Shane Casey

Acting

Shane Casey

Born 1980-01-15 · County Cork, Ireland

Shane Casey (born 1980) is an Irish actor and playwright. He is best known for playing the role of Billy Murphy, debuting in the film The Young Offenders, and the following TV series of the same name, The Young Offenders.

Acting credits

The Wind That Shakes the Barley poster
7.3

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006

The Beautiful Game poster
6.3

A group of advocates to end homelessness organize an annual tournament for homeless people to compete in a series of football matches known as The Homeless World Cup.

The Beautiful Game

2024

Shedites poster
NR

A comedy about a place where men can make themselves useful and along the way, find company through unlikely friendships, a sense of purpose and a mug of strong tea.

Shedites

2026

I Never Cry poster
6.9

Ola sets off to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he dies in a building site accident. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know if he had saved money for the car he had promised her. Dealing with foreign bureaucracy in her own streetwise way, Ola will get to know her father.

I Never Cry

2020

I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland poster
7.3

Peels back centuries of legend and myth to tell the story of Saint Patrick through historical reenactments, expert interviews and Patrick’s own writings, tracing his journey from man to saint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i95AQhvtzsA

I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland

2020

The Runway poster
6.0

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home.

The Runway

2010

A Hand to Hold poster
NR

An elderly Irish woman finds herself literally attached to her deceased husband. Their bond leads to increasingly grotesque events.

A Hand to Hold

2026

No artwork available
NR

After his mother’s funeral in rural Ireland, Fergus is taken to a techno rave by the sea outside Dublin with Mick, Alan and Conal. Based on a short story by Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn).

3 Friends

2016

The Young Offenders poster
7.0

Two teenage boys from inner-city Cork steal bicycles and ride off on a 160km quest to find an unrecovered bale of cocaine worth 7,000,000 euros.

The Young Offenders

2016

Wireless poster
NR

Ziggy and Teddy, living on an isolated island, are faced with the prospect of a two-kilometre lockdown due to the Covid pandemic. Far from being distraught by the impending isolation, Ziggy and Teddy react in the most hilarious of ways.

Wireless

2022