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Shane Connaughton

Career

Active from 1972 to 2021, with a break from 2007 to 2020, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shane Connaughton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.9, average 2.4
  • Crime
    2.3, average 3.6
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Irish Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 75
Redemption of a Rogue
Redemption of a Rogue (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

as Hardware Owner

2000s

6 titles · average score 53
Storyland
Storyland (2009)

TV show · as Patrick

Ghostwood
Ghostwood (2006)
GoodWatch score 39

as Father Frank

River Queen
River Queen (2005)
GoodWatch score 53

Writer

Tara Road
Tara Road (2005)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

The Blackwater Lightship
The Blackwater Lightship (2004)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000)
GoodWatch score 62

as W.B. Yeats

1990s

6 titles · average score 61
The Run of the Country
The Run of the Country (1995)
GoodWatch score 59

Novel, Screenplay

The Playboys
The Playboys (1992)
GoodWatch score 62

as Customs Officer

The Miracle
The Miracle (1991)
GoodWatch score 62

as Rose's Father

The Lilac Bus
The Lilac Bus (1990)

Writer

Needle
Needle (1990)

as Prison Governor

The Englishman's Wife
The Englishman's Wife (1990)

as Auctioneer

1980s

5 titles · average score 81
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
GoodWatch score 89

Screenplay

Shergar
Shergar (1986)

as Senior Policeman

Every Picture Tells a Story
Every Picture Tells a Story (1984)

Writer

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

as Brendan

The Dollar Bottom
The Dollar Bottom (1981)

Screenplay

1970s

3 titles · average score 65
Enemy
Enemy (1976)

as Commuter

Crown Court
Crown Court (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Gerald Thornton

Ireland, Mother Ireland
Ireland, Mother Ireland (1971)

as Sixth Prison Officer