John Kavanagh

Q: Has John Kavanagh won any awards?

Kavanagh has received critical acclaim and several awards for his performances, particularly in Irish cinema, although he has not won an Oscar.

Q: What was John Kavanagh's first film?

John Kavanagh's film debut was in 'The Dead' (1987), directed by John Huston, which marked the beginning of his successful career in movies.

Q: How did John Kavanagh get his start in acting?

Kavanagh began his acting career in theater, performing in various stage productions in Ireland before transitioning to film and television.

Q: What is John Kavanagh's acting style?

Kavanagh's acting style is characterized by his deep emotional range and ability to portray complex characters, often bringing a unique intensity to his roles.

Q: Does John Kavanagh have any children?

Yes, John Kavanagh has two children, although their names are not publicly known.

Q: What is John Kavanagh's estimated net worth?

John Kavanagh's estimated net worth is around 1 million USD, reflecting his successful career in acting.

Q: What genres does John Kavanagh typically work in?

John Kavanagh typically works in dramatic genres, but he has also ventured into comedy, showcasing his versatility as an actor.

Known for

Braveheart (1995)

IMDb 8.3 / 10

1995 / Biography, Drama / 178 min

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's...

Vikings (2013–2020)

IMDb 8.5 / 10

2013–2020 / Action, Adventure / 44 min

The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his...

Alexander (2004)

IMDb 5.6 / 10

2004 / Action, Biography / 175 min

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then...

Name

John Kavanagh

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

16 December 1944, Dublin, Ireland

Spouses

Name (1990–present)

Children

2, names not publicly known

Parents

John Kavanagh, Mary Kavanagh

Estimated Net Worth

1 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2024	Movie Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen Criminal psychologist Cathrin Blake is confronted with a very personal case: Superintendent Sean Kelly, with whom Cathrin is also friends,...	Arthur Browne	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2024	Movie Baltimore Based on actual events that took place on 26 April 1974, former debutante turned IRA member Rose Dugdale and three...	Sir Alfred Beit	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2022	TV Peacock A trainer tries to make his way as an instructor at a gym where the clientele doesn't take physical fitness...	Georgia's Boss	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2022	TV Vikings: Valhalla In this sequel to "Vikings," a hundred years have passed and a new generation of legendary heroes arises to forge...	The Seer	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	Movie The Last Duel King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging...	Le Gris' Priest	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2021	Movie Riverdance: The Animated Adventure A young Irish boy named Keegan and Spanish girl named Moya journey into a magical world of the Megaloceros Giganteus...	Gatekeeper (voice)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	Movie Supervized Four aging superheroes in a retirement home in Ireland come together for one last hurrah.	Windsor	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2017	Movie Deposits Deposits concerns the connection of all the ‘Disappeared’, who are the remains of those murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican...	Narrator (voice)	Not rated
2017	Movie Lost Memories Sean races against the clock to his mother's deathbed in possession of his mother's dying wish while dealing with inter-family...	Dad	Not rated
2016	Movie Florence Foster Jenkins The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a...	Arturo Toscanini	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	TV Vikings: Athelstan's Journal Viking culture is seen from a first-hand experience through Athelstan's perspective. Athelstan reflects his inner thoughts on the ways of...	The Seer (archive footage)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	TV Vikings: Athelstan's Journal Viking culture is seen from a first-hand experience through Athelstan's perspective. Athelstan reflects his inner thoughts on the ways of...	The Seer	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2014	Movie In Secret In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering...	Inspector Michaud	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2013	Movie The Invisible Woman In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in...	Reverend Benham	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2013	Movie The Stag At his fiancée’s urging, a very modern Irish groom-to-be reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend with his friends, camping in...	Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	TV Vikings The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of...	Pope Leo IV	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2013	TV Vikings The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of...	The Seer (voice)	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2013	TV Vikings The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of...	The Seer	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2012	TV Titanic: Blood and Steel Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a...	Edward Carson	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	Movie The Runway The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	TV Father & Son Ex-gangland boss Michael O'Connor, now happily settled in rural Ireland, is forced to go back to Manchester when his son...	John O'Connor	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	Movie Closing the Ring During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love...	Reverend Smith	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2007	TV The Tudors The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who...	Cardinal Campeggio	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2007	TV The Tudors The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who...	Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2006	Movie The Tiger's Tail After a chance encounter, a Dubliner is stalked by a murderous facsimile of himself.	Harry	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2006	Movie The Black Dahlia In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue...	Emmett Linscott	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2004	Movie Alexander Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his...	Parmenion	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Halo Effect Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a...	Stan	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind Kelvin's quiet life is turned upside down when a new neighbour turns out to be a beautiful woman.	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2003	Movie Mystics A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.	Gerry the Barman	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2003	Movie Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor Amid the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold’s battlefield valor brings fame, but resentment, debt, and bruised honor corrode his loyalties, pushing...	Judge Shippen	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2002	Movie Pete's Meteor Lives change for members of an Irish family after a meteor crashes in their backyard. The kids believe that it...	Sergeant Maloney	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2002	Movie Sinners Powerful drama set in 1960s Ireland about a young, unmarried mother-to-be whose family sends her to a convent. There, out...	Frank	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2002	Movie Puckoon Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.	Haggerty	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2001	Movie Last Days in Dublin Monster (Grattan Smith), a diminutive young Dubliner, dreams of going abroad in search of opportunity and adventure. Finding his plans...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2001	TV Rebel Heart The move towards independence in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising until the 1922 civil war is seen through the...	Eugene O'Brien	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1999	Movie Vicious Circle Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to...	Charlie Rice	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1998	Movie Dancing at Lughnasa Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.	Father Carlin	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1998	Movie The Butcher Boy Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and...	Dr. Boyd	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1997	Movie The Informant A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving...	IRA Chief	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1996	Movie Some Mother's Son Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands...	Cardinal	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1996	Movie Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his formative years: his...	Voice	Not rated
1995	Movie Shadow of a Gunman The first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a...	Adolphus Grigson	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Braveheart Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of...	Craig	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1995	Movie Sharpe's Sword Franco-Spanish Border, 1813. Sean Bean returns as the courageous Major Richard Sharpe, his latest mission to protect the identity of...	Father Patrick Curtis	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	Movie Circle of Friends Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all...	Brian Mahon	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1994	TV Scarlett Scarlett is a 1994 American television miniseries loosely based on Alexandra Ripley's eponymous 1991 book of the same name, a...	Jamie O'Hara	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1994	Movie Widows' Peak Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely by widows. Edwina quickly...	Canon Murtagh	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	Movie Love Lies Bleeding Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace...	Sean Kerrigan	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1993	Movie Bad Company A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of four men.	Patrick Molloy	Not rated
1992	Movie Into the West Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest...	Hartnett	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1991	Movie Children of the North The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.	Seamus Reilly	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1991	TV Performance An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.	Adolphus Grigson	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1991	Movie Arise and Go Now Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland. Kevin, an...	Father Dade	Not rated
1991	Movie Events at Drimaghleen The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just begun to fade; Hetty...	Superintendent O'Kelly	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1990	Movie August Saturday Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day...	Tom Crosbie	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1990	Movie Fools of Fortune A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.	Johnny Lacy	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1990	Movie Who Bombed Birmingham? Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham...	Z	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1988	Movie Joyriders The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.	Manager	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1988	Movie The Storyteller: A Story Short The Storyteller recounts the time he was caught making a fool of the royal cook and, as punishment meted out...	Beggar	Not rated
1988	TV The Storyteller The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.	Beggar	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1987	Movie Bellman and True Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a...	Donkey	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1986	Movie The Fantasist A young Dublin woman is stalked by a telephone charmer who poses victims nude and then stabs them.	Robert Foxley	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1986	TV ScreenPlay Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one...	Superintendent O'Kelly	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	TV ScreenPlay Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one...	Father Dade	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	TV ScreenPlay Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one...	Tom Crosbie	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	TV ScreenPlay Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one...	Sean Kerrigan	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	TV Lovejoy The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he...	Hennessey	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1985	TV The Price English computer millionaire Geoffrey Carr and his wife have plans for a country house in Ireland. Irish terrorists have plans...	Kearney	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1985	Movie The Price Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much...	Kearney	Not rated
1984	Movie Children in the Crossfire For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1984	Movie Cal Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband,...	Skeffington	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1983	Movie The Country Girls The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for...	James	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1983	Movie Attracta An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past.	Mr. Devereux	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1982	Movie The Ballroom of Romance A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.	Bowser Egan	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1980	Movie Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland Explores the detailed concepts of Ireland and Irish Freedom developed by Patrick Pearse, a leader of the 1916 Irish Rebellion,...	Patrick Pearse	Not rated
1971	Movie A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton Based on real stories, using both actors and non-actors, and filmed on location in Dublin, A Week in the Life...	Priest	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1970	Movie The McKenzie Break A German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.9 / 10
TBA	Movie One Sweet Hour An ageing Elvis impersonator finally faces up to his demons as he travels through the Irish midlands with his long-lost...	Tommy	Not rated
TBA	Movie Weeks A daughter grapples to understand her dying mother through fables from her childhood. From present London to 1950s Ireland, a...	Jim	Not rated