Des McAleer: movies and TV shows
Des McAleer has 48 credits in the archive: 31 films and 17 TV series, from 1980 to 2026. Highest rated: The Crown (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1980 – 2026 · busiest year: 1984 (3 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | How to Get to Heaven from Belfast | Father William | TV | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2023 | Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motion | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 71 |
| 2021 | Hope Street | Barry Pettigrew | TV | 5.2 | 69 |
| 2019 | Lost Lives | Self (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2019 | Out of Innocence | Père O'Reilly | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2018 | The Children Act | Jim the Porter | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 2018 | Death and Nightingales | Jim Rutledge | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2016 | The Crown | Philip Kinghorn Burbidge | TV | 8.2 | 64 |
| 2016 | My Mother and Other Strangers | Ned Hanlon | TV | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2016 | National Theatre Live: The Seagull | Shamrayev | Film | — | 64 |
| 2014 | North | Richard | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 2013 | How I Live Now | Major McEvoy | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Senior Policeman | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2009 | Wuthering Heights | Joseph | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 2008 | Hunger | Mr Sands | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2006 | The Penalty King | Denis Cleghorn | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 2006 | Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand | Col. Burton C. Andrus | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2005 | Deadlines | Jim Prager | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 2000 | An Everlasting Piece | Mr. Black | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 2000 | When the Sky Falls | Film | 4.7 | 48 | |
| 1999 | Angela's Ashes | Mr. Benson | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1998 | I Want You | Flowers Salesman | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1998 | Picking Up the Pieces | Bill Tansey | TV | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1998 | Titanic Town | Finbar | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1997 | Touching Evil | DCI Frank Dolland | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1997 | This Is the Sea | Inspector Wilson | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | TV | 7.6 | 44 | |
| 1996 | Safe And Sound | Tommy Delaney | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1995 | Butterfly Kiss | Eric McDermott | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1995 | Life After Life | Paddy John O'Neill | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1994 | Family | Ray Harris | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Matt Rawlings | TV | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | TV | 5.5 | 40 | |
| 1991 | Trainer | Joe Hogan | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1990 | Hidden Agenda | Sgt Kennedy | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1990 | Shoot to Kill | CID Supt. Jimmy Richards | Film | — | 38 |
| 1989 | The Paradise Club | DCS Flemyng | TV | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1988 | Coppers | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1988 | Crossfire | Dermot Shea | Film | — | 36 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Dave McGann | TV | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1986 | No Man's Land | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Paddy John O'Neill | TV | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 32 | |
| 1984 | Four Days in July | Eugene | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1984 | Anne Devlin | James Hope | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1983 | The Schooner | Boatman | Film | — | 31 |
| 1983 | The Writing on the Wall | Major Bond | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1980 | Juno and the Paycock | 1st Furniture Removal Man | Film | — | 28 |