Gerard McSorley
Acting
Biography
Gerard McSorley is a theatre, TV and an Irish film actor. He is known for hit films Veronica Guerin, Braveheart & In The Name of The Father. He also known for playing Father Todd Unctious in the Christmas special episode ("A Christmassy Ted") of the sitcom Father Ted. He now resides in County Donegal, he has three children.
Born: September 14, 1950
Place of Birth: Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Known For
Tell It to the Fishes
The tide is slowly coming in and Finn, a worthless low-rent hood, has been dropped on an isolated beach, his feet set in concrete. Finn's misery is compounded when Jack, a hard and edgy minor gangster responsible for his predicament, lands a few yards away, feet also set in concrete.
Braveheart
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
In the Name of the Father
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.
Inside I'm Dancing
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
War Horse
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
Angela's Ashes
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Bloody Sunday
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
The Constant Gardener
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
Michael Collins
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.
Filmography
as Murray
as Granddad Eddy
as Market Auctioneer
as Baron Fitzrobert
as Mr. Marshall
as Michael Byrne
as Lynch
as Bill Hunter
as Detective Insp. Harbison
as Jack
as Sir Kenneth Curtiss
as Michael Gallagher
as O'Grady
as Fergus Connolly
as John Gilligan
as Gordon Ellis
as Himself - Narrator
as Chief Supt. Lagan
as Harrison
as Father Gregory
as Mr. Aherne
as Felicia's Father
as Father Cleary
as Crowley
as Narration
as Psychiatrist #2
as Harry
as Mr. Galmoy
as Cathal Brugha
as Cecil
as Father Daly
as Cheltham
as Coulter
as George
as Coulter
as Abraham Johnson
as Gaffney
as Belfast Detective Pavis
as Iago (voice)
as Paddy Mcllkenny
as Ed
as Garda Casey
as John Bingham
as Assistant
as Doctor
as Martin Gallagher
as Martin Kernahan
as Gerry