Mick Lally

Acting

Mick Lally

Born 1945-11-10 · Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mick Lally (10 November 1945 – 31 August 2010)  was an Irish stage, film and television actor. He departed from a teaching career for acting during the 1970s.  Though best known in Ireland for his role as Miley in the television soap Glenroe,  Lally's stage career spanned several decades,  and he was involved in feature films such as Alexander and the Academy Award-nominated Secret of Kells.  He died in August 2010 after a battle with emphysema  Many reports cited him as one of Ireland's finest and most recognisable actors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mick Lally, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

Acting credits

Alexander poster
6.0

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

Alexander

2004

The Secret of Kells poster
7.4

Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?

The Secret of Kells

2009

The Secret of Roan Inish poster
6.7

Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.

The Secret of Roan Inish

1994

Circle of Friends poster
6.3

Three girlhood friends now at college share first loves, first kisses and first betrayals. At the center of it all is the best-looking boy on campus. Can a self-conscious dreamer hook the biggest fish in the pond?

Circle of Friends

1995

Horse poster
NR

In this melancholic rural drama set in 1960s Ireland, a widowed father is unable to communicate with his young son about their shared sadness.

Horse

2014

Angel poster
5.8

Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers’ leader. So begins his quest to avenge her.

Angel

1982

A Man of No Importance poster
6.2

Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of quiet desperation: he's gay, but firmly closeted, and his sister is always trying to find him "the right girl". His passion is Oscar Wilde, his hobby is putting on amateur theatre productions in the local church hall. We follow him as he struggles with temptation, friendship, disapproval, and the conservative yet oddly lyrical world of Ireland in the early 1960s.

A Man of No Importance

1994

Poitín poster
8.5

A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in the west of Ireland.

Poitín

1978

The Halo Effect poster
8.0

Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is getting the better of him and he has to contend with an endless succession of loan sharks and debt collectors. He employs hopelessly incompetent staff and generally manages to keep the entire community around him ticking over. However just as Fatso seems to be getting everything under control, he is faced with a dilemma that could destroy him for good.

The Halo Effect

2004

How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate poster
7.7

"How to cheat the Leaving Certificate?" : a question posed by thousands of students every year in Ireland. A group of pupils set up an elaborate master-plan to beat the system and top the points race.

How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate

1998

Fools of Fortune poster
6.5

A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

Fools of Fortune

1990

The Ballroom of Romance poster
7.4

A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.

The Ballroom of Romance

1982

The Fantasist poster
4.4

A young Dublin woman is stalked by a telephone charmer who poses victims nude and then stabs them.

The Fantasist

1986

Our Boys poster
7.0

Mixing classroom dramatization with documentary material, interviews with former students who recall barbaric punishments in the name of learning, and a 1932 newsreel of a triumphant Catholic congress in Dublin, this piece poses a challenging and controversial exploration of the Christian Brothers' education system in the 50s.

Our Boys

1981

The Outcasts poster
7.1

In pre-famine Ireland, when poverty and magic were rife, introverted farm girl Maura discovers a magical world of the imagination through the mysterious wanderer Scarf Michael. When her isolated rural community accuses her of witchcraft, she turns to her own supernatural powers for protection.

The Outcasts

1983

No artwork available
NR

A young girl experiences a moment of darkness.

Bua

2007

Snap poster
7.0

While Sandra opens up to a documentary film crew, flashbacks show her teenage son, Stephen, mysteriously kidnapping a toddler, and holding him captive. Eventually, the stories intersect to explain the abduction and the family's three-generation legacy of abuse in this mesmerizing psychological drama.

Snap

2010

No artwork available
NR

A story of love, rivalry and betrayal – Synge’s best-known work is a must-see from this multi-award winning company.' Synge’s great comic masterpiece tells the story of Christy Mahon, who stumbles into a public house in County Mayo claiming he has killed his father and so capturing the romantic attention of the daughter of the house, Pegeen Mike. Performed at Donmar Warehouse in London's Covent Garden by the Druid Theatre Company of Galway, Ireland.

The Playboy of the Western World

1985

No artwork available
NR

A sacked civil servant tells a ghost story at his farewell party.

Misteach Bhaile Átha Cliath

1994