Des McAleer
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Des McAleer is a Belfast born actor of film, TV and stage.
Known For
Filmography
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026
as Father William
Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motion
2023
as Narrator
Hope Street
2021
as Barry Pettigrew
Out of Innocence
2019
as Père O'Reilly
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
The Children Act
2018
as Jim the Porter
Death and Nightingales
2018
as Jim Rutledge
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016
as Shamrayev
The Crown
2016
as Philip Kinghorn Burbidge
My Mother and Other Strangers
2016
as Ned Hanlon
North
2014
as Richard
How I Live Now
2013
as Major McEvoy
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Senior Policeman
Wuthering Heights
2009
as Joseph
Hunger
2008
as Mr Sands
Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
2006
as Col. Burton C. Andrus
The Penalty King
2006
as Denis Cleghorn
Deadlines
2005
as Jim Prager
An Everlasting Piece
2000
as Mr. Black
When the Sky Falls
2000
Angela's Ashes
1999
as Mr. Benson
I Want You
1998
as Flowers Salesman
Titanic Town
1998
as Finbar
Picking Up the Pieces
1998
as Bill Tansey
This Is the Sea
1997
as Inspector Wilson
Touching Evil
1997
as DCI Frank Dolland
Silent Witness
1996
Safe And Sound
1996
as Tommy Delaney
Butterfly Kiss
1995
as Eric McDermott
Life After Life
1995
as Paddy John O'Neill
Family
1994
as Ray Harris
Heartbeat
1992
as Matt Rawlings
Between the Lines
1992
Trainer
1991
as Joe Hogan
Roy's Raiders
1991
as Gavin Bailey
Hidden Agenda
1990
as Sgt Kennedy
Shoot to Kill
1990
as CID Supt. Jimmy Richards
The Paradise Club
1989
as DCS Flemyng
Crossfire
1988
as Dermot Shea
Coppers
1988
No Man's Land
1986
Casualty
1986
as Dave McGann
Screen Two
1985
as Paddy John O'Neill
Four Days in July
1984
as Eugene
Anne Devlin
1984
as James Hope
The Bill
1984
The Writing on the Wall
1983
as Major Bond
The Schooner
1983
as Boatman
Juno and the Paycock
1980
as 1st Furniture Removal Man