Lorcan Cranitch

Lorcan Cranitch

Known for
Acting
Born
August 28, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Yield poster

Yield

Movie · as Eve's Dad

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Kelly

Kelly

TV · 1 ep

2026
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World poster

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

Movie · as Michael Flaherty

2026
The Three Urns poster

The Three Urns

Movie · as Liam

2025
Trespasses poster

Trespasses

TV · as Sergeant Reid · 4 eps

2025
Cooper & Fry poster

Cooper & Fry

TV · as DI Paul Hitchens · 4 eps

2025
Leonard and Hungry Paul poster

Leonard and Hungry Paul

TV · as Peter · 1 ep

2023
Lakelands poster

Lakelands

Movie

2023
Ghosts poster

Ghosts

Movie · as Jacob Engstrand

2023
LOLA poster

LOLA

Movie · as Major. General Norbury

2023
Tarrac poster

Tarrac

Movie · as Bear

2023
A Greyhound of a Girl poster

A Greyhound of a Girl

Movie · as Male Judge (voice)

2022
Aisha poster

Aisha

Movie · as Peter Flood

2022
Róise & Frank poster

Róise & Frank

Movie · as Donncha

2022
Burn It All poster

Burn It All

Movie · as M. Barrett

2022
Magpie Murders poster

Magpie Murders

TV · as Sir Magnus Pye / Max Ryeland · 4 eps

2021
Christmas at Castle Hart poster

Christmas at Castle Hart

Movie · as Patrick

2021
Bloodlands poster

Bloodlands

TV · as DCS Jackie Twomey · 10 eps

2020
Herself poster

Herself

Movie · as Michael

2020
Drifting poster

Drifting

Movie · as Diarmuid

2019
The Dig poster

The Dig

Movie · as Sean McKenna

2018
Rig 45 poster

Rig 45

TV · as Adam · 6 eps

2018
Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

TV · as Chief Inspector, Prefect of Police · 2 eps

2017
Take Me Swimming poster

Take Me Swimming

Movie · as Interviewer

2017
Acceptable Risk poster

Acceptable Risk

TV · as CS James Nulty · 3 eps

2016
My Life for Ireland poster

My Life for Ireland

Movie · as Pump man

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Commissioner Stevens · 1 ep

2015
Fortitude poster

Fortitude

TV · as DI Littlejohn · 11 eps

2015
Code of a Killer poster

Code of a Killer

TV · as DI Alan Madden · 2 eps

2015
The Last Kingdom poster

The Last Kingdom

TV · as Father Selbix · 2 eps

2014
The Legend of Longwood poster

The Legend of Longwood

Movie · as Lance Wicklow

2014
Love, Rosie poster

Love, Rosie

Movie · as Dennis Dunne

2014
The Crimson Field poster

The Crimson Field

TV · as Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty · 1 ep

2013
Flying Blind poster

Flying Blind

Movie · as Duncan Morehouse

2013
The Food Guide to Love poster

The Food Guide to Love

Movie · as Eddie

2013
Atlantis poster

Atlantis

TV · as Cilix · 12 eps

2013
Moonfleet poster

Moonfleet

TV · 2 eps

2013
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta

1916 Seachtar Dearmadta

TV · as James Connolly · 7 eps

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Roy Brewer · 1 ep

2011
Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise

TV · as Tosh Walker · 1 ep

2010
1916 Seachtar na Cásca

1916 Seachtar na Cásca

TV · as James Connolly · 7 eps

2009
Best: His Mother's Son poster

Best: His Mother's Son

Movie · as Dickie Best

2009
Law & Order: UK poster

Law & Order: UK

TV · 1 ep

2009
Paradox poster

Paradox

TV · as Simon Manning · 5 eps

2008
God on Trial poster

God on Trial

Movie · as Blockaltester

2008
Summer of the Flying Saucer poster

Summer of the Flying Saucer

Movie · as Ciaran

2008
The Palace poster

The Palace

TV · as Jonty Roberts · 8 eps

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Self

2007
The Dead Peasants Society poster

The Dead Peasants Society

Movie · as Patrick Cunningham

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Liam Cullen · 1 ep

2006
The Play's the Thing

The Play's the Thing

TV · 1 ep

2005
Omagh poster

Omagh

Movie · as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan

2005
Rome poster

Rome

TV · as Erastes Fulmen · 3 eps

2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls poster

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

Movie · as Harold Bradley

2003
Hornblower: Loyalty poster

Hornblower: Loyalty

Movie · as Wolfe

2003
Hornblower: Duty poster

Hornblower: Duty

Movie · as Wolfe

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Patrick McCann · 2 eps

2002
Shackleton poster

Shackleton

TV · as Frank Wild · 2 eps

2001
Rebel Heart poster

Rebel Heart

TV · as Inspector Nelson · 4 eps

2001
McCready and Daughter poster

McCready and Daughter

TV · 6 eps

2001
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

TV · as Victor Coleridge · 2 eps

2000
My Fragile Heart poster

My Fragile Heart

Movie · as Bernard Cleve

2000
Rebus poster

Rebus

TV · as Thomas Steele · 1 ep

1998
Dancing at Lughnasa poster

Dancing at Lughnasa

Movie · as Danny Bradley

1998
Macbeth poster

Macbeth

Movie · as Macduff

1998
Night Train poster

Night Train

Movie · as Billy

1998
Titanic Town poster

Titanic Town

Movie · as Tony

1998
Hornblower poster

Hornblower

TV · as Wolfe · 2 eps

1998
Close Relations poster

Close Relations

TV · as Stephen · 5 eps

1997
The Heart Surgeon poster

The Heart Surgeon

Movie · as Larry Duggan

1997
Deacon Brodie poster

Deacon Brodie

Movie · as George Smith

1997
Food of Love poster

Food of Love

Movie · as Luke

1997
The Heart Surgeon poster

The Heart Surgeon

TV · as Larry Duggan · 2 eps

1996
Dah Dit Dah

Dah Dit Dah

Movie

1996
Ballykissangel poster

Ballykissangel

TV · as Sean Dillon · 24 eps

1996
Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness

TV · as Colin McGrath, D.S. Mansfield · 2 eps

1995
Life After Life poster

Life After Life

Movie · as Leo Doyle

1994
Family poster

Family

Movie · as Tutorial Teacher

1993
Cracker poster

Cracker

TV · as DS Jimmy Beck · 19 eps

1992
The Playboys poster

The Playboys

Movie · as Ryan / John Joe

1992
You, Me & Marley poster

You, Me & Marley

Movie · as Father Tom

1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning poster

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

Movie · as Chernov

1991
Parnell & the Englishwoman

Parnell & the Englishwoman

TV · as Timothy Healy · 4 eps

1987
Empire State poster

Empire State

Movie · as Richard

1987
The Venus de Milo Instead poster

The Venus de Milo Instead

Movie · as Mr. Scott

1987
The Magic Toyshop

The Magic Toyshop

Movie · as Francie

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Leo Doyle · 1 ep

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 7 eps