Des Nealon

Acting

Des Nealon

Place of birth

Ireland

Known for

Acting

Credits

21 titles

Des Nealon is an established Irish actor with a prolific career in film, television, and theatre spanning over five decades. He is best known for his roles in iconic Irish productions such as Bachelors Walk, The Irish R.M., and the Academy Award-nominated short film Pentecost.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

Angela's Christmas poster
6.8

A trip to church with her family on Christmas Eve gives young Angela an extraordinary idea. A heartwarming tale based on a story by Frank McCourt.

Angela's Christmas

2017

A Thousand Times Good Night poster
6.8

On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, Rebecca – one of the world’s top war photojournalists - gets badly hurt. Back home, another bomb drops as her husband and daughters give her an ultimatum: her work or her family.

A Thousand Times Good Night

2013

The Rafters poster
5.5

Ghosts stalk an old guesthouse in the Aran islands, as two American backpackers vie for the affections of a young woman who is, literally, haunted by her past.

The Rafters

2012

Inspektor Jury spielt Katz und Maus poster
5.0

A series of bizarre deaths keeps an English village in suspense. Scotland Yard's best man is soon convinced: there's a killer at work! In Ashdown Dean - a village where no murder ever happens - Lady Agatha Ardry suddenly discovers one body after another.

Inspektor Jury spielt Katz und Maus

2016

Pentecost poster
6.4

Ireland 1977. Eleven-year-old Damian Lynch is called in at the last moment to serve as an altar boy at an important mass in his local parish. Following his last appearance as an altar boy when he knocked Father O'Toole off the altar, Damien is serving a 3 month ban from his only passion in life...football. To make matters worse, Damian's team, Liverpool FC, are playing in their first European cup final in two weeks time. Damien's father offers him a reprieve and crucially a chance to see the European cup final if he serves the mass correctly. Damien now faces a choice: either conform to the status quo or never watch his beloved Liverpool play again...

Pentecost

2010

The Flag poster
9.0

Builder Harry Hambridge is a down-on-his-luck paddy living in London. In one day he loses his job, father and beloved pet hamster, Mouse. On returning home to bury his father, he finds a statement from his Grandfather, claiming that it was he who raised the flag over the GPO during the 1916 Rising, which now hangs upside-down in an army barracks in England. Too long used to the mockery of his life, he sets out with his motley crew to find that “fecking flag” and maybe his passion for life along the way.

The Flag

2016

1980s · 5 titles

1970s · 3 titles

Series credits