John Kavanagh
- Recitazione
- 1 gennaio 1946 · Dublin, Ireland
Biografia
John Kavanagh (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish character actor who was a member of the Abbey Theatre company for ten years (1967–1977) before going freelance. He has worked in over 20 films and numerous TV series since 1970. His film credits include Braveheart (1995), The Butcher Boy (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and The Last Duel (2021). On television he is best known for playing The Seer / Pope Leo IV in Vikings (2013–2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), and Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio in The Tudors (2007–2008). He received a Drama Desk Award nomination (1989) for Juno and the Paycock. He is also a singer, having played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s. No other personal details are publicly confirmed.
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Filmografia
- One Sweet Hour · Tommy
- Bucking Fastard · Mr. Westmoreland
- Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen · Arthur Browne
- Baltimore · Sir Alfred Beit
- Peacock · Georgia's Boss
- Vikings: Valhalla · The Seer
- The Last Duel · Le Gris' Priest
- Riverdance - L’avventura animata · Gatekeeper (Voce)
- Supervized · Windsor
- Deposits · Narrator (Voce)
- Lost Memories · Dad
- Florence · Arturo Toscanini
- Vikings: Athelstan's Journal · The Seer (archive footage), The Seer
- Horse · Junior
- In Secret · Inspector Michaud
- The Invisible Woman · Reverend Benham
- The Stag - Se sopravvivo mi sposo · Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad
- Vikings · Pope Leo IV, The Seer (Voce)
- Titanic - Nascita di una leggenda · Edward Carson
- The Runway
- Father & Son · John O'Connor
- Closing the Ring · Reverend Smith
- I Tudors · Cardinal Campeggio, Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio
- The Tiger's Tail · Harry
- Black Dahlia · Emmett Linscott
- Alexander · Parmenion
- The Halo Effect · Stan
- The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind
- Mystics · Gerry the Barman
- Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor · Judge Shippen
- Pete's Meteor · Sergeant Maloney
- Sinners · Frank
- Puckoon · Haggerty
- Last Days in Dublin
- Rebel Heart · Eugene O'Brien
- Vicious Circle · Charlie Rice
- Ballando a Lughnasa · Father Carlin
- Il garzone del macellaio · Dr. Boyd
- The Informant · IRA Chief
- Una scelta d'amore · Cardinal
- Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told · Voice
- Shadow of a Gunman · Adolphus Grigson
- Braveheart - Cuore impavido · Craig
- Sharpe's Sword · Father Patrick Curtis
- Amiche · Brian Mahon
- Rossella · Jamie O'Hara
- Tre vedove e un delitto · Canon Murtagh
- Love Lies Bleeding · Sean Kerrigan
- Bad Company · Patrick Molloy
- Sharpe · Father Curtis
- Tir-na-nog (È vietato portare cavalli in città) · Hartnett
- Children of the North · Seamus Reilly
- Performance · Adolphus Grigson
- Arise and Go Now · Father Dade
- Events at Drimaghleen · Superintendent O'Kelly
- August Saturday · Tom Crosbie
- Fools of Fortune · Johnny Lacy
- Who Bombed Birmingham? · Z
- Joyriders · Manager
- The Storyteller: A Story Short · Beggar
- The Storyteller · Beggar
- Rapina al computer · Donkey
- The Fantasist · Robert Foxley
- ScreenPlay · Tom Crosbie, Superintendent O'Kelly
- Lovejoy · Hennessey
- The Price · Kearney
- The Price · Kearney
- Children in the Crossfire
- Cal · Skeffington
- The Country Girls · James
- Attracta · Mr. Devereux
- The Ballroom of Romance · Bowser Egan
- Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland · Patrick Pearse
- A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton · Priest
- Uomini e filo spinato
- Weeks · Jim
- The Great Wide Open · Grandad