Conor McDermottroe

Acting

Conor McDermottroe

Born 1960-01-01 · Sligo Town - County Sligo - Ireland

Since 1979 Conor has worked in a variety of roles in Theatre, Film and Television. He started as an ASM for the Irish Theatre Company and quickly moved to acting including the Abbey, the Gate and touring the UK. Conor spent ten years in Australia, primarily acting in Film and Television, however, he also co-wrote and developed a feature film screenplay and directed two plays. Returned to Ireland to work with the Druid Theatre Co in 1991. Three years at the Abbey Theatre and other theatre companies in Dublin. Irish Film and Television work from 94 to 97. Worked at the Royal National Theatre London in 1998. In 1999 Conor formed Benrae Productions Ltd, and is writing, directing and producing film, television and theatre projects.

Acting credits

Quigley Down Under poster
6.7

American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.

Quigley Down Under

1990

Minnamurra poster
5.4

Underrated leading man Jeff Fahey carries most of the dramatic weight of the Australian Wrangler. Fahey plays a handsome, athletic businessman who vies for the hand of rancher's daughter Tushika Bergen. Our hero must not only contend with his romantic rival, a dashing but dangerous cattleman, but also with a villainous creditor who craves the land left to Bergen by her late father. By nature of its plotline and setting, Wrangler can't help but invite comparisons to the popular The Man From Snowy River. Still, the stars and director Ian Barry keep up the appearances of freshness and originality

Minnamurra

1989

Intermission poster
6.2

A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.

Intermission

2003

Jimmy's Hall poster
6.7

In Depression-era Ireland, Jimmy Gralton returns home after a decade's exile in America. Witnessing the levels of poverty and oppression, his inner activist reawakens and he seeks to reopen the dance hall that led to his deportation.

Jimmy's Hall

2014

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

Black Ice poster
5.2

A story of youthful misadventure set against the backdrop of a lawless border terrain during the last gasps of the Irish boom.

Black Ice

2013

Vicious Circle poster
8.5

Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery

Vicious Circle

1999

Coney Island Baby poster
9.0

After spending time in New York City, Billy Hayes returns to his Ireland hometown. He wants to get back together with his ex-girlfriend and take her to America in hopes of opening up a gas station. But everything isn't going Billy's way — the townspeople aren't happy to see him, and his ex-girlfriend is engaged and pregnant. Then, Billy runs into his old friends who are planning a scam.

Coney Island Baby

2002

Run Chrissie Run! poster
5.0

Eve flees to Australia with daughter Chrissie when Riley, her ex-lover, resurfaces. Two IRA men hunting Riley for shooting their comrade join forces with a vengeful biker Eve wronged. All paths converge in Barossa Valley.

Run Chrissie Run!

1986

Behind the camera