Lorcan Cranitch
Acting
Biography
Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker.
Born: August 28, 1959
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Known For
Deacon Brodie
Drama based on the true story of Deacon Brodie one of Scotland's most notorious criminals. In 1788 Deacon Brodie a master cabinet maker and town councillor is a rogue and a hedonist. He steals money but gives it back. He attempts to steal a fortune from the city's Customs and Excise office but the attempt fails and he is caught. There is a widely-publicised trial and he is sentenced to death to be hanged on the gallows he designed.
Family
This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a hustler, a head-first footballer, a thief, abusive. Paula drinks, objects to Charlie's thievery and adultery without the will to chuck him out. John Paul worships his father who's initiating him into the world of beer and football but recoils at Charlo's treatment of mum; asthma and misbehavior at school follow. Daughter Nicola is a young woman, starting work in a garment factory. When Charlo begins to stare at her, she's frightened and Paula's furious.
Rome
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
The Crown
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
Cooper & Fry
Set in the mystery-shrouded Peak District, the series follows two mismatched young detectives: affable local Ben Cooper and guarded newcomer Diane Fry. Thrown together to investigate a string of mysterious deaths they must learn to work together to get results. As their personal lives begin to intertwine, a unique friendship begins to form... but it won't always be easy.
Love, Rosie
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?
Hornblower
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
Spooks
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
Lewis
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Silent Witness
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Filmography
as Michael Flaherty
as DI Paul Hitchens
as Sergeant Reid
as Peter
as Bear
as Jacob Engstrand
as Major. General Norbury
as Peter Flood
as Donncha
as M. Barrett
as Patrick
as DCS Jackie Twomey
as Michael
as Diarmuid
as Sean McKenna
as Chief Inspector
as Prefect of Police
as Adam
as Interviewer
as CS James Nulty
as Commissioner Stevens
as Pump man
as DI Alan Madden
as DI Littlejohn
as Lance Wicklow
as Dennis Dunne
as Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty
as Eddie
as Cilix
as Duncan Morehouse
as Tosh Walker
as Roy Brewer
as Simon Manning
as Dickie Best
as Blockaltester
as Ciaran
as Jonty Roberts
as Patrick Cunningham
as Liam Cullen
as Erastes Fulmen
as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan
as Harold Bradley
as Wolfe
as Wolfe
as Patrick McCann
as Frank Wild
as Victor Coleridge
as Inspector Nelson
as Bernard Cleve
as Thomas Steele
as Wolfe
as Danny Bradley
as Tony
as Stephen
as Macduff
as Billy
as Luke
as Larry Duggan
as Larry Duggan
as George Smith
as Colin McGrath
as Sean Dillon
as Leo Doyle
as Tutorial Teacher
as DS Jimmy Beck
as Father Tom
as Ryan / John Joe
as Chernov
as Richard
as Leo Doyle
as Eve's Dad