Sean McGinley
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Seán McGinley is an Irish film and TV actor. He's appeared in about 80 films and television series.
Known For
Filmography
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
2025
as Pierre
That They May Face the Rising Sun
2024
as Johnny Murphy
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
2024
as Self
Wait for Me
2023
as Ged
The Last Rifleman
2023
as Brendan O'Brien
Christmas at Castle Hart
2021
as Liam
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
2020
as Seamus Dwyer
Lost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
Stalker
2019
as Henry
Butterfly
2018
as Peter Duffy
Death and Nightingales
2018
as Bishop Donnelly
The Alienist
2018
as Bishop Potter
Paula
2017
as Terry
The Truth Commissioner
2016
as Francis Gilroy
Clean Break
2015
as Ben
A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators
2014
as Self
Shetland
2013
as Drew McColl
Republic of Doyle
2010
as Malachy Doyle
Wild Decembers
2009
as O'Dea
Shrooms
2007
as Bernie
Closing the Ring
2007
as Campbell
Single-Handed
2007
as Dennis Costello
Lewis
2007
as Keiran Donnelly
The Tiger's Tail
2006
as Declan Murray
48 Angels
2006
as Dilly
Sixty Six
2006
as Mr. O'Connor
Black Dog
2006
as Grandfather
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006
as Father Denis
The Mighty Celt
2005
as I'm A Cripple
On a Clear Day
2005
as Eddie
Man About Dog
2004
as J.P. McCallion
Freeze Frame
2004
as Detective Louis Emeric
Watermelon
2003
as Joe Ryan
Dead Bodies
2003
as Detective Inspector Wheeler
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
as Rector Cathal
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?
2002
as Mimms
Gangs of New York
2002
as Forty Thieves Leader
Clare sa Spéir
2001
as Eóin
Waking the Dead
2001
as Dr. Donald Roper
On Home Ground
2001
as Fergal Collins
The Closer You Get
2000
as Ian O'Donnell
What Where
2000
as Bam
The Claim
2000
as Sweetley
Simon Magus
1999
as Maximillian Hase
Lipservice
1999
as Mairtin O Cathain
The Vice
1999
as Tommy Bowers
DDU: District Detective Unit
1999
as Det. Sgt. Carl McCadden
The Butcher Boy
1998
as Sergeant
The General
1998
as Gary
Resurrection Man
1998
as Sammy McClure
Cold Feet
1998
as Roy
The Ambassador
1998
A Further Gesture
1997
as Tommy Breen
The Disappearance of Finbar
1997
as Detective Roche
The Informant
1997
as Frankie Conroy
Bogwoman
1997
as Mr D
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Sean O'Connell
Michael Collins
1996
as Smith
Trojan Eddie
1996
as Raymie
Initiation
1996
Safe And Sound
1996
as Dougy Flynn
Braveheart
1995
as MacClannough
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
1995
as Michael
The Hanging Gale
1995
as Ferry
Circle of Friends
1995
as Mr Duggan
Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret
1995
as Jim Caine
The Hanging Gale
1995
as Ferry
Dangerous Lady
1995
Family
1994
as Charlo Spencer
Family
1994
as Charlo Spencer
Rik Mayall Presents
1993
as Michael
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
as A
The Field
1990
as Father Chris Doran
Fools of Fortune
1990
as Doyle
The Playboy of the Western World
1985
as Shawn Keogh
Minder
1979
as Alexie Nolan