Arthur Riordan

Acting

Arthur Riordan

Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland

Arthur Riordan is a prominent Irish playwright and actor, widely recognised as a founding member of the Rough Magic Theatre Company. Born in Fermoy, County Cork, in 1966, he has become a fixture in Irish theatre both as a writer of satirical musicals and a versatile stage and screen performer.

Acting credits

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin poster
6.7

As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

2024

As Luck Would Have It poster
6.5

When Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort, she decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment—and win over a handsome local.

As Luck Would Have It

2021

Borstal Boy poster
6.2

Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.

Borstal Boy

2001

On the Edge poster
6.7

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.

On the Edge

2001

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars poster
6.8

A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and to help foil an audacious robbery.

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

2007

Before I Sleep poster
7.5

"Before I Sleep" is one man's odyssey through Dublin city. It is a crowded hectic film, unmistakably Dublin, yet with one constant character - John Harte, a recently unemployed middle class man in a state of quiet anxiety.

Before I Sleep

1997

The Last September poster
5.2

In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece enjoys romantic frolics with a soldier and a hidden guerrilla fighter. All of the principals are thrown into turmoil when one more guest arrives with considerable wit and unwanted advice.

The Last September

2000

Stella Days poster
6.4

A priest stationed in Tipperary, Ireland, is eager to return to Rome. Told he cannot do so until he has raised enough money for the building of a new church, he decides to open a cinema in the local town.

Stella Days

2012

Prince William poster
9.0

Prince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales. After his father, he is next in line to the British throne. A biography of his journey so far....

Prince William

2002

Debutante poster
4.0

'Debutante' is the story of Meg, a young Jehovah's Witness who's subjected to the worst of what the religion has to offer: a judicial committee.

Debutante

2021

Out of Here poster
NR

Ciaran is a passionate yet restless college dropout who has returned home to recession-struck Dublin after a year of travelling. Broke and living with his parents, struggling to re-connect with the ex-girlfriend that he left behind and the friends and social scene that have moved on without him, Ciaran questions whether he should stay or go - and comes to realize the difference between being stuck and being present

Out of Here

2013

Showbands poster
9.0

It's Ireland in the 1960s and showbands and ballrooms are big business. However, Tony is struggling to repay his bank loan and is in danger of losing his ballroom. In order to save it, he sets out to turn unknown female performer Denise into a superstar practically overnight.

Showbands

2005

My Dinner With Oswald poster
10.0

Relationships are strained to breaking point by an obsession with conspiracy theories surrounding JFK's assassination.

My Dinner With Oswald

1997

No artwork available
NR

A young neurologist discovers a cure for depression, only to be opposed by a giant pharmaceutical corporation determined to destroy her.

A Sunken Place

2026

Holy Island poster
NR

Holy Island is a story about two lost souls, Rosa and David, trapped in purgatory in the form of a run-down port town. They meet awaiting a boat to leave the island, both longing to return home. Together they are forced to traverse an abnormal maze, piecing together their past lives through shared conversations and memories. In the end, only one of them can be saved. The other must fall.

Holy Island

2024

Mob the Trench poster
NR

Far into a strange future, an equation disproves the existence of god, leaving a mechanically preserved priest questioning his life choices. To make things worse, his once friendly church-going followers have become an angry mob, desperate for answers.

Mob the Trench

2024

The Enigma of Frank Ryan poster
NR

The life of Frank Ryan (1902- 1944) who was an Irish radical, International Brigade volunteer in Spain, and Nazi collaborator in Berlin.

The Enigma of Frank Ryan

2012

Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Beckett ‘n’ Joyce poster
6.5

Tensions arise between James Joyce and Samuel Beckett during a game of Pitch and Putt golf when a guest fails to show up.

Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Beckett ‘n’ Joyce

2001

Ink poster
10.0

Graduation short from Paul Duane.

Ink

1988