Sean McGinley

Known for: Acting
Born: March 1, 1956, Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal, Ireland
Movies: 56

Seán McGinley is an Irish film and TV actor. He's appeared in about 80 films and television series.

Upcoming Sean McGinley Movies

Gilgamesh

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.9

Braveheart

1995

7.3

Gangs of New York

2002

7.3

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006

6.9

Michael Collins

1996

4.9

Shrooms

2007

6.7

The General

1998

6.8

The Butcher Boy

1998

6.0

The Claim

2000

6.2

Closing the Ring

2007

6.6

The Last Rifleman

2023

Filmography

2025	National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air	Pierre
2024	That They May Face the Rising Sun	Johnny Murphy
2024	Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's	Self
2023	The Last Rifleman	Brendan O'Brien
2023	Wait for Me	Ged
2021	Christmas at Castle Hart	Liam
2020	The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw	Seamus Dwyer
2019	Lost Lives	Self (voice)
2019	Stalker	Henry
2016	The Truth Commissioner	Francis Gilroy
2014	A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators	Self
2009	Wild Decembers	O'Dea
2007	Closing the Ring	Campbell
2007	Shrooms	Bernie
2006	Black Dog	Grandfather
2006	Sixty Six	Mr. O'Connor
2006	The Tiger's Tail	Declan Murray
2006	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Father Denis
2006	48 Angels	Dilly
2005	On a Clear Day	Eddie
2005	The Mighty Celt	I'm A Cripple
2004	Man About Dog	J.P. McCallion
2004	Freeze Frame	Detective Louis Emeric
2003	Conspiracy of Silence	Rector Cathal
2003	Dead Bodies	Detective Inspector Wheeler
2003	Watermelon	Joe Ryan
2003	Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film	Self (archive footage)
2002	Gangs of New York	Forty Thieves Leader
2002	Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?	Mimms
2001	Clare sa Spéir	Eóin
2000	The Claim	Sweetley
2000	The Closer You Get	Ian O'Donnell
2000	What Where	Bam
1999	Lipservice	Mairtin O Cathain
1999	Simon Magus	Maximillian Hase
1998	The General	Gary
1998	The Butcher Boy	Sergeant
1998	Resurrection Man	Sammy McClure
1997	The Disappearance of Finbar	Detective Roche
1997	Bogwoman	Mr D
1997	The Informant	Frankie Conroy
1997	A Further Gesture	Tommy Breen
1996	Michael Collins	Smith
1996	Trojan Eddie	Raymie
1996	Initiation
1995	Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret	Jim Caine
1995	Braveheart	MacClannough
1995	Circle of Friends	Mr Duggan
1995	Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town	Michael
1995	The Hanging Gale	Ferry
1994	Family	Charlo Spencer
1990	The Field	Father Chris Doran
1990	Fools of Fortune	Doyle
1990	Who Bombed Birmingham?	A
1985	The Playboy of the Western World	Shawn Keogh

Directing, Writing & Producing

1997

Scorned 2

Screenplay

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