John Kavanagh
61 movies · 15 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 1, 1946 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- Джон Кэвэна
Biography
John Kavanagh (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish character actor who was a member of the Abbey Theatre company for ten years (1967–1977) before going freelance. He has worked in over 20 films and numerous TV series since 1970. His film credits include Braveheart (1995), The Butcher Boy (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and The Last Duel (2021). On television he is best known for playing The Seer / Pope Leo IV in Vikings (2013–2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), and Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio in The Tudors (2007–2008). He received a Drama Desk Award nomination (1989) for Juno and the Paycock. He is also a singer, having played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s. No other personal details are publicly confirmed.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
John Kavanagh: movies and TV shows
Acting (76)
- Upcoming One Sweet Hour
as Tommy
- Upcoming Weeks
as Jim
- 2026 Bucking Fastard
as Mr. Westmoreland
- 2024 Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen
as Arthur Browne
- 2024 Baltimore
as Sir Alfred Beit
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 The Last Duel
as Le Gris' Priest
- 2021 Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Gatekeeper (voice)
- 2019 Supervized
as Windsor
- 2017 Deposits
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 Lost Memories
as Dad
- 2016 Florence Foster Jenkins
as Arturo Toscanini
- 2015
- 2014 Horse
as Junior
- 2014 In Secret
as Inspector Michaud
- 2013 The Invisible Woman
as Reverend Benham
- 2013 The Stag
as Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad
- 2013
- 2012
- 2010
- 2009
- 2007 Closing the Ring
as Reverend Smith
- 2007
- 2006 The Tiger's Tail
as Harry
- 2006 The Black Dahlia
as Emmett Linscott
- 2004 Alexander
as Parmenion
- 2004 The Halo Effect
as Stan
- 2004
- 2003 Mystics
as Gerry the Barman
- 2003 Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
as Judge Shippen
- 2002 Pete's Meteor
as Sergeant Maloney
- 2002 Sinners
as Frank
- 2002 Puckoon
as Haggerty
- 2001
- 2001
- 1999 Vicious Circle
as Charlie Rice
- 1998 Dancing at Lughnasa
as Father Carlin
- 1998 The Butcher Boy
as Dr. Boyd
- 1997 The Informant
as IRA Chief
- 1996 Some Mother's Son
as Cardinal
- 1996
- 1995 Shadow of a Gunman
as Adolphus Grigson
- 1995 Braveheart
as Craig
- 1995 Sharpe's Sword
as Father Patrick Curtis
- 1995 Circle of Friends
as Brian Mahon
- 1994
- 1994 Widows' Peak
as Canon Murtagh
- 1993 Love Lies Bleeding
as Sean Kerrigan
- 1993 Bad Company
as Patrick Molloy
- 1993
- 1992 Into the West
as Hartnett
- 1991 Children of the North
as Seamus Reilly
- 1991
- 1991 Arise and Go Now
as Father Dade
- 1991 Events at Drimaghleen
as Superintendent O'Kelly
- 1990 August Saturday
as Tom Crosbie
- 1990 Fools of Fortune
as Johnny Lacy
- 1990
- 1988 Joyriders
as Manager
- 1988 The Storyteller: A Story Short
as Beggar
- 1988
- 1987 Bellman and True
as Donkey
- 1986 The Fantasist
as Robert Foxley
- 1986
- 1986
- 1985 The Price
as Kearney
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984 Cal
as Skeffington
- 1983 The Country Girls
as James
- 1983 Attracta
as Mr. Devereux
- 1982 The Ballroom of Romance
as Bowser Egan
- 1980 Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland
as Patrick Pearse
- 1971 A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton
as Priest
- 1970