John Connors

Acting

John Connors

Born

1990-01-05 (36)

Place of birth

London, England

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

John Connors the first Irish Traveller (Minceir) Director is also an Irish actor, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, playwright and human rights activist who has broken new ground for his minority community in Ireland. He is best known for his role as Patrick Ward in the Irish crime drama series Love/Hate and for Cardboard Gangsters in which he won best actor at the 2018 Irish film and television awards. John Connors directorial debut was in 2016 where he co-directed and presented John Connors, The Travellers, winning the 2018 IFTA for best documentary series. The same year, he won the best actor IFTA for Cardboard Gangsters. Directing is now his main focus. He directed a short doc/drama…

Known for

The Gentlemen poster
7.9

When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.

The Gentlemen

2024

The Alienist poster
7.5

New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

The Alienist

2018

Love/Hate poster
7.5

Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.

Love/Hate

2010

Rebellion poster
7.0

A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising. The story begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland's independence.

Rebellion

2016

The Secret Scripture poster
7.2

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

The Secret Scripture

2017

The Young Offenders poster
7.5

Coming-of-age drama about lovable rogues Conor and Jock as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school.

The Young Offenders

2018

Film credits

2020s · 18 titles

Bucking Fastard poster
6.0

Two sisters, Jean and Joan Holbrooke, are so close to each other that they speak in unison, love the same man, and have the same dreams. They even make the same slip of tongue in unison. We cannot see the world as they see it, but we do see how the world reacts to them – through the courts and the press, through those that want to help and those who want to use them, through the eyes of beasts both tame and wild, and even through their own echoes in the core of the earth.

Bucking Fastard

2026

Re-Creation poster
6.4

In a fictitious trial, twelve members of a jury must decide whether journalist Ian Bailey is guilty of the 1996 murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du Plantier. Based on real events, the film reconstructs, through the discussions between these twelve people, a case that ultimately invites the viewer to draw their own conclusions.

Re-Creation

2025

Sunrise poster
5.5

When an ex-cop named Fallon returns to the scene of a horrific crime, the residents of a rural town soon discover that this dark visitor is really a vampire who feeds on blood and fear. After he is befriended by a kind immigrant family, the instinctive killer is faced with a choice between revenge and redemption.

Sunrise

2024

Lemonade poster
NR

Danny, a kind-hearted teen about to age out of the care system is facing adulthood without family or support. After a turbulent childhood and separation from his younger brother, Danny is determined to build a future - but one reckless mistake puts him at risk of prison. As his 18th birthday approaches, Josh - his former social worker and the only adult who ever believed in him - returns, offering guidance when Danny needs it most. With new love, big dreams, and overwhelming challenges, Danny must choose whether to repeat the cycle of his past or fight for the life he deserves.

Lemonade

2026

Black Medicine poster
6.0

Jo is a black-market medic who carries out illegal operations for the criminal underworld. When she gives refuge to a young girl, she must choose between breaking her medical oath or crossing her ruthless employers.

Black Medicine

2021

Sicar poster
7.2

Three brothers reunite for their fathers funeral

Sicar

2024

Creep Hunters poster
5.8

A group of pedophile hunting vigilantes get more than they bargain for with their latest prey.

Creep Hunters

2022

A Bend in the River poster
4.0

The story of a writer who returns to Ireland, after spending twenty five years in New York, to confront the ghosts of his past.

A Bend in the River

2020

Agape poster
4.0

A young Traveller Women who is forced into a Marriage she has no say in with a man she can never love. While she battles confronting her new reality, the Woman Margret really loves has no choice but to watch as everything goes downhill.

Agape

2022

Broken Law poster
5.0

Dave Connolly is a respected member of the Garda Síochána but his loyalty to the law gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe who is in desperate need of his help.

Broken Law

2020

Swing Bout poster
5.5

Set backstage at a major boxing event, a young boxer is plunged into a tumultuous journey from the dressing room to her ring walk in a night of deceit, betrayal, and life-altering decisions.

Swing Bout

2024

Barry Versus The Binman poster
7.7

A down on his luck thirty-something develops a feud with his local bin collector.

Barry Versus The Binman

2023

The Black Guelph poster
NR

Kanto, a small time drug dealer trying to get off the streets whose long absent father Cormac, an industrial school survivor, returns home looking for forgiveness and reconciliation.

The Black Guelph

2022

The Letters poster
9.3

Set against the backdrop of the Cervical Check scandal that rocks Ireland "THE LETTERS" tells the story of three women from different walks of life who have weeks to live due to the false results of their cervical cancer checks.

The Letters

2021

Crazy Love poster
NR

During his voluntary stay at an Irish mental hospital, manic-depressive Clayton falls head over heels for involuntary schizophrenic patient Anna.

Crazy Love

2025

Horseshoe poster
NR

All families are mad, not least the Canavans. A drama comedy with a twist, set in the wild West of Ireland. When Colm, the head of the family, dies, there are few who mourn his passing, not even his four estranged adult children. But, the legalities of his will must be observed, and more than one Canavan sibling is harbouring secrets. As the Canavans return to the family home, the fate of the family unit, their sanity, and the Canavan estate all hang in the balance.

Horseshoe

2025

Mary, Martin and Ben poster
NR

A young couple try to come to terms with their child's recent diagnosis in the hopes of saving their family.

Mary, Martin and Ben

2022

Where The Road Meets The Sky poster
NR

John Connors invites his grandmother Chrissy Donohue Ward into the frame to share the myths and oral traditions that shaped her and inspired him as a filmmaker. A lifelong Mincéir activist and poet, Chrissy blends enchanting fairytales with raw truths, celebrating the Irish Traveller community’s resilience. A powerful exploration of storytelling’s enduring magic, this documentary invites audiences to embrace the overlooked beauty of Mincéir culture and its rich legacy of connection and belonging.

Where The Road Meets The Sky

2025

2010s · 9 titles

The Secret Scripture poster
7.2

The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.

The Secret Scripture

2017

Cardboard Gangsters poster
6.4

A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.

Cardboard Gangsters

2017

King of the Travellers poster
7.4

King of the Travellers is a contemporary drama grounded in the traditions of the Irish traveller community and driven by emotive Shakespearean themes of love, betrayal, friendship and revenge. The story follows John Paul Moorehouse on his destructive quest to uncover the truth about the killer of his father twelve years ago. John Paul's desire for revenge is swayed as he falls for Winnie Power, the daughter of the man he suspects killed his father. John Paul must now battle between his consuming passion for justice versus his desire to be with the woman he now loves.

King of the Travellers

2013

No artwork available
NR

Seanie is a lonely, borderline delusional man who empties bins on the sparse stretches of motorways that haven’t been populated with service stations yet. He’s also responsible for picking up the rubbish that is illegally dumped around the outskirts of the town. Flo is a belligerent teenage girl on her first day doing community service for spraying graffiti around the town. Today is their first day working together and their attitudes to both rubbish and art couldn’t be any more different. When they catch a couple illegally dumping on a roadside, a feverish chase ensues. Seanie & Flo is a short comedy about learning when to break the rules.

Seanie & Flo

2018

Breathe poster
7.0

Breathe follows Patrick, a bare knuckle fighting Traveller who becomes increasingly concerned with his young son Francie's femininity.

Breathe

2015

Stalker poster
7.5

A mentally unstable homeless man attempts to save his new and only friend from the world and drug dealers that make his life a living hell.

Stalker

2012

Monged poster
NR

Three very mismatched friends party from Friday to Monday in Dublin City in a riotous cocktail of drugs and alcohol while their personal problems - including a debt to a psychotic gangster, sexual confusion, and a lost phone number - remain in constant pursuit.

Monged

2015

No artwork available
NR

Jack is being bullied in work, so with a little help from his imaginary friend, Ralph, he begins to plot the murder of his bully, Pat.

Jack and Ralph Plan a Murder

2014

No artwork available
NR

The historical true story of the Lynch Family, the Irish Ribbonmen and British who occupied the Irish territory in 1816. With the bicentennial of the burning of Wild Goose Lodge and the centennial of Michael Collins and the Rising upcoming, this historical feature is rich in Irish culture and explanation of some interesting history. Shot entirely in Ireland, the production value and cinematography on this film is truly award winning. Logline: The Lynch Family try to defend themselves against the British and their own Irish heritage when their home is broken into by local villagers and a report of the break in leads to the hanging of the culprits by the British magistrate, much to the surprise of the Lynch family and the local Irish neighbors. The local Ribbonmen vow revenge again Lynch, while the town priest tries to maintain peace within the village.

Wild Goose Lodge

2016

Series credits

Behind the camera

Cardboard Gangsters poster
6.4

A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.

Cardboard Gangsters

2017

The Black Guelph poster
NR

Kanto, a small time drug dealer trying to get off the streets whose long absent father Cormac, an industrial school survivor, returns home looking for forgiveness and reconciliation.

The Black Guelph

2022

The Black Guelph poster
NR

Kanto, a small time drug dealer trying to get off the streets whose long absent father Cormac, an industrial school survivor, returns home looking for forgiveness and reconciliation.

The Black Guelph

2022

No artwork available
NR

Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day tells the story of the McCanns, an Irish family battling to stay together despite the odds. The film examines life and mortality while celebrating our ability to find meaning in the darkest of times. This is a story about the power of the human spirit.

Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

2020

No artwork available
NR

Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day tells the story of the McCanns, an Irish family battling to stay together despite the odds. The film examines life and mortality while celebrating our ability to find meaning in the darkest of times. This is a story about the power of the human spirit.

Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

2020

Where The Road Meets The Sky poster
NR

John Connors invites his grandmother Chrissy Donohue Ward into the frame to share the myths and oral traditions that shaped her and inspired him as a filmmaker. A lifelong Mincéir activist and poet, Chrissy blends enchanting fairytales with raw truths, celebrating the Irish Traveller community’s resilience. A powerful exploration of storytelling’s enduring magic, this documentary invites audiences to embrace the overlooked beauty of Mincéir culture and its rich legacy of connection and belonging.

Where The Road Meets The Sky

2025

Where The Road Meets The Sky poster
NR

John Connors invites his grandmother Chrissy Donohue Ward into the frame to share the myths and oral traditions that shaped her and inspired him as a filmmaker. A lifelong Mincéir activist and poet, Chrissy blends enchanting fairytales with raw truths, celebrating the Irish Traveller community’s resilience. A powerful exploration of storytelling’s enduring magic, this documentary invites audiences to embrace the overlooked beauty of Mincéir culture and its rich legacy of connection and belonging.

Where The Road Meets The Sky

2025

Where The Road Meets The Sky poster
NR

John Connors invites his grandmother Chrissy Donohue Ward into the frame to share the myths and oral traditions that shaped her and inspired him as a filmmaker. A lifelong Mincéir activist and poet, Chrissy blends enchanting fairytales with raw truths, celebrating the Irish Traveller community’s resilience. A powerful exploration of storytelling’s enduring magic, this documentary invites audiences to embrace the overlooked beauty of Mincéir culture and its rich legacy of connection and belonging.

Where The Road Meets The Sky

2025