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Acting

Sean McGinley

Career: Active from 1985 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 23
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Family
82/100

Characters

2

The characters Sean McGinley played, best-known titles first.

Sean McGinley as Malachy Doyle

Sean McGinley as Peter Duffy

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 45 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sean McGinley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
0.6, average 2.2
Showbiz
0.1, average 1.2
Wonder
2.4, average 3.4
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Character Study 4
Character-Driven Narrative 3
Melancholic Tone 2
Social Commentary 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Gritty Realism 2
Rural Setting 2
Slow-Paced 2
Contemporary Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

as Jim

Gilgamesh

as Utnapishtim

2020s

6 titles · average score 64

National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air

as Pierre

That They May Face the Rising Sun

68

as Johnny Murphy

Wait for Me

as Ged

The Last Rifleman

72

as Brendan O'Brien

Christmas at Castle Hart

58

as Liam

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

58

as Seamus Dwyer

2010s

9 titles · average score 61

Stalker

as Henry

Death and Nightingales

49

TV show · as Bishop Donnelly

Butterfly

67

TV show · as Peter Duffy

The Alienist

66

TV show · as Bishop Potter

Paula

61

TV show · as Terry

The Truth Commissioner

51

as Francis Gilroy

Clean Break

51

TV show · as Ben

Shetland

72

TV show · as Drew McColl

Republic of Doyle

73

TV show · as Malachy Doyle

2000s

25 titles · average score 56

Single-Handed

71

TV show · as Dennis Costello

Lewis

80

TV show · as Keiran Donnelly

The Tiger's Tail

26

as Declan Murray

Black Dog

as Grandfather

On a Clear Day

66

as Eddie

Freeze Frame

64

as Detective Louis Emeric

Man About Dog

64

as J.P. McCallion

Watermelon

48

as Joe Ryan

Gangs of New York

73

as Forty Thieves Leader

Waking the Dead

50

TV show · as Dr. Donald Roper

The Closer You Get

39

as Ian O'Donnell

What Where

as Bam

1990s

31 titles · average score 64

Simon Magus

53

as Maximillian Hase

DDU: District Detective Unit

TV show · as Det. Sgt. Carl McCadden

The General

74

as Gary

The Butcher Boy

70

as Sergeant

Resurrection Man

60

as Sammy McClure

Scorned 2

38

Screenplay

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Sean O'Connell

Bogwoman

as Mr D

TV show · as Dougy Flynn

Braveheart

74

as MacClannough

Family

82

TV show · as Charlo Spencer

Family

82

as Charlo Spencer

1980s

1 title

The Playboy of the Western World

as Shawn Keogh

1970s

1 title · average score 75

Minder

75

TV show · as Alexie Nolan