Portrait of Des McAleer

Acting

Des McAleer

Career

Active from 1983 to 2023, busiest in 1984 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Family
Family
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Des McAleer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.2, average 1.7
  • Wonder
    1.9, average 3.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Period Piece 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

45
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 69
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Father William

Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motion
Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motion (2023)

as Narrator

Hope Street
Hope Street (2021)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Barry Pettigrew

2010s

9 titles · average score 62
Out of Innocence
Out of Innocence (2019)

as Père O'Reilly

The Children Act
The Children Act (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jim the Porter

Death and Nightingales
Death and Nightingales (2018)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Jim Rutledge

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Philip Kinghorn Burbidge

My Mother and Other Strangers
My Mother and Other Strangers (2016)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Ned Hanlon

National Theatre Live: The Seagull
National Theatre Live: The Seagull (2016)

as Shamrayev

North
North (2014)

as Richard

How I Live Now
How I Live Now (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

as Major McEvoy

My Week with Marilyn
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

as Senior Policeman

2000s

6 titles · average score 68
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Joseph

Hunger
Hunger (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mr Sands

Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand (2006)

as Col. Burton C. Andrus

The Penalty King
The Penalty King (2006)

as Denis Cleghorn

Deadlines
Deadlines (2005)

as Jim Prager

An Everlasting Piece
An Everlasting Piece (2000)
GoodWatch score 50

as Mr. Black

1990s

17 titles · average score 68
Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes (1999)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mr. Benson

Picking Up the Pieces
Picking Up the Pieces (1998)

TV show · as Bill Tansey

I Want You
I Want You (1998)
GoodWatch score 63

as Flowers Salesman

Touching Evil
Touching Evil (1997)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as DCI Frank Dolland

Safe And Sound
Safe And Sound (1996)

TV show · as Tommy Delaney

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Butterfly Kiss
Butterfly Kiss (1995)
GoodWatch score 57

as Eric McDermott

Family
Family (1994)
GoodWatch score 82

as Ray Harris

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Matt Rawlings

Between the Lines
Between the Lines (1992)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show

Trainer
Trainer (1991)

TV show · as Joe Hogan

Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda (1990)
GoodWatch score 69

as Sgt Kennedy

1980s

10 titles · average score 70
The Paradise Club
The Paradise Club (1989)

TV show · as DCS Flemyng

Crossfire
Crossfire (1988)

as Dermot Shea

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Dave McGann

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Paddy John O'Neill

Four Days in July
Four Days in July (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

as Eugene

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Anne Devlin
Anne Devlin (1984)

as James Hope

The Schooner
The Schooner (1983)

as Boatman

The Writing on the Wall
The Writing on the Wall (1983)

as Major Bond

Juno and the Paycock
Juno and the Paycock (1980)

as 1st Furniture Removal Man