Joe Rooney
Acting
Biography
Joseph "Joe" Rooney is an Irish actor, comedian and singer-songwriter from Drogheda, County Louth. He is arguably best known for his acting and in particular for playing Father Damo in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, appearing in the episode "The Old Grey Whistle Theft" and a cameo in "Flight into Terror".
Born: October 1, 1963
Place of Birth: Drogheda, Ireland
Known For
Killinaskully
details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland
Killinaskully
details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland
Killinaskully
details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland
Father Ted
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
Oddity
After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.
Clean Sweep
Shelly Mohan is a regular mum who juggles the lives and schedules of three children and a husband who is a local detective. It’s a chaotic and mostly thankless life, but one with which she is happy…until a dark secret emerges from her past.
Poster Boys
When dysfunctional adult Al Clancy mistakenly agrees to mind his smart-ass 10-year-old nephew Karl for a week, his job and home are placed in jeopardy. In a bold bid to save Al’s job, they steal his mam’s camper van, become best friends, and embark on a criss cross adventure, putting up posters all over Ireland. When things go wrong and the lads get cranky, one of them realises that the other one needs to grow up.
Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll
Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll, is a 12 minute spoof of a 1950s black and white science fiction B-movie. It was first released in 1997 and starred Ardal O'Hanlon. It was written by Mik Duffy and its director Enda Hughes. The title is taken from the 1957 Rockabilly novelty hit record "Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll" by Billy Lee Riley and His Little Green Men. O'Hanlan's "rendition" of the song, is performed by producer Michael Hughes.
Wretch
Under the tutelage of an eccentric hippie restaurateur and her messianic self-help guru, a young man sets out to master the occult magic of Enceladism in an effort to destroy the cancer that's killing his boyfriend.
Into the Abyss
A young woman comes home to Dublin for Christmas after ten months away. When her family resumes their old hostility, Sandra's only alternative is to return to desperate circumstances in London.
Filmography
as Little Joe
as Bernie
as Terrence
as Mr. Sweeney (Bus Driver)
as Mick
as Joe
as Peter Pringle
as Ribbonman
as Corkfella
as Timmy
as Timmy Higgins
as Loco McCann
as Father Damien Lennon
as Brother