Sean McGinley

Biography

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

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Sean O'Connell

Minder

Alexie Nolan

Waking the Dead

Dr. Donald Roper

Shetland

Drew McColl

Republic of Doyle

Malachy Doyle

The Alienist

Bishop Potter

Cold Feet

Roy

Braveheart

MacClannough

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
2018	Butterfly	Peter Duffy
2018	Death and Nightingales	Bishop Donnelly
2018	The Alienist	Bishop Potter
2017	Paula	Terry
2015	Clean Break	Ben
2013	Shetland	Drew McColl
2010	Republic of Doyle	Malachy Doyle
2007	Single-Handed	Dennis Costello
2001	Waking the Dead	Dr. Donald Roper
1999	The Vice
1998	Cold Feet	Roy
1998	The Ambassador
1997	Midsomer Murders	Sean O'Connell
1996	Safe And Sound	Dougy Flynn
1995	The Hanging Gale	Ferry
1994	Family	Charlo Spencer
1993	Rik Mayall Presents	Michael
1979	Minder	Alexie Nolan