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Acting

John Kavanagh

Career: Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 1991 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 10
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Cal
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Kavanagh Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.6, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.6, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Scare
1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Historical Drama 2
Social Commentary 2
Class Conflict 2
Consequences of the Past 2
Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Weeks

as Jim

2020s

8 titles · average score 64

Bucking Fastard

55

as Mr. Westmoreland

One Sweet Hour

as Tommy

Baltimore

63

as Sir Alfred Beit

Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen

as Arthur Browne

Vikings: Valhalla

72

TV show · as The Seer

Peacock

62

TV show · as Georgia's Boss

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

56

as Gatekeeper (voice)

The Last Duel

75

as Le Gris' Priest

2010s

11 titles · average score 63

Supervized

40

as Windsor

Lost Memories

as Dad

Deposits

as Narrator (voice)

Florence Foster Jenkins

73

as Arturo Toscanini

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

74

TV show · as The Seer (archive footage) / The Seer

In Secret

49

as Inspector Michaud

Horse

as Junior

Vikings

83

TV show · as Pope Leo IV / The Seer (voice)

The Invisible Woman

67

as Reverend Benham

The Stag

54

as Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad

Titanic: Blood and Steel

62

TV show · as Edward Carson

2000s

13 titles · average score 54

Father & Son

73

TV show · as John O'Connor

The Tudors

73

TV show · as Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio / Cardinal Campeggio

Closing the Ring

46

as Reverend Smith

The Black Dahlia

51

as Emmett Linscott

The Tiger's Tail

26

as Harry

Alexander

40

as Parmenion

The Halo Effect

68

as Stan

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor

47

as Judge Shippen

Sinners

75

as Frank

Pete's Meteor

40

as Sergeant Maloney

Puckoon

58

as Haggerty

Rebel Heart

TV show · as Eugene O'Brien

1990s

23 titles · average score 69

Vicious Circle

as Charlie Rice

The Informant

57

as IRA Chief

Braveheart

76

as Craig

Shadow of a Gunman

as Adolphus Grigson

Circle of Friends

69

as Brian Mahon

Widows' Peak

78

as Canon Murtagh

Scarlett

65

TV show · as Jamie O'Hara

Love Lies Bleeding

as Sean Kerrigan

Sharpe

81

TV show · as Father Curtis

Children of the North

as Seamus Reilly

Performance

TV show · as Adolphus Grigson

Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Z

1980s

14 titles · average score 67

The Storyteller

85

TV show · as Beggar

Joyriders

as Manager

Bellman and True

78

as Donkey

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Hennessey

The Fantasist

46

as Robert Foxley

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Superintendent O'Kelly / Tom Crosbie

The Price

TV show · as Kearney

The Price

as Kearney

Cal

79

as Skeffington

The Country Girls

as James

as Mr. Devereux

The Ballroom of Romance

as Bowser Egan

1970s

1 title

A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton

as Priest