Cast & creator
Sean McGinley
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Minder, Lewis
Seán McGinley is an Irish film and TV actor. He's appeared in about 80 films and television series.
Also known as: Seán Mcginley, Шон МакГинли, Шон МакГінлі, شان مکگینلی
58
film credits
22
television credits
79
1979–2025 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (80)
Showing 80 of 80 credits
Midsomer Murders
Sean O'Connell
1997
Minder
Alexie Nolan
1979
Lewis
Keiran Donnelly
2007
Shetland
Drew McColl
2013
Waking the Dead
Dr. Donald Roper
2001
Republic of Doyle
Malachy Doyle
2010
Braveheart
MacClannough
1995
The Alienist
Bishop Potter
2018
The Vice
Tommy Bowers
1999
Cold Feet
Roy
1998
Gangs of New York
Forty Thieves Leader
2002
The Ambassador
1998
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Father Denis
2006
The Last Rifleman
Brendan O'Brien
2023
Rik Mayall Presents
Michael
1993
Single-Handed
Dennis Costello
2007
Michael Collins
Smith
1996
Dangerous Lady
1995
Paula
Terry
2017
Butterfly
Peter Duffy
2018
Closing the Ring
Campbell
2007
Circle of Friends
Mr Duggan
1995
The Hanging Gale
Ferry
1995
Shrooms
Bernie
2007
Clean Break
Ben
2015
Death and Nightingales
Bishop Donnelly
2018
The Claim
Sweetley
2000
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Seamus Dwyer
2020
The Butcher Boy
Sergeant
1998
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self (archive footage)
2003Safe And Sound
Dougy Flynn
1996
The Tiger's Tail
Declan Murray
2006The Weir
Jim
Dead Bodies
Detective Inspector Wheeler
2003
The Field
Father Chris Doran
1990
Family
Charlo Spencer
1994On Home Ground
Fergal Collins
2001
The Closer You Get
Ian O'Donnell
2000
On a Clear Day
Eddie
2005
Christmas at Castle Hart
Liam
2021
Sixty Six
Mr. O'Connor
2006
The Disappearance of Finbar
Detective Roche
1997
The General
Gary
1998DDU: District Detective Unit
Det. Sgt. Carl McCadden
1999
National Theatre Live: The Brightening Air
Pierre
2025
Scorned 2
Screenplay
1997
Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town
Michael
1995
A Further Gesture
Tommy Breen
1997
The Mighty Celt
I'm A Cripple
2005Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret
Jim Caine
1995
That They May Face the Rising Sun
Johnny Murphy
2024
Lost Lives
Self (voice)
2019
The Informant
Frankie Conroy
1997
The Truth Commissioner
Francis Gilroy
2016
Resurrection Man
Sammy McClure
1998
Man About Dog
J.P. McCallion
2004
Stalker
Henry
2019
Who Bombed Birmingham?
A
1990
The Hanging Gale
Ferry
1995Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?
Mimms
2002
Conspiracy of Silence
Rector Cathal
2003
Freeze Frame
Detective Louis Emeric
2004
48 Angels
Dilly
2006
Simon Magus
Maximillian Hase
1999
Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's
Self
2024
Wild Decembers
O'Dea
2009
Fools of Fortune
Doyle
1990
The Playboy of the Western World
Shawn Keogh
1985
What Where
Bam
2000
Trojan Eddie
Raymie
1996
Watermelon
Joe Ryan
2003
Family
Charlo Spencer
1994
A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators
Self
2014
Lipservice
Mairtin O Cathain
1999
Bogwoman
Mr D
1997
Black Dog
Grandfather
2006Initiation
1996
Wait for Me
Ged
2023
Gilgamesh
Utnapishtim
Clare sa Spéir
Eóin
2001