Portrait of Ned Dennehy

Acting

Ned Dennehy

Career

Active from 2002 to 2026, busiest in 2014 and 2015 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Downhill
GoodWatch score78/100

Characters

8

The characters Ned Dennehy played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ned Dennehy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    1.8, average 3.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Nostalgia
    2.7, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Survival Thriller 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Bleak Atmosphere 2
  • Creature Feature 2
  • Irish Setting 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Existential Dread 2
  • Character-Driven Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

87
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

20 titles · average score 63
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026)
GoodWatch score 68

as Charlie Strong

A Thousand Blows
A Thousand Blows (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Bull Jeremy

Shōgun
Shōgun (2024)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Captain of the Erasmus

Baghead
Baghead (2023)
GoodWatch score 54

as Solicitor

Culprits
Culprits (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Devil

Silo
Silo (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Ed Harwood

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as RJ Gaines

The Peripheral
The Peripheral (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Bob

Zone 414
Zone 414 (2021)
GoodWatch score 36

as George

Undergods
Undergods (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

as Harry

Guns Akimbo
Guns Akimbo (2020)
GoodWatch score 54

as Riktor

Calm with Horses
Calm with Horses (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

as Paudi

2010s

44 titles · average score 62
Mandy
Mandy (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

as Brother Swan

2036: Nexus Dawn
2036: Nexus Dawn (2017)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lawmaker No. 2

Dickensian
Dickensian (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Ebenezer Scrooge

Glitch
Glitch (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Paddy Fitzgerald

Dominion Creek
Dominion Creek (2015)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Captain Pat Galvin

Banished
Banished (2015)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Letters Molloy

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
GoodWatch score 37

as Old Hermit Jacob

Outlander
Outlander (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Lionel Brown

The Keeping Room
The Keeping Room (2014)
GoodWatch score 62

as Caleb

Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Charlie Strong

Tyrannosaur
Tyrannosaur (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

as Tommy

Luther
Luther (2010)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as William Carney

2000s

17 titles · average score 55
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
GoodWatch score 65

as Man with Roses

Dorothy Mills
Dorothy Mills (2008)
GoodWatch score 55

as Garage Owner

The Escapist
The Escapist (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

as Jumpy Con

The Tudors
The Tudors (2007)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Augustin

The Tiger's Tail
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
GoodWatch score 26

as Felim

The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish
The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish (2005)

as Mr. Sommerfield Smyth's Man Servant

King Arthur
King Arthur (2004)
GoodWatch score 49

as Mental Monk

Dead Meat
Dead Meat (2004)
GoodWatch score 43

as Road Zombie

Veronica Guerin
Veronica Guerin (2003)
GoodWatch score 60

as Jamey the Tout

Reign of Fire
Reign of Fire (2002)
GoodWatch score 49

as Barlow

The Puppet
The Puppet (2002)

as Neil

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000)
GoodWatch score 54

as Lucet Mael

1990s

6 titles · average score 58
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1999)

as Mider

The General
The General (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as Gay

The Ambassador
The Ambassador (1998)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker (1997)
GoodWatch score 63

as 1st Aran Singer

Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist (1997)
GoodWatch score 60

as Prosecutor

Ballykissangel
Ballykissangel (1996)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show · as Hairy Head