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Acting

Gerard McSorley

Career: Active from 1973 to 2018, with a break from 1983 to 1993, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Omagh
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gerard McSorley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Pop Culture
0.5, average 2.2
Wonder
2.3, average 3.4
Wholesome
2.3, average 3.4
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Conflict 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Non-Linear Narrative 2
Character-Driven 2
Period Drama 2
Complex Characters 2
Social Commentary 2
Melancholic Tone 2
Investigative Journalism 2
Political Intrigue 2
Gritty Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

54

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

4 titles · average score 61

Penance

59

as Murray

Lift

as Granddad Eddy

War Horse

71

as Market Auctioneer

Robin Hood

54

as Baron Fitzrobert

2000s

17 titles · average score 63

Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne

as Michael Byrne

Wide Open Spaces

as Hingerty

Trapped

45

as Lynch

as Paul

Middletown

54

as Bill Hunter

Tell It to the Fishes

75

as Jack

The Front Line

65

as Detective Insp. Harbison

Omagh

80

as Michael Gallagher

The Constant Gardener

78

as Sir Kenneth Curtiss

Veronica Guerin

60

as John Gilligan

Bloody Sunday

84

as Chief Supt. Lagan

Ordinary Decent Criminal

37

as Harrison

1990s

23 titles · average score 66

Vicious Circle

as Crowley

Felicia's Journey

73

as Felicia's Father

The Deep End of the Ocean

52

as Father Cleary

Angela's Ashes

63

as Father Gregory

The Boxer

74

as Harry

The Serpent's Kiss

49

as Mr. Galmoy

Michael Collins

70

as Cathal Brugha

Some Mother's Son

75

as Father Daly

Braveheart

74

as Cheltham

The Hanging Gale

79

as Coulter

In the Name of the Father

86

as Belfast Detective Pavis

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

72

TV show · as Iago (voice)

1980s

8 titles · average score 58

Taffin

51

as Ed

Act of Betrayal

TV show · as Brendan

The Rockingham Shoot

as Garda Casey

When Reason Sleeps

TV show · as Howard Murray

Easter 2016

as John Bingham

Angel

60

as Assistant

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Doctor

S.O.S. Titanic

54

as Martin Gallagher

1970s

2 titles

The Last of Summer

TV show · as Martin Kernahan

Withdrawal

as Gerry