Credits

• 2023 · The Last Rifleman as Brendan O'Brien
• 2020 · The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw as Seamus Dwyer
• 2019 · Lost Lives as Self (voice)
• 2019 · Stalker as Henry
• 2018 · Death and Nightingales as Bishop Donnelly
• 2018 · Butterfly as Peter Duffy
• 2018 · The Alienist as Bishop Potter
• 2017 · Paula as Terry
• 2013 · Shetland as Drew McColl
• 2010 · Republic of Doyle as Malachy Doyle
• 2007 · Closing the Ring as Campbell
• 2007 · Shrooms as Bernie
• 2007 · Lewis as Keiran Donnelly
• 2007 · Single-Handed as Dennis Costello
• 2006 · Sixty Six as Mr. O'Connor
• 2006 · The Wind That Shakes the Barley as Father Denis
• 2005 · On a Clear Day as Eddie
• 2003 · Dead Bodies as Detective Inspector Wheeler
• 2003 · Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film as Self (archive footage)
• 2002 · Gangs of New York as Forty Thieves Leader
• 2001 · Waking the Dead as Dr. Donald Roper
• 2000 · The Claim as Sweetley
• 1999 · The Vice as Tommy Bowers
• 1998 · Cold Feet as Roy
• 1998 · The General as Gary
• 1998 · The Butcher Boy as Sergeant
• 1998 · Resurrection Man as Sammy McClure
• 1998 · The Ambassador as
• 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Sean O'Connell
• 1997 · The Informant as Frankie Conroy
• 1996 · Michael Collins as Smith
• 1995 · Braveheart as MacClannough
• 1995 · Dangerous Lady as
• 1995 · Circle of Friends as Mr Duggan
• 1994 · Family as Charlo Spencer
• 1993 · Rik Mayall Presents as Michael
• 1990 · The Field as Father Chris Doran
• 1979 · Minder as Alexie Nolan
• Future · The Weir as Jim
• 2025 · National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air as Pierre
• 2024 · That They May Face the Rising Sun as Johnny Murphy
• 2024 · Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's as Self
• 2023 · Wait for Me as Ged
• 2021 · Christmas at Castle Hart as Liam
• 2016 · The Truth Commissioner as Francis Gilroy
• 2015 · Clean Break as Ben
• 2014 · A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators as Self
• 2009 · Wild Decembers as O'Dea
• 2006 · Black Dog as Grandfather
• 2006 · The Tiger's Tail as Declan Murray
• 2006 · 48 Angels as Dilly
• 2005 · The Mighty Celt as I'm A Cripple
• 2004 · Man About Dog as J.P. McCallion
• 2004 · Freeze Frame as Detective Louis Emeric
• 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Rector Cathal
• 2003 · Watermelon as Joe Ryan
• 2002 · Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? as Mimms
• 2001 · On Home Ground as Fergal Collins
• 2001 · Clare sa Spéir as Eóin
• 2000 · The Closer You Get as Ian O'Donnell
• 2000 · What Where as Bam
• 1999 · DDU: District Detective Unit as Det. Sgt. Carl McCadden
• 1999 · Lipservice as Mairtin O Cathain
• 1999 · Simon Magus as Maximillian Hase
• 1997 · The Disappearance of Finbar as Detective Roche
• 1997 · Bogwoman as Mr D
• 1997 · A Further Gesture as Tommy Breen
• 1996 · Trojan Eddie as Raymie
• 1996 · Initiation as
• 1996 · Safe And Sound as Dougy Flynn
• 1995 · Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret as Jim Caine
• 1995 · The Hanging Gale as Ferry
• 1995 · Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town as Michael
• 1995 · The Hanging Gale as Ferry
• 1994 · Family as Charlo Spencer
• 1990 · Fools of Fortune as Doyle
• 1990 · Who Bombed Birmingham? as A
• 1985 · The Playboy of the Western World as Shawn Keogh
• Future · Gilgamesh as Utnapishtim