Person
Des McAleer
Acting · Born 1952-05-25 · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Biography
Des McAleer is a Belfast born actor of film, TV and stage.
Known for
Silent Witness
1996
The Crown
Philip Kinghorn Burbidge
Casualty
Dave McGann
Screen Two
Paddy John O'Neill
Heartbeat
Matt Rawlings
The Bill
1984
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
Father William
Between the Lines
1992
Hope Street
Barry Pettigrew
The Paradise Club
DCS Flemyng
Filmography
- 2026How to Get to Heaven from BelfastFather William
- 2023Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motionNarrator
- 2021Hope StreetBarry Pettigrew
- 2019Lost LivesSelf (voice)
- 2019Out of InnocencePère O'Reilly
- 2018Death and NightingalesJim Rutledge
- 2018The Children ActJim the Porter
- 2016My Mother and Other StrangersNed Hanlon
- 2016The CrownPhilip Kinghorn Burbidge
- 2016National Theatre Live: The SeagullShamrayev
- 2014NorthRichard
- 2013How I Live NowMajor McEvoy
- 2011My Week with MarilynSenior Policeman
- 2009Wuthering HeightsJoseph
- 2008HungerMr Sands
- 2006The Penalty KingDenis Cleghorn
- 2006Nuremberg: Goering's Last StandCol. Burton C. Andrus
- 2005DeadlinesJim Prager
- 2000An Everlasting PieceMr. Black
- 2000When the Sky Falls
- 1999Angela's AshesMr. Benson
- 1998Picking Up the PiecesBill Tansey
- 1998Titanic TownFinbar
- 1998I Want YouFlowers Salesman
- 1997This Is the SeaInspector Wilson
- 1997Touching EvilDCI Frank Dolland
- 1996Safe And SoundTommy Delaney
- 1996Silent Witness
- 1995Butterfly KissEric McDermott
- 1995Life After LifePaddy John O'Neill
- 1994FamilyRay Harris
- 1992Between the Lines
- 1992HeartbeatMatt Rawlings
- 1991TrainerJoe Hogan
- 1990Hidden AgendaSgt Kennedy
- 1990Shoot to KillCID Supt. Jimmy Richards
- 1989The Paradise ClubDCS Flemyng
- 1988Coppers
- 1988CrossfireDermot Shea
- 1986No Man's Land
- 1986CasualtyDave McGann
- 1985Screen TwoPaddy John O'Neill
- 1984Four Days in JulyEugene
- 1984The Bill
- 1984Anne DevlinJames Hope
- 1983The SchoonerBoatman
- 1983The Writing on the WallMajor Bond
- 1980Juno and the Paycock1st Furniture Removal Man
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