Portrait of Lorcan Cranitch

Acting

Lorcan Cranitch

Career

Active from 1987 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Róise & Frank
Róise & Frank
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 49 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lorcan Cranitch Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Character-Driven Plot 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • British Television 2
  • Quiet Tension 2
  • Intriguing Mystery 2
  • High Stakes 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Kelly
Kelly

TV show

Yield
Yield

as Eve's Dad

2020s

17 titles · average score 70
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (2026)

as Michael Flaherty

Cooper & Fry
Cooper & Fry (2025)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as DI Paul Hitchens

Trespasses
Trespasses (2025)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Sergeant Reid

Leonard and Hungry Paul
Leonard and Hungry Paul (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Peter

Tarrac
Tarrac (2023)

as Bear

LOLA
LOLA (2023)
GoodWatch score 82

as Major. General Norbury

Aisha
Aisha (2022)
GoodWatch score 79

as Peter Flood

Róise & Frank
Róise & Frank (2022)
GoodWatch score 87

as Donncha

Magpie Murders
Magpie Murders (2022)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Sir Magnus Pye / Max Ryeland

Burn It All
Burn It All (2022)

as M. Barrett

Bloodlands
Bloodlands (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as DCS Jackie Twomey

Drifting
Drifting (2020)
GoodWatch score 59

as Diarmuid

2010s

20 titles · average score 65
The Dig
The Dig (2019)
GoodWatch score 73

as Sean McKenna

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Commissioner Stevens

My Life for Ireland
My Life for Ireland (2016)

as Pump man

The Last Kingdom
The Last Kingdom (2015)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Father Selbix

Code of a Killer
Code of a Killer (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as DI Alan Madden

Fortitude
Fortitude (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as DI Littlejohn

The Legend of Longwood
The Legend of Longwood (2014)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lance Wicklow

Love, Rosie
Love, Rosie (2014)
GoodWatch score 54

as Dennis Dunne

Moonfleet
Moonfleet (2013)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show

Atlantis
Atlantis (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Cilix

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Tosh Walker

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Roy Brewer

2000s

21 titles · average score 69
Paradox
Paradox (2009)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show · as Simon Manning

Best: His Mother's Son
Best: His Mother's Son (2009)

as Dickie Best

The Palace
The Palace (2008)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Jonty Roberts

God on Trial
God on Trial (2008)
GoodWatch score 76

as Blockaltester

Rome
Rome (2005)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Erastes Fulmen

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004)
GoodWatch score 44

as Harold Bradley

Hornblower: Loyalty
Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
GoodWatch score 76

as Wolfe

Shackleton
Shackleton (2002)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Frank Wild

Spooks
Spooks (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Patrick McCann

McCready and Daughter
McCready and Daughter (2001)

TV show

Rebel Heart
Rebel Heart (2001)

TV show · as Inspector Nelson

My Fragile Heart
My Fragile Heart (2000)

as Bernard Cleve

1990s

19 titles · average score 66
Night Train
Night Train (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

as Billy

Macbeth
Macbeth (1998)

as Macduff

Hornblower
Hornblower (1998)

TV show · as Wolfe

The Heart Surgeon
The Heart Surgeon (1997)

TV show · as Larry Duggan

The Heart Surgeon
The Heart Surgeon (1997)

as Larry Duggan

Deacon Brodie
Deacon Brodie (1997)

as George Smith

Ballykissangel
Ballykissangel (1996)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Sean Dillon

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as D.S. Mansfield / Colin McGrath

Life After Life
Life After Life (1995)

as Leo Doyle

Cracker
Cracker (1993)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as DS Jimmy Beck

You, Me & Marley
You, Me & Marley (1992)

as Father Tom

Parnell & the Englishwoman
Parnell & the Englishwoman (1991)

TV show · as Timothy Healy

1980s

5 titles · average score 61
The Venus de Milo Instead
The Venus de Milo Instead (1987)

as Mr. Scott

The Magic Toyshop
The Magic Toyshop (1987)
GoodWatch score 63

as Francie

Empire State
Empire State (1987)
GoodWatch score 37

as Richard

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Leo Doyle

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show