Diarmuid de Faoite

Acting

Diarmuid de Faoite

Ennis, County Clare, Ireland

Diarmuid is an actor, writer and dialogue coach. Film: Recent work includes the new release, The Watchers (2024), Foscadh (2022), Finky (2020), Black '47 (2018) and Pilgrimage (2017). Two new feature films are in post production: Bring Them Down and Froggie. TV: Diarmuid was nominated for an IFTA for his lead role in Corp+Anam Series 1+2 (TG4), narrated An Bhoirinn (TG4) which won the Oireachtas Best Television Series and wrote and performed 'Pádraic Ó Conaire' which won Best Feature Documentary at the Celtic Media Festival. Other series work includes FBI International (CBS), Der Irland Krimi (ARD), Ros na Rún and Rásaí na Gaillimhe (TG4), Scúp and Custer's Last Stand Up (BBC NI), Machair (STV) and Ecu! Ecu!, Eureka! and Thou Shalt Not Kill (RTÉ). He has been involved in the narration and scripting of multiple documentaries. His new feature documentary, 'An Snáithe Órga/The Golden Thread' with Screen Ireland, TG4 and Seanchas productions is in development Theatre: Favourite roles include Edward in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Jack in The Weir, Travis in Paris Texas and Pádraic in Pádraic Ó Conaire. Diarmuid has worked with a host of companies, performing throughout Europe and in the UK, USA and Australia. Music: Diarmuid is currently producing a national tour, 'Dúchas agus Dóchas, A Clare Songline' with his own company. He narrates multiple large-scale events with the National Folk Orchestra. Diarmuid co-wrote and performed 'The Playboy of The Western World - The Musical' which won silver at the PPI Radio Awards and the re-adapted stage version has toured nationally. Reviews: Defender of the Faith "De Faoite's exquisitely poised performance as the purse-lipped Jesuitical trouble-shooter J.J makes a huge contribution to the tension and menace." Emer O Kelly, The Independent. The Fairgreen Slaughterhouse "De Faoite is superb" The Sunday Times. The Lieutenant of Inishmore "In a strong cast, Diarmuid de Faoite stands out" The Irish Times. Pádraic Ó Conaire "This was a truly marvelous experience... de Faoite brings us on a roller coaster of emotion... The story may be Ó Conaire's, but the genius in this particular work is undoubtedly de Faoite's." Rióna Ní Fhrighíl, Irish Theatre Magazine.

Acting credits

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War poster
6.9

Jack Ryan is reluctantly pulled back into espionage when an international covert mission unravels a deadly conspiracy. Racing against time, he joins CIA allies Mike November & James Greer and sharp MI6 officer Emma Marlowe to battle a rogue black-ops unit in a high-stakes, deeply personal fight.

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

2026

The Watchers poster
6.4

A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

The Watchers

2024

Black '47 poster
6.6

In 1847, when Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years, Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, returns home to reunite with his estranged family, only to discover the cruelest reality, a black land where death reigns.

Black '47

2018

Pilgrimage poster
6.0

In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.

Pilgrimage

2017

Bring Them Down poster
6.7

When the ongoing rivalry between farmers Michael and Jack suddenly escalates, it triggers a chain of events that take increasingly violent and devastating turns, leaving both families permanently altered.

Bring Them Down

2025

Run & Jump poster
5.9

After a stroke leaves her husband disabled and fundamentally changed, a spirited Irish wife struggles to keep her family members together. All the while they are under the microscope of an American researcher documenting their recovery process.

Run & Jump

2014

Arracht poster
6.8

Colmán Sharkey - a fisherman, a father, a husband - takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier arrives just ahead of ‘the blight,’ a crop disease that caused the Great Plague, killing and displacing millions of Irishmen.

Arracht

2021

Foscadh poster
5.5

When his over-protective parents pass away, friendless recluse John Cunliffe discovers their land to be extremely valuable, and he is forced to navigate the choppy waters of trust, vengeance and romance for the first time.

Foscadh

2021

No artwork available
NR

A young, rebellious graffiti artist struggles to awaken and release his soul. Eoinín na nÉan explores the artist’s eternal, internal struggle with his deepest doubts and insecurities.

Eoin of the Birds

2013

Kings poster
4.5

In the mid 1970s a group of young men leave the Connemara Gaeltacht, bound for London and filled with ambition for a better life. After thirty years, they meet again at the funeral of their youngest friend, Jackie. The film intersperses flashbacks of a lost youth in Ireland with the harsh realities of modern life. For some the thirty years has been hard, working in building sites across Britain. Slowly the truth about Jackie's death become clear and the friends discover they need each other more than ever.

Kings

2007

Finky poster
NR

A young musician with a tragic past is crippled in a car accident and given a chance at redemption when he is recruited by a violent, avant-garde circus.

Finky

2019

Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty? poster
8.0

Bankrupted by the effects of the 2008 recession and a divorce, Erskine Fogarty chooses to carry his last possession of status, his American fridge-freezer, from Dublin back to Limerick.

Did You Read About Erskine Fogarty?

2024

Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens poster
NR

Life seems to be kind to criminal psychologist Cathrin Blake: a tender love affair has developed from the acquaintance with the charming Matt. Professionally, however, Cathrin faces a tricky case: A year and a half ago, the renowned psychologist Helen Bell disappeared without a trace.

Der Irland-Krimi: Preis des Schweigens

2022

Froggie poster
7.0

Brothers Fiachra and Tadgh peaked at the age of 7 when they appeared on the TV singing with their homemade puppet, “Froggie”. 25 years later, they are still singing the same ol’ song...until one day, Froggie is stolen. A riotous, hilarious story about brotherly love and the struggles of being an artist in today's world, "Froggie" is a fun-filled adventure for all the family.

Froggie

2024

No artwork available
NR

A sacked civil servant tells a ghost story at his farewell party.

Misteach Bhaile Átha Cliath

1994

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