Dermot Crowley’s extensive work in theatre includes Everyman, Great Britain, Stuff Happens, Scenes from the Big Picture, His Girl Friday, The Double Dealer, Undiscovered Country, As You Like It, Brand, Richard III, The Woman, Macbeth, The Plough and the Stars and Amadeus all at the National Theatre; The Hostage at the RSC; House of Games at the Almeida; The Memory of Water, Ancient Lights, Hedda Gabler, and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Time Out, Best Supporting Actor Award) for Hampstead Theatre; A Whistle in the Dark at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and the Royal Court, London; Exiles, The Government Inspector and Translations for the Bristol Old Vic; Summerfolk at Chichester; and The Cripple of Inishmaan (Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Award) on tour in the US. Other US theatre includes Two Men of Florence at Huntington, Boston; Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre, Princeton; Dealer’s Choice at Manhattan Theatre Club, New York; and Give Me Your Hand (Drama Desk nomination), Juno, Translations and The Weir (Drama Desk Award) on Broadway. In the West End his work includes Amadeus at Her Majesty’s; The Weir and Calico at the Duke of York’s; and Breakfast at Tiffany’s at the Haymarket.
TV includes Luther, Hunted, Borgia, Margaret, New Tricks, Foyle’s War, Midsomer Murders, Bleak House, Kingdom, Spooks, Dead Gorgeous, Murder Rooms, A Touch of Frost, Trial and Retribution, Rebel Heart, Falling for a Dancer, Father Ted, Jonathan Creek, The Sculptress, Kavanagh QC, Poirot, Blue Money, Echoes and Empty Nest.
Films The Death of Stalin, The Foreigner, Black 47, A Prominent Patient, Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie, Deception, Here, Holy Water, Babel, Before You Go, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Staggered, The March, The Son of the Pink Panther, Wilt, Little Dorrit, The Doctor and the Devils, Octopussy, The Return of the Jedi and Giro City.
Radio includes BBC Book of the Week, The Last Matchmaker, and William Trevor’s Love and Summer and The Story of Lucy Gault for Book at Bedtime.
Awards
- Time Out, Best Supporting Actor
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme - Drama Desk nomination
Give Me Your Hand Website Trailer - Drama Desk nomination
The Weir - Los Angeles Critics Award
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Film
Production / Character | Director | Company |
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MRS BROWN’S BOYS D’MOVIE PJ Ryan |
Ben Kellett | Penalty Kick Films |
THE BEST OFFER Lambert Clip Clip |
Giuseppe Tornatore | Paco Cinematografica |
HOLY WATER Father Grogan |
Tom Reeve | Feature Productions |
BABEL Barth |
Alejandro González Iñárritu | Paramount |
HERE Gerry Film (pass: here) |
Colum Eastwood | |
BEFORE YOU GO Father Cunningham Clip |
Lewis Gilbert | Arkangel Productions |
THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE Dougal McDermott |
Robert Redford | 20th Century Fox |
STAGGERED Dr. Barnet |
Martin Clunes | Big Deal Pictures |
SON OF THE PINK PANTHER Sergeant Francois Duval |
Blake Edwards | United Artists / MGM |
THE MARCH Roy Cox |
David Wheatley | BBC |
THE MISADVENTURES OF MR. WILT Braintree |
Michael Tuchner | LWT |
LITTLE DORRIT Mr. Simpson |
Christine Edzard | Sands Films |
THE DOCTOR AND THE DEVILS Mr. Webb |
Freddie Francis | 20th Century Fox |
OCTOPUSSY Kamp |
John Glen | United Artists |
STAR WARS: EPISODE VI – RETURN OF THE JEDI General Madine |
Richard Marquand | Lucasfilm |
GIRO CITY Flynne |
Karl Francis | Silverrealm |
Television
EXTENSIVE CREDITS INCLUDE: | ||
BORGIA King Ferdinand D’Argon |
Film United | |
FATHER FIGURE Pat Clip |
Various | BBC 1 |
RAW Dan Kelly |
Charlie McCarthy | Octagon Films |
LUTHER Martin Schenk Clip Clip |
Sam Miller | BBC |
MARGARET Airey Neave |
James Kent | BBC |
NEW TRICKS Derek Bennett |
Julian Simpson | Wall to Wall / BBC |
KINGDOM Mr. Matthews |
Edward Hall | Sprout |
FOYLE’S WAR Henry Townsend |
Tristram Powell | Greenlit |
HG WELLS: WAR WITH THE WORLD George Bernard Shaw |
James Kent | Wall to Wall |
MIDSOMER MURDERS Peter Hatchard |
Renny Rye | Bentley Productions |
BLEAK HOUSE Mr. Vholes Clip |
Justin Chadwick | BBC |
SPOOKS Eric Newland |
Justin Chadwick | BBC |
TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION Dr. Taylor |
Asling Walsh | La Plante Productions |
HELEN WEST Philip Carlton |
Justin Chadwick | Arrowhead |
MURDER ROOMS Elkins |
Tim Fywell | BBC |
A TOUCH OF FROST Bennet |
Roger Bamford | ITV |
REBEL HEART Coyne Clip |
John Strickland | Picture Palace |
FALLING FOR A DANCER Neeley Scolard Clip |
Richard Standeven | BBC |
JONATHAN CREEK Norman Strangeson |
Sandy Johnson | BBC1 |
FATHER TED Father Liam Deliverance Clip |
Declan Lowney | C4 |
HIDDEN CITY Sam |
Richard Johnson | Hallmark |
Stage
EXTENSIVE CREDITS INCLUDE: | ||
GREAT BRITAIN Paschal O’Leary |
Nicholas Hytner | National Theatre |
THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN BY MARTIN MCDONAGH Johnnypateenmike |
Garry Hynes | Druid Irish and American Tour |
HOUSE OF GAMES Joey |
Lindsay Posner | Almeida |
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S Joe |
Sean Mathias | West End |
TWO MEN OF FLORENCE Giovanni |
Edward Hall | Boston |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Scrooge |
Michael Unger | Princeton |
JUNO Joxer |
Gary Hynes | Broadway |
TRANSLATIONS Jimmy Jack |
Gary Hynes | Broadway |
STUFF HAPPENS Donald Rumsfeld |
Nicholas Hytner | NT |
CALICO James Joyce |
Edward Hall | West End |
SCENES FROM THE BIG PICTURE Dave Black |
Peter Gill | NT |
THE WEIR Finbar |
Ian Rickson | The Royal Court / The Gate, Dublin / Broadway |
DEALER’S CHOICE Stephen |
John Tillinger | Manhattan Theatre Club |
DEALER’S CHOICE Stephen |
David Esbjornson | Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven |
THE HOSTAGE Pat |
Michael Bogdanov | RSC |
HIMSELF John |
Paul Unwin | Southampton & Tour |
HARD LIFE Flann O’Brien |
Mike Bradwell | Tricycle Theatre |
SUMERFOLK Pyotr Suslov |
Sam Mendes | CFT |
Radio
TRANSLATIONS | Kirsty Williams | BBC Radio 4 |