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The Glory Hole (1982)
Character: Barney McArdle
Cathy and Noel are a Catholic and a protestant soldier. They fall in love, to their cost.
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Chekhov in Derry (1983)
Character: Self
A behind the scenes look at a theatre company formed by playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea. It contains footage of rehearsals and the performance in Derry of Three Sisters.
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High Rise Donkey (1980)
Character: Policeman
The efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time crooks who want to sell it as horsemeat, by providing a temporary stable for the donkey in the block of high-rise flats.
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Leapin' Leprechauns (1995)
Character: Patrick
A man tries to build a theme park on top of land that's secretly the home to friendly Leprechauns.
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Mark of the Devil (1984)
Character: Father Dowd
A desperate gambler in debt with a gangster robs a Chinese tattoo artist, getting stabbed and killing the man in the process. A black spot appears on his chest and begins to spread and turn into a condemning tattoo
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The Near Room (1997)
Character: Pat
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the top of his game. Their lives are smashed together by one name - Tommy Stirling, Charlie's daughter, a fostered teenage pregnancy who has become embroiled in an alleged child pornography scandal with a top ranking police officer. As the trail to Tommy begins to heat up, so the bodies begin to mount up. Allegiances fall by the wayside as Charlie's life begins to spiral out of control and the deadly world of drugs, blackmail and murder that lies in the deepest heart of the underworld threatens to consume him and his missing daughter forever.
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The Long March (1980)
Character: Joe Walsh
A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protest.
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The Precious Blood (1996)
Character: Albert McVea
Rosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 years previously. Her teenage son John is heading for a life of delinquency fuelled by revenge. Then, he meets Billy McVea, who runs a boxing gym, affecting all their lives.
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Lorna (1987)
Character: Norman Martin
In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.
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Shadow of a Gunman (1995)
Character: The Landlord
The first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a Gunman" is the story of two young men, Donal and Seamus who share a flat in Dublin.
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Crossing the Floor (1996)
Character: Andrew Carson
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.
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Naming the Names (1987)
Character: Mr McCoy
Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...
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Doctor Who: Battlefield (1989)
Character: Peter Warmsley
Knights from a parallel universe arrive on Earth to find the legendary sword Excalibur. Only the Doctor and Ace, with the assistance of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, can save the Earth from total catastrophe.
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A Coming to Terms for Billy (1984)
Character: Norman Martin
Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man? Third in the trilogy.
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Priest (1995)
Character: Father Ellerton
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
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Best (2000)
Character: Dickie Beal
Pulling no punches in its depiction of soccer legend George Best's slow descent from the heights of his Manchester United career, the man once dubbed the fifth Beatle for his glamorous lifestyle and good looks.
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Too Late to Talk to Billy (1982)
Character: Norman Martin
Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First in a multi-year trilogy.
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A Matter of Choice for Billy (1983)
Character: Norman Martin
Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son, Billy, and daughter, Lorna, are in charge of their younger sisters, Ann and Maureen. Second in the trilogy.
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Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
Character: Jim O'Brien
When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.
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Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns (1996)
Character: Patrick
Fairyhill Ireland is a place filled with mysteries and legends,Leprechauns and Magic. And for an American Kid like Mike Dennehy, it's a world of wonderous adventure. Vacationing in Fairyhill for the summer, Mike makes friends with a fascinating group of rather unlucky leprechaunsby Nula, Queen of the Dead - an unbelievably beautiful and sinister witch. can the Queen destroy centuries of Leprechaun power? Will evil triumph? Gather up your lucky charms(you'll need them!) and get ready for Spellbreaker, the adventure of Mike's lifetime... and yours!
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No Surrender (1985)
Character: Paddy Burke
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.
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Resurrection Man (1998)
Character: Ivor Coppinger
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.
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