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Rough for Theatre I (2000)
Character: A
An old blind beggar and an old cripple in a wheelchair meet on a desolate street corner. The latter proposes that the two form an alliance, but the men are not destined to get along together.
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The Virgins (1974)
Character: Cloggy Moore
Three middle-aged Irish bachelors - Shemm, Cloggy and Ambrose - put drinks before sex. Even Mrs Ryder can't shatter their celibacy.
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Gaybo Laughs Back (2008)
Character: Self
Gaybo Laughs Back is an hour-long special, hosted by Gay Byrne who introduces some of the comedy highlights from his thirty-seven years at the helm of the long-running television series.
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The Statue and the Rose (1975)
Character: Archbishop
The love affair of Irish nationalist politician Charles Stewart Parnell with a married woman, Katherine O'Shea.
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The Light Princess (1978)
Character: Oracle (voice)
Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
Character: Dean of Studies
Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his family's circumstances, that leads him to revelations on the nature of art, beauty, and politics. However, his personal renaissance makes him feel unwelcome in his own country, and forces him to make a choice between exile as artist or staying and facing personal defeat.
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Philadelphia, Here I Come (1975)
Character: Conan O'Byrne
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
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Young Man in Trouble (1970)
Character: Joe
A problem for Frank and Margaret turns out to be a false alarm, or even a blessing in disguise.
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Puckoon (2002)
Character: O'Toole
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
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Billy Budd (1966)
Character: N/A
A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?
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The Last (2002)
Character: Walter
A short film about a shoemaker who pledged his fiancé he would make her the most beautiful pair of shoes for their wedding. Now, some fifty years later he is finally fulfilling his promise. But his business has fallen away and his rent is in arrears.
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Anne Devlin (1984)
Character: Dr Trevor
The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
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The Legion Hall Bombing (1978)
Character: Judge
The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.
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Fugitive (1974)
Character: Mark
After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order. Author Sean Walsh fled the Franciscan order to become first a journalist, then a playwright and is now a radio drama producer in Ireland.
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The Comedy of Errors (1983)
Character: Balthazar
Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago. Too bad that Ephesus has just declared war on Syracuse, and will instantly put to death any Syracusean found within their borders unless a ransome's paid. Meanwhile, the son, Antipholus, and his servant, Dromio (also an identical twin), keep running into strangers who seem to know them...
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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
Character: Self / Mr O'Reilly
30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making of this classic sitcom.
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Joyriders (1988)
Character: Daniel
The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.
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Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
Character: Ticket collector
A naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author twice her age.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
Character: Tavernkeeper
Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, and falls in love with her. So does Quasimodo's guardian, the archdeacon of the cathedral, and a poor street poet. But Esmeralda's in love with a handsome soldier. When a mob mistakes her for a witch, it's up to Quasimodo to rescue her and claim sanctuary for her in the cathedral.
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The Jigsaw Man (1983)
Character: Cameron
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
Character: Trival
With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek (Anthony Anderson), Cody has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the evil control of a diabolical villain.
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The Wrong Man (1956)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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Waking Ned (1998)
Character: Michael O'Sullivan
When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
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Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)
Character: (uncredited)
Jack Stryker took two bullets in the leg in Vietnam and was carried back by one of his men. When he returns, he tries to live a quiet life in his cabin and go back out with his girlfriend, Sally.
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Pirates (1986)
Character: Surgeon
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
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The Kovak Box (2006)
Character: Frank Kovak
David Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his characters, their lives and their deaths. But what happens when his fictional world becomes all too real?
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Into the West (1992)
Character: Grandfather
Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
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The Italian Job (1969)
Character: Vicar
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
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Laws of Attraction (2004)
Character: Priest / Michael
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
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The Run of the Country (1995)
Character: Father Gaynor
An Irish lad who fled from his oppressive, widowed father falls for a girl from an affluent family.
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The Next Man (1976)
Character: Chauffeur in Ireland
Khalil is an Arab diplomat who wants to not only make peace with Israel, but admit the Jewish state as a member of OPEC. This instantly makes him a target for a series of ingeniously conceived assassination attempts, most of which he foils with the aid of his friend Hamid and his girlfriend Nicole. But can he trust even them?
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Mean Machine (2001)
Character: Doc
Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.
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Un taxi mauve (1977)
Character: Little Person
With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.
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Dublin Nightmare (1958)
Character: Customer
Loot goes missing in robbery double-cross. Gang members, an ex-lover and a handsome stranger are left to sort it out.
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The Calcium Kid (2004)
Character: Paddy O'Flannagan
When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of action, he is propelled from amateur boxer to the world stage and announced as the replacement contender for the championship fight.
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Red Monarch (1983)
Character: Sergo
British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: "Even in the best democracy errors are being made!"
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Greenfingers (2001)
Character: Fergus Wilks
Prison inmate Colin Briggs is introduced to gardening, and when his thriving prison garden attracts the attention of flamboyant gardening expert Georgina Woodhouse, she offers to sponsor the inmates in an upcoming flower show. At the Hampton Court Flower Show, Colin meets Georgina's daughter and romance is in bloom.
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Moondance (1995)
Character: N/A
The close relationship between two fun-loving brothers comes under threat when a beautiful, sensitive girl arrives on the scene. As the younger brother comes of age, the inevitable jealousy, confusion, rivalry and lust place their brotherly love in jeopardy.
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Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
Character: Fr. Grogan
Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determined to bring him down once and for all.
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Mystics (2003)
Character: Dave
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
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The Matchmaker (1997)
Character: O'Connor
Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.
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Stardust (2007)
Character: Guard
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
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Ulysses (1967)
Character: Garrett Deasy
Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of wandering about the city during which he finds friendship and a father figure in Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged Jew. Meanwhile, Bloom's day, illuminated by a funeral and an evening of drinking and revelry that stirs paternal feelings toward Stephen, ends with a rapprochement with Molly, his earthy wife.
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A Man of No Importance (1994)
Character: Christy Ward
Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.
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The Quare Fellow (1962)
Character: Reception Clerk
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.
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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
Character: Maguire
In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality.
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