Cast & creator
Lorcan Cranitch
Best known for Death in Paradise, The Crown, Silent Witness
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.
47
film credits
42
television credits
89
1984–2026 · acting roles
6.6
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (89)
Showing 89 of 89 credits
Death in Paradise
Tosh Walker
2011
The Crown
Commissioner Stevens
2016
Silent Witness
Colin McGrath
1996Silent Witness
D.S. Mansfield
1996
Vera
Roy Brewer
2011
The Bill
1984
The Last Kingdom
Father Selbix
2015
Lewis
Liam Cullen
2007
Screen Two
Leo Doyle
1985
Spooks
Patrick McCann
2002
Rome
Erastes Fulmen
2005
Waking the Dead
Victor Coleridge
2001
Law & Order: UK
2009
Hornblower
Wolfe
1998
Cracker
DS Jimmy Beck
1993
Fortitude
DI Littlejohn
2015
Atlantis
Cilix
2013
Ballykissangel
Sean Dillon
1996
Magpie Murders
Sir Magnus Pye / Max Ryeland
2022
Les Misérables
Chief Inspector
2018Les Misérables
Prefect of Police
2018
Love, Rosie
Dennis Dunne
2014
Rebus
Thomas Steele
2000
Bloodlands
DCS Jackie Twomey
2021
Cooper & Fry
DI Paul Hitchens
2025
Rig 45
Adam
2018
Trespasses
Sergeant Reid
2025
Code of a Killer
DI Alan Madden
2015
The Crimson Field
Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty
2014
Shackleton
Frank Wild
2002
Acceptable Risk
CS James Nulty
2017
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Peter
2025
The Palace
Jonty Roberts
2008
Moonfleet
2013
Close Relations
Stephen
1998
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
Herself
Michael
2020
Rebel Heart
Inspector Nelson
2001
LOLA
Major. General Norbury
2023
Dancing at Lughnasa
Danny Bradley
1998
Paradox
Simon Manning
2009
A Greyhound of a Girl
Male Judge (voice)
2023
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Michael Flaherty
2026
The Legend of Longwood
Lance Wicklow
20141916 Seachtar Dearmadta
James Connolly
2013
The Three Urns
Liam
2026
The Food Guide to Love
Eddie
2013
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Chernov
1991
Christmas at Castle Hart
Patrick
2021
Drifting
Diarmuid
2020The Play's the Thing
2006
God on Trial
Blockaltester
2008
Aisha
Peter Flood
2022
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Harold Bradley
2004
McCready and Daughter
2001
The Heart Surgeon
Larry Duggan
1997
Best: His Mother's Son
Dickie Best
2009
Tarrac
Bear
2023
Summer of the Flying Saucer
Ciaran
2008
Omagh
Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan
2005Parnell & the Englishwoman
Timothy Healy
1991
The Heart Surgeon
Larry Duggan
1997
Flying Blind
Duncan Morehouse
2013Kelly
My Fragile Heart
Bernard Cleve
2000
Food of Love
Luke
1997
Yield
Eve's Dad
Hornblower: Loyalty
Wolfe
2003
The Dead Peasants Society
Patrick Cunningham
2007
Róise & Frank
Donncha
2022
The Playboys
Ryan / John Joe
1992
Titanic Town
Tony
1998
Hornblower: Duty
Wolfe
2003
Life After Life
Leo Doyle
1995
You, Me & Marley
Father Tom
1992
The Venus de Milo Instead
Mr. Scott
1987
Empire State
Richard
1987
Deacon Brodie
George Smith
1997
Night Train
Billy
1998
Lakelands
2023
My Life for Ireland
Pump man
2016
Macbeth
Macduff
1998
Ghosts
Jacob Engstrand
2023
Burn It All
M. Barrett
2022
Family
Tutorial Teacher
1994
The Dig
Sean McKenna
2019The Magic Toyshop
Francie
1987
Take Me Swimming
Interviewer
2017