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John Kavanagh
- Name: John Kavanagh
- Birthday: 1946-01-01
- Also known as: Джон Кэвэна
- Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland
- Popularity: 1.384
Biography:
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| One Sweet Hour as Tommy | 2026-11-16 |
| Bucking Fastard as Mr. Westmoreland | 2026-09-02 |
| Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen as Arthur Browne | 2024-09-26 |
| Baltimore as Sir Alfred Beit | 2024-03-01 |
| The Last Duel as Le Gris' Priest | 2021-10-13 |
| Riverdance: The Animated Adventure as Gatekeeper (voice) | 2021-05-28 |
| Supervized as Windsor | 2019-07-16 |
| Deposits as Narrator (voice) | 2017-10-01 |
| Lost Memories as Dad | 2017-04-20 |
| Florence Foster Jenkins as Arturo Toscanini | 2016-05-06 |
| Horse as Junior | 2014-09-04 |
| In Secret as Inspector Michaud | 2014-02-21 |
| The Invisible Woman as Reverend Benham | 2013-12-25 |
| The Stag as Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad | 2013-09-10 |
| The Runway | 2010-07-10 |
| Closing the Ring as Reverend Smith | 2007-09-14 |
| The Tiger's Tail as Harry | 2006-09-26 |
| The Black Dahlia as Emmett Linscott | 2006-09-15 |
| Alexander as Parmenion | 2004-11-21 |
| The Halo Effect as Stan | 2004-11-19 |
| The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind | 2004-10-01 |
| Mystics as Gerry the Barman | 2003-12-12 |
| Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor as Judge Shippen | 2003-01-13 |
| Pete's Meteor as Sergeant Maloney | 2002-12-31 |
| Sinners as Frank | 2002-03-26 |
| Puckoon as Haggerty | 2002-01-01 |
| Last Days in Dublin | 2001-10-08 |
| Vicious Circle as Charlie Rice | 1999-02-09 |
| Dancing at Lughnasa as Father Carlin | 1998-09-04 |
| The Butcher Boy as Dr. Boyd | 1998-02-20 |
| The Informant as IRA Chief | 1997-03-15 |
| Some Mother's Son as Cardinal | 1996-09-13 |
| Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as Voice | 1996-04-13 |
| Shadow of a Gunman as Adolphus Grigson | 1995-10-07 |
| Braveheart as Craig | 1995-05-24 |
| Sharpe's Sword as Father Patrick Curtis | 1995-04-26 |
| Circle of Friends as Brian Mahon | 1995-04-07 |
| Widows' Peak as Canon Murtagh | 1994-04-15 |
| Love Lies Bleeding as Sean Kerrigan | 1993-06-14 |
| Bad Company as Patrick Molloy | 1993-05-17 |
| Into the West as Hartnett | 1992-10-23 |
| Children of the North as Seamus Reilly | 1991-10-30 |
| Arise and Go Now as Father Dade | 1991-09-04 |
| Events at Drimaghleen as Superintendent O'Kelly | 1991-07-17 |
| August Saturday as Tom Crosbie | 1990-12-29 |
| Fools of Fortune as Johnny Lacy | 1990-06-20 |
| Who Bombed Birmingham? as Z | 1990-04-22 |
| Joyriders as Manager | 1988-10-14 |
| The Storyteller: A Story Short as Beggar | 1988-06-05 |
| Bellman and True as Donkey | 1987-11-12 |
| The Fantasist as Robert Foxley | 1986-08-01 |
| The Price as Kearney | 1985-01-10 |
| Children in the Crossfire | 1984-12-03 |
| Cal as Skeffington | 1984-08-24 |
| The Country Girls as James | 1983-11-24 |
| Attracta as Mr. Devereux | 1983-06-01 |
| The Ballroom of Romance as Bowser Egan | 1982-10-31 |
| Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland as Patrick Pearse | 1980-10-11 |
| A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton as Priest | 1971-12-09 |
| The McKenzie Break | 1970-10-28 |
