John Kavanagh: movies and TV shows
John Kavanagh has 81 credits in the archive: 59 films and 22 TV series, from 1970 to 2024. Highest rated: The Storyteller (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1970 – 2024 · busiest year: 1986 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Baltimore | Sir Alfred Beit | Film | 5.9 | 78 |
| 2024 | Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen | Arthur Browne | Film | 5.5 | 78 |
| 2022 | Vikings: Valhalla | The Seer | TV | 7.6 | 76 |
| 2022 | Peacock | Georgia's Boss | TV | 5.8 | 76 |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Le Gris' Priest | Film | 7.4 | 75 |
| 2021 | Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | Gatekeeper (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2019 | Supervized | Windsor | Film | 5.2 | 73 |
| 2017 | Lost Memories | Dad | Film | — | 71 |
| 2017 | Deposits | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 71 |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Arturo Toscanini | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2015 | Vikings: Athelstan's Journal | The Seer (archive footage) | TV | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2015 | Vikings: Athelstan's Journal | The Seer | TV | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2014 | In Secret | Inspector Michaud | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2013 | Vikings | Pope Leo IV | TV | 8.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | Vikings | The Seer (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | Vikings | The Seer | TV | 8.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | The Invisible Woman | Reverend Benham | Film | 5.9 | 67 |
| 2013 | The Stag | Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2012 | Titanic: Blood and Steel | Edward Carson | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2010 | The Runway | Film | 6.0 | 64 | |
| 2009 | Father & Son | John O'Connor | TV | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Cardinal Campeggio | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Tudors | Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Reverend Smith | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Emmett Linscott | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 2006 | The Tiger's Tail | Harry | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 2004 | Alexander | Parmenion | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2004 | The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind | Film | 9.0 | 58 | |
| 2004 | The Halo Effect | Stan | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2003 | Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor | Judge Shippen | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 2003 | Mystics | Gerry the Barman | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 2002 | Pete's Meteor | Sergeant Maloney | Film | 4.9 | 56 |
| 2002 | Sinners | Frank | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 2002 | Puckoon | Haggerty | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2001 | Rebel Heart | Eugene O'Brien | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2001 | Last Days in Dublin | Film | 8.0 | 55 | |
| 1999 | Vicious Circle | Charlie Rice | Film | 8.5 | 53 |
| 1998 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Father Carlin | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1998 | The Butcher Boy | Dr. Boyd | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1997 | The Informant | IRA Chief | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1996 | Some Mother's Son | Cardinal | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1996 | Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told | Voice | Film | — | 50 |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Craig | Film | 7.9 | 49 |
| 1995 | Circle of Friends | Brian Mahon | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1995 | Sharpe's Sword | Father Patrick Curtis | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1995 | Shadow of a Gunman | Adolphus Grigson | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1994 | Scarlett | Jamie O'Hara | TV | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1994 | Widows' Peak | Canon Murtagh | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1993 | Sharpe | Father Curtis | TV | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1993 | Love Lies Bleeding | Sean Kerrigan | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1993 | Bad Company | Patrick Molloy | Film | — | 47 |
| 1992 | Into the West | Hartnett | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1991 | Performance | Adolphus Grigson | TV | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1991 | Children of the North | Seamus Reilly | Film | 7.7 | 45 |
| 1991 | Events at Drimaghleen | Superintendent O'Kelly | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1991 | Arise and Go Now | Father Dade | Film | — | 45 |
| 1990 | Fools of Fortune | Johnny Lacy | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | Z | Film | 8.5 | 44 |
| 1990 | August Saturday | Tom Crosbie | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller | Beggar | TV | 8.2 | 42 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller: A Story Short | Beggar | Film | — | 42 |
| 1988 | Joyriders | Manager | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1987 | Bellman and True | Donkey | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Tom Crosbie | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Superintendent O'Kelly | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Father Dade | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Sean Kerrigan | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Hennessey | TV | 7.4 | 40 |
| 1986 | The Fantasist | Robert Foxley | Film | 4.4 | 40 |
| 1985 | The Price | Kearney | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1985 | The Price | Kearney | Film | — | 39 |
| 1984 | Cal | Skeffington | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1984 | Children in the Crossfire | Film | 7.0 | 38 | |
| 1983 | The Country Girls | James | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1983 | Attracta | Mr. Devereux | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1982 | The Ballroom of Romance | Bowser Egan | Film | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1980 | Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland | Patrick Pearse | Film | — | 34 |
| 1971 | A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton | Priest | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1970 | The McKenzie Break | Film | 5.9 | 24 | |
| Weeks | Jim | Film | — | — | |
| One Sweet Hour | Tommy | Film | — | — |