Person

Arthur Riordan

Acting · Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland

Arthur Riordan is a prominent Irish playwright and actor, widely recognised as a founding member of the Rough Magic Theatre Company. Born in Fermoy, County Cork, in 1966, he has become a fixture in Irish theatre both as a writer of satirical musicals and a versatile stage and screen performer.

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  Fair City

  Shay Houlihan

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  The Tudors

  Priest in Confessional

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  Ripper Street

  Pembury

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  Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

  Publican

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  The Ambassador

  Brian Shaw

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  Rebel Heart

  Vincent Smith

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  As Luck Would Have It

  Seamus

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  Can't Cope, Won't Cope

  Garda at Checkpoint

• Who Do You Think You Are?

  Narrator

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  Louise Lives Large

  Doctor Whelton

• 2026A Sunken PlaceHayes
• 2024Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. AssassinPublican
• 2024Holy IslandMammon
• 2024Louise Lives LargeDoctor Whelton
• 2024Mob the Trench
• 2021DebutantePeter
• 2021As Luck Would Have ItSeamus
• 2016Can't Cope, Won't CopeGarda at Checkpoint
• 2013Out of HereDermot
• 2012Ripper StreetPembury
• 2012Stella DaysArchitect
• 2012The Enigma of Frank RyanEamonn De Valera
• 2008Who Do You Think You Are?Narrator
• 2007The TudorsPriest in Confessional
• 2007Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street IrregularsPoliceman 1
• 2005Showbands
• 2002Prince WilliamAdvisor 2
• 2001On the EdgeMale Nurse
• 2001Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Beckett ‘n’ JoyceSamuel Beckett
• 2001Borstal BoyLiberian
• 2001Rebel HeartVincent Smith
• 2000The Last SeptemberBlack and Tan Soldier
• 1998The AmbassadorBrian Shaw
• 1997Before I SleepGolfer 4
• 1997My Dinner With Oswald
• 1989Fair CityShay Houlihan
• 1988Ink