam
TVCooper & Fry
2025
as DI Paul Hitchens
TVTrespasses
2025
as Sergeant Reid
TVLeonard and Hungry Paul
2025
as Peter
MovieA Greyhound of a Girl
2023
as Male Judge (voice)
MovieTarrac
2023
as Bear
MovieGhosts
2023
as Jacob Engstrand
MovieLakelands
2023
MovieLOLA
2023
as Major. General Norbury
MovieAisha
2022
as Peter Flood
MovieRóise & Frank
2022
as Donncha
MovieBurn It All
2022
as M. Barrett
MovieChristmas at Castle Hart
2021
as Patrick
TVBloodlands
2021
as DCS Jackie Twomey
MovieHerself
2020
as Michael
MovieDrifting
2020
as Diarmuid
MovieThe Dig
2019
as Sean McKenna
TVLes Misérables
2018
as Chief Inspector
TVRig 45
2018
as Adam
MovieTake Me Swimming
2017
as Interviewer
TVAcceptable Risk
2017
as CS James Nulty
TVThe Crown
2016
as Commissioner Stevens
MovieMy Life for Ireland
2016
as Pump man
TVThe Last Kingdom
2015
as Father Selbix
TVCode of a Killer
2015
as DI Alan Madden
TVFortitude
2015
as DI Littlejohn
MovieThe Legend of Longwood
2014
as Lance Wicklow
MovieLove, Rosie
2014
as Dennis Dunne
TVThe Crimson Field
2014
as Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty
TVMoonfleet
2013
MovieThe Food Guide to Love
2013
as Eddie
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013
as James Connolly
TVAtlantis
2013
as Cilix
MovieFlying Blind
2013
as Duncan Morehouse
TVDeath in Paradise
2011
as Tosh Walker
TVVera
2011
as Roy Brewer
TVParadox
2009
as Simon Manning
MovieBest: His Mother's Son
2009
as Dickie Best
TVLaw & Order: UK
2009
MovieGod on Trial
2008
as Blockaltester
MovieSummer of the Flying Saucer
2008
as Ciaran
TVThe Palace
2008
as Jonty Roberts
MovieThe Dead Peasants Society
2007
as Patrick Cunningham
TVLewis
2007
as Liam Cullen
MovieThe 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
The Play's the Thing
2006
TVRome
2005
as Erastes Fulmen
MovieOmagh
2005
as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan
MovieThe Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
as Harold Bradley
MovieHornblower: Duty
2003
as Wolfe
MovieHornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Wolfe
TVSpooks
2002
as Patrick McCann
TVShackleton
2002
as Frank Wild
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Victor Coleridge
TVRebel Heart
2001
as Inspector Nelson
MovieMy Fragile Heart
2000
as Bernard Cleve
TVMcCready and Daughter
2000
TVRebus
2000
as Thomas Steele
TVHornblower
1998
as Wolfe
MovieDancing at Lughnasa
1998
as Danny Bradley
MovieTitanic Town
1998
as Tony
TVClose Relations
1998
as Stephen
MovieMacbeth
1998
as Macduff
MovieNight Train
1998
as Billy
MovieFood of Love
1997
as Luke
MovieThe Heart Surgeon
1997
as Larry Duggan
TVThe Heart Surgeon
1997
as Larry Duggan
MovieDeacon Brodie
1997
as George Smith
Dah Dit Dah
1996
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Colin McGrath
TVBallykissangel
1996
as Sean Dillon
MovieLife After Life
1995
as Leo Doyle
MovieFamily
1994
as Tutorial Teacher
TVCracker
1993
as DS Jimmy Beck
MovieYou, Me & Marley
1992
as Father Tom
MovieThe Playboys
1992
as Ryan / John Joe
MovieChernobyl: The Final Warning
1991
as Chernov
Parnell & the Englishwoman
1991
as Timothy Healy
The Magic Toyshop
1987
as Francie
The Venus de Milo Instead
1987
as Mr. Scott
MovieEmpire State
1987
as Richard
TVScreen Two
1985
as Leo Doyle
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieYield
as Eve's Dad
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