GERRY O’BRIEN
Height: 6ft
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Light Brown
Playing Age: 58-70
Equity Status: Full Member
FILM & TV
COMPANY | PART | PRODUCTION | DIRECTOR |
Paramount+/Buccaneer Media | Filigree | The Doll Factory | Sacha Polak |
A+E Networks/Mopar Media Group | Martin Nevens | North Sea Connection | Paul Murphy/Hannah Quinn |
Freelancer Films | Colonel De Lacey | Ór na Banríona (Short) | John Vaughan |
Quiet Road Pictures | Dale | Timber (Short) | Eoin James Quinn |
Dream Scape Productions | Mr. Woodbury | Mr. Malcolm’s List | Emma Holly Jones |
Channel 5/Clapperboard Studios | Harry Lloyd-James | The Madame Blanc Mysteries | Dermot Boyd |
Tiger Aspect | Jasper Sumner | Ripper Street | Nick Rowland |
Rainmark Films | Speaker of the House | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Benjamin Ross |
Abandoned Films | Farmer | From the Dark | Conor McMahon |
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland | Timothy Healy | The Inquiry | Brian Grey |
Octogon Films | Mick Flanagan |
My Whole Half Life | Michael Karen |
Amber Film Productions | Pathologist | Amber | Thaddeus O’Sullivan |
BBC/Kindle Entertainment | Hawkovsky | The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby | David Innes Edwards |
HBO | Lord Bracken | Game of Thrones | Alan Taylor |
BBC NI | Albert Reynolds | Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust | Michael McDowell |
CBC/Showtime | Sir William Paget | The Tudors | Ciaran Donnelly |
RTÉ | Dirty Mickey | Killinaskully | Various |
ITV 1 | Constable | The Old Curiosity Shop | Brian Percival |
SC4/Fiction Factory | Mr. O’Shea | The Cockle Farmer (Y Pris) | Ed Talfan |
Granada Television | Mr. Morland | Northanger Abbey | John Jones |
System Forty Eight Ltd | Basil Van Der Bexton | Speed Dating | Tony Herbert |
RTÉ | Velvet Mullen | Trouble in Paradise | Emer Reynolds |
Walt Disney Pictures | Sailor | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | Gore Verbinski |
Collie Film Productions | Watson | Lassie | Charles Sturridge |
Great Western Films | Mickey | The Last Furlong | Tom Hall/Kieran Carney |
BBC | Mark Dupont | Holby City | Michael Offer |
Disney | Woad Advisor | King Arthur | Antoine Fuqua |
Carlton TV | Vinnie | The Crooked Man | David Drury |
RTÉ | Decorator | The Clinic | Lisa Mulcahy |
Wide Eye Films | Man Fighting in Street | Cowboys & Angels | David Gleeson |
Zanzibar Films | Doublehorn | Headrush | Shimmy Marcus |
April Film Productions | Detective | Father and Sons | Makael Soloman |
Merrion Film Productions | Martin Cahill | Veronica Guerin | Joel Schumacher |
Samson Films | The Governor | All God’s Children | Tom Cosgrove |
Reign of Fire Productions | Jerry | Reign of Fire | Rob Bowman |
Metropolitan Films | Prison Governor | H3 | Les Blair |
Greyshane | Joe Haggarty | The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax | Anthony Shaw |
Fox TV, USA | Torc | The Mystic Knights of Tir na Nog | Bob Hughes |
BBC NI | Trainer | Ballykissangel | Simon Massey |
BBC | Trawlerman | The Ambassador | Patrick Lau |
RTÉ | Duffy | Fair City | Nick Prosser |
Palerton Films | Sailor | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | John Schlesinger |
Driver Films | Fisherman | The MatchMaker | Mark Joffe |
Channel 4 | Father Billy “The Spinmaster” O’Dwyer | Father Ted | Declan Lowry |
Hallmark Films | Cpt. Hoseason | Kidnapped | Ivan Passer |
Lucas Films | Chief Rioter | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Gillis McKinnon |
Channel 4/Little Bird | Young Farmer | The Irish R.M | Roy Ward Baker |
RTÉ/Aeon Films | Lieutenant Darby | Anne Devlin | Pat Murphy |
Swiss Films | Man At Bar | Light Years Away | Alan Tanner |
RTÉ | Joe Somerville | Strumpet City | Tony Barry |
RTÉ | Rory Furlong | Teems Of Times | Louis Lentin |
THEATRE
VENUE/COMPANY | PART | PLAY | DIRECTOR |
Abbey Theatre | Slater | Curse of the Starving Class | Jimmy Fay |
Purple Heart Theatre Co. | Maxwell | Men of Tortuga | John O’Brien |
Peer Pressure Productions | Ensemble | Dog Show | Garrett Keogh |
Second Age | Albany | King Lear | Alan Stanford |
Project Arts Theatre | Clarence Darrow | Never the Sinner | Alan King |
Storytellers | Grandpa | The Grapes of Wrath | Mark Lambert |
Town Hall Theatre, Galway | Torvald Helmer | A Doll’s House | Michael Hunt |
Crypt | Michael Majeski | Valparaiso (by Don DeLillo) | John O’Brien |
Crypt Theatre | Charles II | The Libertine | John O’Brien |
Crypt Theatre | Old Mikey | Monday Night In A Country Town | John O’Brien |
Watergate Theatre | Larry (Lead) | Wild Harvest | Vincent Dempsey |
John Player Theatre | The Butler | The Trial Of Ester Waters | M.E. Burke-Kennedy |
Cork Opera House | Teddy Healon | Big Maggie | M.E. Burke-Kennedy |
National Tour | Macbeth | Macbeth | Peter Sheridan |
Eblana Theatre | Narrator | Rocky Horror Show | Patrick Scully |
National Tour | Gratino | Merchant Of Venice | Eamon Draper |
National Tour | Benevolio | Romeo And Juliet | Laurence Foster |
Project Arts Centre | Male Nurse | Krieg | Patrick Mason |
ITC National Tour | Julian | Spokesong | Patrick Mason |
National Tour | Various | Juno And The Paycock | Joe Dowling |
Talbot Theatre, Wexford | Curly | Country Boy | Godfrey Quigley |
Royal Hotel, Howth | Billy Bevis | The Poker Session | Anna Manahan |
Royal Hotel, Howth | Lead | The White Headed Boy | Paul Brennan |
Talbot Theatre, Wexford | Johnny Dowd | Summer of the 17th Doll | Alan Stanford |
Talbot Theatre, Wexford | 2nd Lead | Irishmen | Godfrey Quigley |
Talbot Theatre, Wexford | 2nd Lead | Come Blow Your Horn | Martin Dempsey |
Gate Theatre | Dick | Walk On The Water | Godfrey Quigley |
Abbey Theatre | The Bouncer | On The Outside/On The Inside | Tom Murphy |
Embankment | Juv Lead | Whistle In The Dark | Eamon Drape |
RADIO
Freelance Actor with the RTÉ Rep Players and BBC Radio Drama. Regular in Harbour Hotel, RTÉ’s prestigious daily serial, for over ten years. |