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RECENT CREDITS

In Bruges (FILM) Feb. 8, 2008

Beowulf (FILM) Nov. 15, 2007

Black Irish (FILM) Oct. 26, 2007

Harry Potter and the Order of the P... (FILM) Jul. 11, 2007

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (FILM) Nov. 18, 2005

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HIGHLIGHTS

2009 Portrayed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the HBO movie "Into the Storm"

2008 Co-starred with Colin Farrell as Irish contract killers in "In Bruges"

2008 Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ("In Bruges")

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2009 Portrayed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the HBO movie "Into the Storm"

2008 Co-starred with Colin Farrell as Irish contract killers in "In Bruges"

2008 Nominated for the 2008 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ("In Bruges")

2007 Reprised role of Mad-Eye Moody for "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

2007 Co-starred in Robert Zemeckis' "Beowulf," which was filmed using a special technique of motion capture

2005 Cast opposite Orlando Bloom in Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven"

2005 Played a hard-drinking Irish emigrant opposite Cillian Murphy in Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto"

2005 Portrayed Alastor 'MadEye' Mood in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," adapted from the fourth book in the fantasy series by J.K. Rowling and directed by Mike Newell

2004 Cast as Spartan king Menelaus in director Wolfgang Petersen's epic "Troy"

2004 Starred in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village"

2003 Appeared in director Danny Boyle's post-modern zombie thriller "28 Days Later"

2003 Cast in director Anthony Minghella's film adaptation of the novel "Cold Mountain"

2003 Played a corrupt police official in the Los Angeles cop drama "Dark Blue"

2002 Cast in Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York"

2001 Re-teamed with Boorman to play a drunken revolutionary in "The Tailor of Panama"

2001 Co-starred in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," helmed by Steven Spielberg

2000 Had featured role in "Mission: Impossible II" starring Tom Cruise

2000 Co-starred with Brian Cox in "Salt Water"; adapted from McPherson's play "This Lime Tree Bower"

1998 Had title role of Irish criminal Martin Cahill in John Boorman's "The General"

1997 Portrayed a dimwitted, low-level criminal in "I Went Down"; directed by Paddy Breathnach and scripted by Conor McPherson

1995 Played the sidekick to Mel Gibson's William Wallace in "Braveheart"

1995 Acted in the TNT adaptation of "Kidnapped"

1990 Made feature acting debut in Jim Sheridan's "The Field"

Worked as a schoolteacher for nearly ten years while acting in semi-professional and professional productions

Recently Worked With...

Colin Farrell

In Bruges

Released: Feb. 8, 2008

Anthony Hopkins

Beowulf

Released: Nov. 16, 2007

Michael Angarano

Black Irish

Released: Oct. 26, 2007

Daniel Radcliffe

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Released: Jul. 11, 2007

Cillian Murphy

Breakfast on Pluto

Released: Dec. 2, 2005

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