Gerry O'Brien

Acting

Gerry O'Brien

Gerry O'Brien is a Irish actor known for famous films and TV series. His numerous film credits include "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", "Lassie", "King Arthur", "Veronica Guerin", and "The Old Curiosity Shop". He also has enjoyed an impressive array of television credits. His work may be seen in "Mystic Knights of Tir na Nog", "Holby City", "Trouble in Paradise", and "The Tudors". Gerry has also worked as a professional actor on the Irish theatrical stage since 1970. Has performed at the Gate and Abbey Theaters in Dublin and for the National Broadcaster (RTE) in both radio and television dramas since the 1980's. Many know Gerry's familiar and classical voice since he is also one of the U.K.'s leading voice-over English speaking artists. A fine artist with great strength of character and remarkable sensitivity.

Acting credits

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest poster
7.4

Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutchman, ever-crafty Jack must track down the still-beating heart of Jones. But he won’t do it alone: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are drawn back into another one of his perilous quests—assuming they can evade execution for aiding a pirate.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

Reign of Fire poster
6.2

In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons -- has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love is still alive.

Reign of Fire

2002

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

Lassie poster
6.4

A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.

Lassie

2005

Mr Malcolm's List poster
5.9

When she fails to meet an item on his list of requirements for a bride, Julia Thistlewaite is jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor, Mr. Malcolm. Feeling humiliated and determined to exact revenge, she convinces her friend Selina Dalton to play the role of his ideal match. Soon, Mr. Malcolm wonders whether he’s found the perfect woman...or the perfect hoax.

Mr Malcolm's List

2022

Northanger Abbey poster
6.8

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

Northanger Abbey

2007

The Matchmaker poster
6.1

Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.

The Matchmaker

1997

Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Buried at C poster
7.6

Our favorite music teacher Gethsemane is back again along with her trusted ghost friend Eamon to solve the unexplained death of a sea captain.

Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Buried at C

2025

A Merry Scottish Christmas poster
6.2

When estranged siblings Lindsay and Brad travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo, a big family secret is revealed.

A Merry Scottish Christmas

2023

Hillwalkers poster
4.8

When hikers trespass onto private land, an altercation with the landowner descends into violence.

Hillwalkers

2022

Panic Attack poster
1.0

Eighteen-year-old Alex is in the throes of his transition. When his best friend abandons a joint venture to assert their identity he’s forced to confront his anxieties before entering the unknown alone.

Panic Attack

2020

Calving poster
4.3

In a rural Irish village, a strange calf is born. And it won’t stop screaming.

Calving

2021

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song poster
5.2

Ireland's bloody 1916 Easter Uprising, the suffragette movement in England, a Zeppelin raid, and a meeting with a rising young British cabinet member named Winston Churchill become vivid vignettes in Indy's life. So too do his brief but impassioned romances with the sister of a clandestine Irish rebel, and with an English suffragette for whom the vote comes before love.

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

2000

Fiddlers Cross poster
NR

There is a new banker in town, making his name, scorching the earth under distressed borrowers. While unwinding in a local pub, he discovers a further business opportunity.

Fiddlers Cross

2014

Love of the Irish poster
7.4

Tired of her bad luck, Fiona takes her mom on a trip to Ireland to turn things around where she meets a charming single dad who helps her make her own luck.

Love of the Irish

2025

Queens Gold poster
NR

Ireland 1650 and a squad of English soldiers search for a legendary fairy treasure deep within a forest. But when they find this legendary treasure will it bring them all that they desire or will its owner want it back?

Queens Gold

2022

From the Dark poster
5.6

A couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night.

From the Dark

2014

Speed Dating poster
5.3

The film tells the story of speed dating addict James Van Der Bexton as he approaches his 30th birthday.

Speed Dating

2007

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax poster
6.6

When her doctor recommends that a widow pursue her unfulfilled life ambitions, he doesn't realize that she has always wanted to be a spy. Sending a letter to her congressman gets her an interview with the CIA and accidentally gets her an assignment to Morocco for a supposed easy task of picking up an encrypted code book. When the agency realizes their mistake, they send a super-agent to watch over her. Both are taken prisoner and the real agent is injured, leaving Mrs. Pollifax to use her considerable wits to help them escape and to save the day.

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

1999

Headrush poster
4.2

Headrush is a crime comedy about two disillusioned youths, struggling through a haze of cannabis, who hope to solve all their problems by smuggling a consignement of drugs for a local gangster. It's set in the present day in Dublin, Ireland against the backdrop of the end of the Celtic Tiger: the bursting of the bubble of this economy boom that's supposed to have done wonders for us all.

Headrush

2003

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog poster
7.0

Journey beyond imagination to a fantastic world of swords and sorcery, wizards and warriors, where the fate of an entire kingdom rests on the shoulders of four brave, young heroes - The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. The knights embark on an action-packed quest to find the warrior Draganta and the mystical fire dragon Pyre, who will help them defeat the evil queen Maeve. Filled with powerful magic and courageous battles, The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog is a legendary adventure that you'll enjoy time and time again!

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog

1999

Anne Devlin poster
7.0

The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.

Anne Devlin

1984

No artwork available
NR

A drama about a young woman's visit to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. The film tells the story of the exposition, as imagined through the eyes of a visitor.

When the World Came to San Francisco

2015

No artwork available
NR

A drama about a young woman's visit to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. The film tells the story of the exposition, as imagined through the eyes of a visitor.

When the World Came to San Francisco

2015