Pat Shortt

Acting

Pat Shortt

Born

1966-12-12 (59)

Place of birth

Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Pat Shortt is an Irish actor and comedian, best known for his work with the McDonagh brothers, as well as the Irish sitcom Killinaskully, which he created and wrote. He is also known as half of D'Unbelievables, a comedy duo he co-founded in the late 1980s with friend Jon Kenny.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

The Banshees of Inisherin poster
7.5

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

The Banshees of Inisherin

2022

Four Letters of Love poster
6.2

Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull them together, so too does life threaten to tear them apart.

Four Letters of Love

2025

Pixie poster
5.9

To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.

Pixie

2020

The Heist Before Christmas poster
5.0

After a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus holds up a bank, a child disillusioned with Christmas encounters a man in the woods who, also dressed as Santa, claims to have fallen out of his sleigh. The pair strike up a friendship and go on an adventure.

The Heist Before Christmas

2023

Lambing poster
5.0

A young dad in rural Ireland must face his own anxiety around gender and bullying when his baby is born intersex.

Lambing

2022

The Life of Lester Wink poster
NR

Lester Wink, a door-to-door pet insurance salesman with a phobia of talking with strangers, must make a sale by 5pm, or get fired. He meets Sammy, a widow who is afraid to leave her house, and a friendship is born.

The Life of Lester Wink

2023

Me and Dad poster
NR

A boy struggles to get through to his oblivious, drunk dad at a local pub. All attempts are ignored. The barman is the boy’s only soft ear. In one final gesture, Charlie desperately attempts to push Dad to break.

Me and Dad

2024

Dead Man’s Money poster
8.0

When Young Henry’s wealthy uncle starts courting “the Widow” Maureen Tweed, he starts to fear that he’ll be written out of Old Henry’s will. Conspiring with his wife, Pauline – and a chauffeur with a chequered past, known as Gerry the Wheels – Young Henry puts a plan in motion to make sure that the Widow Tweed never sees a penny of the inheritance he thinks is rightfully his. However, when Pauline’s guilt threatens to expose them, fear and distrust starts to seed within the trio. Not knowing who can trust whom, their dirty deed leads to a series of events that there is no coming back from, for any of them

Dead Man’s Money

2024

2010s · 17 titles

Song of the Sea poster
8.0

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

Song of the Sea

2014

The Guard poster
7.0

When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.

The Guard

2011

Calvary poster
7.1

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

Calvary

2014

Queen & Country poster
6.1

In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.

Queen & Country

2015

The Belly of the Whale poster
5.7

Two down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade.

The Belly of the Whale

2018

Animals poster
5.5

Longtime friends and party lovers Laura and Tyler navigate life and love in Dublin, Ireland but find themselves drifting apart when Laura becomes engaged.

Animals

2019

Breakfast Wine poster
7.0

In Ireland they say it takes just three alcoholics to keep a small bar running in a country town. But what if you’ve only got two?

Breakfast Wine

2013

Life's a Breeze poster
6.2

An unemployed slacker, his aged mother and his niece must overcome their many differences to find a lost fortune.

Life's a Breeze

2013

No artwork available
9.5

In 2011 Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt decided to reunite for a national tour of the award winning hit show 'One Hell of a Do'. This hilarious comedy celebrates the unique talent of Ireland's most famous wedding/pub band - Tom & Gerry (D'Unbelievables) - who, on receiving an award entitled the 'Golden Microphone of the Year Award for the best wedding/pub band in Ireland' recall the hilarious happenings during the day of the Donoghue Wedding. Filmed in front of a live audience at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar in 2011

D'Unbelievables One Hell of a Do

2011

No artwork available
9.5

In 2011 Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt decided to reunite for a national tour of the award winning hit show 'One Hell of a Do'. This hilarious comedy celebrates the unique talent of Ireland's most famous wedding/pub band - Tom & Gerry (D'Unbelievables) - who, on receiving an award entitled the 'Golden Microphone of the Year Award for the best wedding/pub band in Ireland' recall the hilarious happenings during the day of the Donoghue Wedding. Filmed in front of a live audience at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar in 2011

D'Unbelievables One Hell of a Do

2011

No artwork available
9.5

In 2011 Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt decided to reunite for a national tour of the award winning hit show 'One Hell of a Do'. This hilarious comedy celebrates the unique talent of Ireland's most famous wedding/pub band - Tom & Gerry (D'Unbelievables) - who, on receiving an award entitled the 'Golden Microphone of the Year Award for the best wedding/pub band in Ireland' recall the hilarious happenings during the day of the Donoghue Wedding. Filmed in front of a live audience at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar in 2011

D'Unbelievables One Hell of a Do

2011

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

SoulBoy poster
5.7

1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.

SoulBoy

2010

Dark Lies the Island poster
6.5

A long standing family feud rocks a small town that comes to a head when the Patriarch of the ruling family decides to upend the status quo. Married to a much younger woman who calls him Daddy, she loves his power but is still in love with her first love, Doggy who is Daddy’s estranged son! Doggy is a criminal running various shady businesses with his dimwit brother, Martin when a mysterious newcomer Richie arrives in town to shake things up. Now watch the fireworks start in this Fargo-esque delight!

Dark Lies the Island

2019

Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman poster
NR

A selection of Dermot Morgan's family, friends, colleagues and admirers, including Pat Shortt, Oliver Callan and Pauline Mc Lynn, look back on the life of the comedian, writer, satirist and actor whose savage wit belied a caring nature and reflect on his place in the annals of comedy greats.

Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman

2013

Twice Shy poster
2.0

Andy and Maggie, a young Irish couple, travel to England as the result of an unplanned pregnancy, where Maggie will face the biggest decision of her life.

Twice Shy

2016

Maya poster
NR

Ken lives in a simulated, idyllic reality created by a machine called Maya. As his funds start running low, this happy world is about to crumble and he’ll be forced to return to a life he sought desperately to escape.

Maya

2019

2000s · 12 titles

The Closer You Get poster
5.7

Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone's sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she's fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won't release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?

The Closer You Get

2000

Spacemen Three poster
NR

When a veteran astro-geologist withdraws from a vital space mission, his place is taken by his research assistant.

Spacemen Three

2008

Man About Dog poster
6.5

Three pedigree chumps learn that every underdog has its day in this freewheeling Irish comedy. In hock to the tune of £50,000 to a Belfast bookie and saddled with a dopey greyhound that wouldn't run if its backside was on fire, the likely lads head south on a road trip in the hope of seeing a man about a dog. Foul-mouthed and funny, Man About Dog is full of great craic.

Man About Dog

2004

Garage poster
6.5

Due to a learning disability, Josie's life in a tiny town revolves around a menial job taking care of a garage that could close at any day. Things start to change, however, when David, the son of his boss' girlfriend, comes to work with him. Josie hangs out with David and his teenage friends, bringing them beer, and despite being a grown man himself, finds that the new company lifts his spirits. But his simple-mindedness blinds him to some potential legal dangers.

Garage

2007

Wild About Harry poster
6.0

A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.

Wild About Harry

2000

Gaybo Laughs Back poster
NR

Gaybo Laughs Back is an hour-long special, hosted by Gay Byrne who introduces some of the comedy highlights from his thirty-seven years at the helm of the long-running television series.

Gaybo Laughs Back

2008

Saltwater poster
7.1

An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.

Saltwater

2000

Strength and Honour poster
5.5

A single father decides to break his dying wife's last wish to not box again in order to save his young son from certain death.

Strength and Honour

2007

No artwork available
8.5

Irish Comedy starring Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt

D'Unbelievables D'Mother

2001

D'Collection poster
NR

Compilation DVD featuring D'Video, D'Telly and D'Mother

D'Collection

2005

Pat Shortt - You Won't Get Away With That Here poster
7.5

Pat Shortt in comedy stand up - Its the final night in the hall at rathmuff before its due to be demolished and the locals decide to show a film. The local characters turn out in force to bid a farewell to the hall, like patsy the hall caretaker, who patrols the aisle to make sure there is notrhing dirty going on, Sheamie the builder who comes in to demolish the place and dympna the air hostess who lives on in sheamies dreams as one of his more memorable flights. This is one on the mostdaring productions ever staged in the community hall, but regardless of who you meet they will tell you the same thing,... you wont get away with that here!

Pat Shortt - You Won't Get Away With That Here

2006

Pat Shortt: Live and a Bit Dangerous poster
7.0

The DVD brings you some of Shortt's favorite characters from his sell-out live show.

Pat Shortt: Live and a Bit Dangerous

2003

Series credits

Father Ted poster
8.2

A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.

Father Ted

1995

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast poster
7.1

Three lifelong pals embark on a chaotic quest to solve the mystery of their old friend's suspicious death and keep their own dark secret under wraps.

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

2026

Bodkin poster
6.5

A ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.

Bodkin

2024

The Late Late Show poster
5.5

Chat show that looks at current affairs in Ireland.

The Late Late Show

1962

The Reluctant Vampire poster
7.5

A young vampire finds out he is not in fact a vampire at all, and has to live a double life.

The Reluctant Vampire

2026

SisterS poster
6.2

Two women, one born in Canada and the other in Ireland, discover they are half-sisters and embark on a road trip to find their alcoholic father.

SisterS

2023

Killinaskully poster
7.8

details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland

Killinaskully

2003

Killinaskully poster
7.8

details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland

Killinaskully

2003

Killinaskully poster
7.8

details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland

Killinaskully

2003

Frank of Ireland poster
6.3

Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development who’s convinced that the world owes him. He's also our hero. He has a tenuous hold on reality, a single room in his mother’s home, an ex he can’t get over and a loyal best friend, Doofus. This is the hilarious story of a man’s hapless search for respect. We don’t want him to succeed, but it’s fun to watch him try.

Frank of Ireland

2021

No Worries If Not! poster
6.0

Noisy, fast paced, comedy sketch show with quirky characters and off the wall sketches, featuring the biggest stars of Irish online comedy.

No Worries If Not!

2022

Mattie poster
7.0

A Garda from a small rural village in Ireland, moves to Dublin City and must adjust to life as a big-time Garda, with hilarious results.

Mattie

2009

Mattie poster
7.0

A Garda from a small rural village in Ireland, moves to Dublin City and must adjust to life as a big-time Garda, with hilarious results.

Mattie

2009

Smalltown poster
7.0

The series tells the story of best friends Conor and Fergus and begins with both young men ready to leave small town Ireland behind in hopes of better fortunes abroad. The story then jumps forward to years later as both men's lives are thrown into turmoil by family drama, resurfacing old wounds and a dramatically changed Ireland.

Smalltown

2016

No artwork available
NR

Joe remains one of Ireland's most iconic entertainers. The only Irish singer to register chart hits over five successive decades, Joe evolved from being a rural Rocker in the early sixties to become Ireland's first international pop star.

Joe Dolan - Sweet Little Rock N Roller

2012

No artwork available
NR

Entertainer and musician Pat Shortt and Stockton's Wing frontman Mike Hanrahan, take a musical road trip around Ireland to discover the history behind some of our greatest songs.

Songs of Ireland

2024

Behind the camera