Sean McGinley: movies and TV shows
Sean McGinley has 79 credits in the archive: 58 films and 21 TV series, from 1979 to 2025. Highest rated: Braveheart (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1979 – 2025 · busiest year: 1995 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air | Pierre | Film | — | 69 |
| 2024 | That They May Face the Rising Sun | Johnny Murphy | Film | 7.2 | 68 |
| 2024 | Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's | Self | Film | — | 68 |
| 2023 | The Last Rifleman | Brendan O'Brien | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2023 | Wait for Me | Ged | Film | 8.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | Christmas at Castle Hart | Liam | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2020 | The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw | Seamus Dwyer | Film | 5.4 | 64 |
| 2019 | Stalker | Henry | Film | — | 63 |
| 2019 | Lost Lives | Self (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2018 | The Alienist | Bishop Potter | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2018 | Butterfly | Peter Duffy | TV | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2018 | Death and Nightingales | Bishop Donnelly | TV | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2017 | Paula | Terry | TV | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2016 | The Truth Commissioner | Francis Gilroy | Film | 4.5 | 60 |
| 2015 | Clean Break | Ben | TV | 4.0 | 59 |
| 2014 | A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2013 | Shetland | Drew McColl | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 2010 | Republic of Doyle | Malachy Doyle | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Wild Decembers | O'Dea | Film | 4.5 | 53 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Keiran Donnelly | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 2007 | Single-Handed | Dennis Costello | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Campbell | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 2007 | Shrooms | Bernie | Film | 4.9 | 51 |
| 2006 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Father Denis | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 2006 | Sixty Six | Mr. O'Connor | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 2006 | The Tiger's Tail | Declan Murray | Film | 5.6 | 50 |
| 2006 | 48 Angels | Dilly | Film | 4.5 | 50 |
| 2006 | Black Dog | Grandfather | Film | — | 50 |
| 2005 | On a Clear Day | Eddie | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 2005 | The Mighty Celt | I'm A Cripple | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 2004 | Man About Dog | J.P. McCallion | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 2004 | Freeze Frame | Detective Louis Emeric | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2003 | Conspiracy of Silence | Rector Cathal | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 2003 | Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 2003 | Dead Bodies | Detective Inspector Wheeler | Film | 5.5 | 47 |
| 2003 | Watermelon | Joe Ryan | Film | 4.4 | 47 |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Forty Thieves Leader | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 2002 | Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? | Mimms | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Dr. Donald Roper | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 2001 | On Home Ground | Fergal Collins | TV | — | 45 |
| 2001 | Clare sa Spéir | Eóin | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 2000 | The Claim | Sweetley | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 2000 | The Closer You Get | Ian O'Donnell | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 2000 | What Where | Bam | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1999 | The Vice | Tommy Bowers | TV | 5.6 | 43 |
| 1999 | Simon Magus | Maximillian Hase | Film | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1999 | DDU: District Detective Unit | Det. Sgt. Carl McCadden | TV | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1999 | Lipservice | Mairtin O Cathain | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1998 | Cold Feet | Roy | TV | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1998 | The Ambassador | TV | 6.5 | 42 | |
| 1998 | The Butcher Boy | Sergeant | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1998 | The General | Gary | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1998 | Resurrection Man | Sammy McClure | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Sean O'Connell | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1997 | Scorned 2 | Film | 3.3 | 41 | |
| 1997 | The Informant | Frankie Conroy | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1997 | A Further Gesture | Tommy Breen | Film | 4.8 | 41 |
| 1997 | The Disappearance of Finbar | Detective Roche | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1997 | Bogwoman | Mr D | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Smith | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1996 | Safe And Sound | Dougy Flynn | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1996 | Trojan Eddie | Raymie | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1996 | Initiation | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1995 | Braveheart | MacClannough | Film | 7.9 | 39 |
| 1995 | Circle of Friends | Mr Duggan | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1995 | Dangerous Lady | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1995 | The Hanging Gale | Ferry | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1995 | Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret | Jim Caine | Film | — | 39 |
| 1995 | Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town | Michael | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1995 | The Hanging Gale | Ferry | Film | — | 39 |
| 1994 | Family | Charlo Spencer | TV | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1994 | Family | Charlo Spencer | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1993 | Rik Mayall Presents | Michael | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1990 | The Field | Father Chris Doran | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1990 | Who Bombed Birmingham? | A | Film | 8.5 | 34 |
| 1990 | Fools of Fortune | Doyle | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1985 | The Playboy of the Western World | Shawn Keogh | Film | — | 29 |
| 1979 | Minder | Alexie Nolan | TV | 7.2 | 23 |
| Gilgamesh | Utnapishtim | Film | — | — |