Person
Lorcan Cranitch
Acting · Born 1959-08-28 · Dublin, Ireland
Biography
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.
Known for
Death in Paradise
Tosh Walker
The Crown
Commissioner Stevens
Silent Witness
Colin McGrath
The Last Kingdom
Father Selbix
Vera
Roy Brewer
Screen Two
Leo Doyle
Spooks
Patrick McCann
Rome
Erastes Fulmen
Lewis
Liam Cullen
Waking the Dead
Victor Coleridge
Filmography
- 2026National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western WorldMichael Flaherty
- 2026The Three UrnsLiam
- 2025Cooper & FryDI Paul Hitchens
- 2025TrespassesSergeant Reid
- 2025Leonard and Hungry PaulPeter
- 2023A Greyhound of a GirlMale Judge (voice)
- 2023TarracBear
- 2023GhostsJacob Engstrand
- 2023Lakelands
- 2023LOLAMajor. General Norbury
- 2022AishaPeter Flood
- 2022Róise & FrankDonncha
- 2022Burn It AllM. Barrett
- 2021Christmas at Castle HartPatrick
- 2021BloodlandsDCS Jackie Twomey
- 2020HerselfMichael
- 2020DriftingDiarmuid
- 2019The DigSean McKenna
- 2018Les MisérablesChief Inspector
- 2018Rig 45Adam
- 2017Take Me SwimmingInterviewer
- 2017Acceptable RiskCS James Nulty
- 2016The CrownCommissioner Stevens
- 2016My Life for IrelandPump man
- 2015The Last KingdomFather Selbix
- 2015Code of a KillerDI Alan Madden
- 2015FortitudeDI Littlejohn
- 2014The Legend of LongwoodLance Wicklow
- 2014Love, RosieDennis Dunne
- 2014The Crimson FieldSergeant Aloysius McCafferty
- 2013Moonfleet
- 2013The Food Guide to LoveEddie
- 20131916 Seachtar DearmadtaJames Connolly
- 2013AtlantisCilix
- 2013Flying BlindDuncan Morehouse
- 2011Death in ParadiseTosh Walker
- 2011VeraRoy Brewer
- 2009ParadoxSimon Manning
- 2009Best: His Mother's SonDickie Best
- 2009Law & Order: UK
- 2008God on TrialBlockaltester
- 2008Summer of the Flying SaucerCiaran
- 2008The PalaceJonty Roberts
- 2007The Dead Peasants SocietyPatrick Cunningham
- 2007LewisLiam Cullen
- 2007The 50 Greatest Television DramasSelf
- 2006The Play's the Thing
- 2005RomeErastes Fulmen
- 2005OmaghChief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan
- 2004The Queen of Sheba's PearlsHarold Bradley
- 2003Hornblower: DutyWolfe
- 2003Hornblower: LoyaltyWolfe
- 2002SpooksPatrick McCann
- 2002ShackletonFrank Wild
- 2001Waking the DeadVictor Coleridge
- 2001Rebel HeartInspector Nelson
- 2000My Fragile HeartBernard Cleve
- 2000McCready and Daughter
- 2000RebusThomas Steele
- 1998HornblowerWolfe
- 1998Dancing at LughnasaDanny Bradley
- 1998Titanic TownTony
- 1998Close RelationsStephen
- 1998MacbethMacduff
- 1998Night TrainBilly
- 1997Food of LoveLuke
- 1997The Heart SurgeonLarry Duggan
- 1997The Heart SurgeonLarry Duggan
- 1997Deacon BrodieGeorge Smith
- 1996Dah Dit Dah
- 1996Silent WitnessColin McGrath
- 1996BallykissangelSean Dillon
- 1995Life After LifeLeo Doyle
- 1994FamilyTutorial Teacher
- 1993CrackerDS Jimmy Beck
- 1992You, Me & MarleyFather Tom
- 1992The PlayboysRyan / John Joe
- 1991Chernobyl: The Final WarningChernov
- 1987The Magic ToyshopFrancie
- 1987The Venus de Milo InsteadMr. Scott
- 1987Empire StateRichard
- 1985Screen TwoLeo Doyle
- 1984The Bill
- —YieldEve's Dad
- —Kelly
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