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Acting

Barry McGovern

Career: Active from 1987 to 2024, busiest in 1990 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The Treaty
73/100

Characters

1

The characters Barry McGovern played, best-known titles first.

Barry McGovern as Art

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Barry McGovern Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2
Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4
Nostalgia
3.0, average 3.8
Showbiz
0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Irish Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Forgiveness

as Erskine Childers

2020s

10 titles · average score 59

Boglands

60

TV show · as Art Ó Suilleabháin

Bodkin

65

TV show · as Beckett

Blackshore

67

TV show · as Dr. James Whelan

At Sea

as Whale (Voice)

Obituary

47

TV show · as Sandy Benson

The Woman in the Wall

72

TV show · as Dr. Gabriel

Apocalypse Clown

53

as DuCoque

Foundation

69

TV show · as Orlio

Sprachlos in Irland

as Mr. O'Toole

Wild Mountain Thyme

43

as Cleary

2010s

12 titles · average score 62

Critters TV

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Penance

59

as The Commandant

Royally Ever After

52

as King Edmond

Cecelia Ahern: Dich zu lieben

as Direktor Russell

Citizen Lane

as William Martin Murphy

The Cured

59

as Patrick Ryan

My Name Is Emily

63

as Dr. Golding

Rebellion

61

TV show · as Archbishop William Walsh

Vikings

78

TV show · as French Archbishop

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Dying Man

TV show · as Ceannfort Ó Sé

Gift of the Magi

41

as Gary Janardi

2000s

3 titles · average score 66

The Tudors

73

TV show · as Bishop Bonnivet

Studs

53

as Secret Agent Smart

Waiting for Godot

71

as Vladimir

1990s

10 titles · average score 64

Miracle at Midnight

70

as Rabbi Ben Abrams

The General

74

as IRA Man 1

Driftwood

55

as McTavish

The Informant

57

as Courtroom Judge

Braveheart

74

as King's Advisor

Far and Away

58

as McGuire

The Treaty

73

as Eamon de Valera

Joe Versus the Volcano

56

as Luggage Salesman

Dear Sarah

as Giuseppe Conlon

August Saturday

as Desmond

1980s

3 titles

Foreign Bodies

TV show · as Dermot

Riders to the Sea

as Bartley

ScreenPlay

TV show · as Desmond

1970s

1 title

Katie: The Year of a Child

as Sean