Person
Sean McGinley
Acting · Born 1956-03-01 · Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal, Ireland
Biography
Seán McGinley is an Irish film and TV actor. He's appeared in about 80 films and television series.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Sean O'Connell
Shetland
Drew McColl
Minder
Alexie Nolan
Waking the Dead
Dr. Donald Roper
Lewis
Keiran Donnelly
Braveheart
MacClannough
Republic of Doyle
Malachy Doyle
The Alienist
Bishop Potter
Cold Feet
Roy
Gangs of New York
Forty Thieves Leader
Filmography
- 2025National Theatre Live: The Brightening AirPierre
- 2024That They May Face the Rising SunJohnny Murphy
- 2024Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes'sSelf
- 2023The Last RiflemanBrendan O'Brien
- 2023Wait for MeGed
- 2021Christmas at Castle HartLiam
- 2020The Curse of Audrey EarnshawSeamus Dwyer
- 2019Lost LivesSelf (voice)
- 2019StalkerHenry
- 2018Death and NightingalesBishop Donnelly
- 2018ButterflyPeter Duffy
- 2018The AlienistBishop Potter
- 2017PaulaTerry
- 2016The Truth CommissionerFrancis Gilroy
- 2015Clean BreakBen
- 2014A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and AviatorsSelf
- 2013ShetlandDrew McColl
- 2010Republic of DoyleMalachy Doyle
- 2009Wild DecembersO'Dea
- 2007Closing the RingCampbell
- 2007ShroomsBernie
- 2007LewisKeiran Donnelly
- 2007Single-HandedDennis Costello
- 2006Black DogGrandfather
- 2006Sixty SixMr. O'Connor
- 2006The Tiger's TailDeclan Murray
- 2006The Wind That Shakes the BarleyFather Denis
- 200648 AngelsDilly
- 2005On a Clear DayEddie
- 2005The Mighty CeltI'm A Cripple
- 2004Man About DogJ.P. McCallion
- 2004Freeze FrameDetective Louis Emeric
- 2003Conspiracy of SilenceRector Cathal
- 2003Dead BodiesDetective Inspector Wheeler
- 2003WatermelonJoe Ryan
- 2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Gangs of New YorkForty Thieves Leader
- 2002Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?Mimms
- 2001On Home GroundFergal Collins
- 2001Clare sa SpéirEóin
- 2001Waking the DeadDr. Donald Roper
- 2000The ClaimSweetley
- 2000The Closer You GetIan O'Donnell
- 2000What WhereBam
- 1999DDU: District Detective UnitDet. Sgt. Carl McCadden
- 1999LipserviceMairtin O Cathain
- 1999Simon MagusMaximillian Hase
- 1999The ViceTommy Bowers
- 1998Cold FeetRoy
- 1998The GeneralGary
- 1998The Butcher BoySergeant
- 1998Resurrection ManSammy McClure
- 1998The Ambassador
- 1997The Disappearance of FinbarDetective Roche
- 1997BogwomanMr D
- 1997Midsomer MurdersSean O'Connell
- 1997The InformantFrankie Conroy
- 1997Scorned 2Screenplay
- 1997A Further GestureTommy Breen
- 1996Michael CollinsSmith
- 1996Trojan EddieRaymie
- 1996Initiation
- 1996Safe And SoundDougy Flynn
- 1995Circles of Deceit: Dark SecretJim Caine
- 1995BraveheartMacClannough
- 1995Dangerous Lady
- 1995The Hanging GaleFerry
- 1995Circle of FriendsMr Duggan
- 1995Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old TownMichael
- 1995The Hanging GaleFerry
- 1994FamilyCharlo Spencer
- 1994FamilyCharlo Spencer
- 1993Rik Mayall PresentsMichael
- 1990The FieldFather Chris Doran
- 1990Fools of FortuneDoyle
- 1990Who Bombed Birmingham?A
- 1985The Playboy of the Western WorldShawn Keogh
- 1979MinderAlexie Nolan
- —GilgameshUtnapishtim
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