Niall Tóibín

Acting

Niall Tóibín

Born 1929-11-21 · Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Niall Toibin was an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field. He married Judy Kenny (1931-2001) in 1957. He had five children and seven grandchildren. He had an illustrious acting career spanning over four decades. On October 29 2002 he received the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actor.

Acting credits

Far and Away poster
6.8

A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile land takeovers. They escape to America, ready to take advantage of the 19th century Oklahoma land rush.

Far and Away

1992

Veronica Guerin poster
6.7

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

Veronica Guerin

2003

Ryan's Daughter poster
7.1

In the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married schoolteacher in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

Ryan's Daughter

1970

Rawhead Rex poster
5.3

Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.

Rawhead Rex

1986

Frankie Starlight poster
5.3

The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and the two very different men who love her.

Frankie Starlight

1995

Rat poster
6.0

After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.

Rat

2000

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire poster
5.3

In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the Swiss Ambassador's limousine. The Ambassador, his family and employees all become immediate suspects. Faced with the problem of diplomatic immunity, the police officer in charge of the case brings in John Norton, an ex-Inspector known for his brutal methods, to carry out an "unoffical" investigation. While Norton develops a relationship with the Ambassdor's attractive daughter, several more gruesome murders occur...

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

1971

Lovespell poster
5.0

Romantic tragedy, the story of Tristan and Isolde.

Lovespell

1981

Murphy's Stroke poster
5.8

The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his stables. The betting stakes were subsequently raised, before the real horse was entered in the race.

Murphy's Stroke

1980

The Nephew poster
5.6

Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the message of her death arrives in her town of birth. Only days later, her only son Chad arrives, too. Obviously, his mother took a black husband. Soon, Chad falls for Aislin, who has a bit of a crush on him too. But there is an old conflict going on between her father and Chad's uncle. This conflict resurfaces and begins to draw circles, wider and wider.

The Nephew

1998

Guns in the Heather poster
5.4

An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'

Guns in the Heather

1969

Teeth poster
6.2

A last laugh tale of two old friends, their teeth and a fishing trip that leaves them lost for words.

Teeth

2007

Who Bombed Birmingham? poster
8.5

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks

Who Bombed Birmingham?

1990

Dick Francis: Twice Shy poster
4.7

A fool-proof formula for picking winning horses on a computer disc is the Maguffin sought by Cleveland and others.

Dick Francis: Twice Shy

1989

Poitín poster
8.5

A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in the west of Ireland.

Poitín

1978

The Outsider poster
5.8

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he's the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.

The Outsider

1979

The Love She Sought poster
6.8

An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bishop (Prosky). As a result she retires and takes a trip to Ireland where she seeks an admirer (Elliott) with whom she has been corresponding for five years.

The Love She Sought

1990

Flight of the Doves poster
5.9

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.

Flight of the Doves

1971

The Rockingham Shoot poster
NR

Rigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingham Shoot, where a violent incident occurs.

The Rockingham Shoot

1987

Fools of Fortune poster
6.5

A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

Fools of Fortune

1990

Children in the Crossfire poster
7.0

For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" four children from both sides of the conflict come to America through a special project, and discover each other away from the ravages of their homeland.

Children in the Crossfire

1984

Gaybo Laughs Back poster
NR

Gaybo Laughs Back is an hour-long special, hosted by Gay Byrne who introduces some of the comedy highlights from his thirty-seven years at the helm of the long-running television series.

Gaybo Laughs Back

2008

Philadelphia, Here I Come poster
7.0

Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).

Philadelphia, Here I Come

1975

The Country Girls poster
7.0

The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.

The Country Girls

1983