Niall O'Brien

Nascimento : 1946-02-08, Dublin, Ireland

Morte : 2009-02-25

Filmes

Teeth
Joe
A last laugh tale of two old friends, their teeth and a fishing trip that leaves them lost for words.
Uma Lanchonete Muito Louca
Associate Producer
Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is getting the better of him and he has to contend with an endless succession of loan sharks and debt collectors. He employs hopelessly incompetent staff and generally manages to keep the entire community around him ticking over. However just as Fatso seems to be getting everything under control, he is faced with a dilemma that could destroy him for good.
Conspiracy of Silence
When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.
O Disfarce do Imperador
Bosun
Após a derrota em Waterloo, Napoleão Bonaparte (Ian Holm) é exilado na ilha de Santa Helena. Ali, os seus correligionários descobrem a existência de Eugene (Ian Holm), um sósia perfeito de Napoleão. Numa conspiração para reconquistar o poder, Eugene toma o lugar de Napoleão, enquanto o verdadeiro imperador regressa a Paris para recuperar o trono. Só que as coisas não ocorrem como planeado. Em Paris, onde é forçado a viver como um cidadão comum, Napoleão apaixona-se por uma bela viúva e ajuda-a na reconstrução dos seus negócios. Enquanto isso, Eugene, seduzido pelo poder, começa a gostar da sua nova e glamorosa personagem e não parece muito disposto a revelar a sua verdadeira identidade, como havia sido combinado.
When Brendan Met Trudy
Judge
Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
Longhaire
A young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken captive, he is taken back to Ireland to become a slave. Enduring many hardships, he finds comfort and eventually salvation in his faith. After several years, he escapes back to England, where he joins a convent to prove his faith. His greatest desire is to return to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. Years later, he is given the opportunity. Upon setting foot on the Irish soil, all snakes are aitomatically driven from the land. He then overcomes many obstacles, including disagreements with the British Cardinal (Malcolm McDowell), to fulfill his destiny and ultimately being given Sainthood.
A Lenda do Pianista do Mar
Harbor Master
Um garoto nasce em pleno alto-mar, ganhando o nome do ano em que nasceu: 1900. A criança cresce num mundo encantado de fortes ventos tempestuosos e cobertas balançando, conhecendo toda a existência disponível a seu toque nos confins do transatlântico em que nasceu. Já crescido, seu talento natural no piano chama a atenção da lenda do jazz Jelly Roll Morton, que sobe a bordo para desafiar 1900 para um duelo. Indiferente com sua súbita notoriedade, 1900 mantém uma fixação pelo mar, sendo sempre seduzido pelos sons do oceano.
The Last Bus Home
Jessop's Father
Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawness of the era, this drama follows their tumultuous and ill-fated journey on the rocky road to success. It takes three long years of unpaid performing for Reena, her lover Jessop, bassist Joe and drummer Petie to make a name for The Dead Patriots. Just as they are about to find real success, internal difficulties arise that leave each of them suspicious and mistrustful of the other.
Coração Valente
English General
No século XIII, soldados ingleses matam a mulher do escocês William Wallace, bem na sua noite de núpcias. Para vingar a amada, ele resolve liderar seu povo em uma luta contra o cruel Rei inglês Edward I. Com a ajuda de Robert e Bruce, ele vai deflagrar uma violenta batalha com o objetivo de libertar a Escócia de uma vez por todas.
Broken Harvest
Josie McCarthy
Broken Harvest is set in 1950's Ireland framed by modern-day New York. It deals with a bitter feud between two farmers who had taken opposite sides in the Irish Civil War many years before and who had also fought for the love of the same woman. When the feud is reawakened in the '50s it causes a major upheaval with tragic consequences for the lives of the two men, their families and the community. As the story unfolds it embraces many of the great, lingering issues affecting Ireland in this century - the War of Independence, the Civil War, emigration, the links with America, the clash between traditional, conservative values and those of a new technological age.
Romance Proibido
Police Superintendant
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).
Rei Por Acaso
Tommy McGuire
Quando um inesperado acidente elimina toda familia real, é imperativo encontrar um herdeiro para o trono, que surge no perfil improvável de Ralph Jones, um humilde cantor de bares de Las Vegas. Mas nem seu secretário privado consegue reparar Ralph para os problemas que se avizinham ao envolver-se com o inimigo Lord Graves e quando se apaixona pela envergonhada strip teaser.
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Walker
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
Monster - A Ressurreição do Mal
Det. Insp. Isaac Gissing
Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from his underground prison by an unwitting farmer. The film follows Rex's cross country rampage, while a man struggles to stop it.
Uma Intriga Internacional
Captain Twilley
Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.
Shergar
Brendan
Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action. He hits on a plan for raising £2 million, but his plan goes wrong.
Anne Devlin
Michael Dwyer
The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
Mistério no Parque Gorky
KGB Agent Rurik
Um investigador da polícia de Moscou precisa solucionar um triplo assassinato que aconteceu no Parque Gorky: três cadáveres congelados com rostos mutilados e dedos cortados, são descobertos quando chega a primavera e a neve acumulada começa a derreter. Ele suspeita que ninguém quer que o caso seja realmente solucionado, além de começar a perceber que existe algum tipo de conspiração que envolve a alta sociedade de Moscou e seus governantes.
John, Love
A BAFTA award nominated drama about a young boy's memories of his first communion, set in Dublin in 1950.
Magia do Amor
Corvenal
Romantic tragedy, the story of Tristan and Isolde.
Excalibur
Kay
O mago Merlin (Nicol Williamson) dá ao rei Uther Pendragon (Gabriel Byrne) a mística Excalibur, a espada do poder. Durante uma emboscada Uther é ferido mortalmente e, pouco antes de morrer, enterra a espada em uma pedra. Fica então decidido que o cavaleiro que puder retirá-la da pedra será o novo rei,. Anos depois o país estava divido em guerra entre os senhores feudais até que Arthur (Nigel Terry), um jovem escudeiro, retira facilmente a espada da pedra. O tempo vai mostrar que o fator de desagregação do reino está na atração que Lancelot (Nicholas Clay) sente por Guinevere (Cherie Lunghi), a rainha. E, somando-se a isto, Morgana (Helen Mirren), a meia-irmã de Arthur, decide que Mordred (Robert Addie), o filho que ela teve com Arthur, deve ocupar o trono.
O Estranho
Emmett Donovan
Craig Wasson é Michael Flaherty, um veterano da Guerra do Vietnã que vive sua vida confortável em Detroit para lutar pelo IRA na Irlanda, apenas para descobrir que sua decisão de fazê-lo pode ter sido enganada de maneira importante.
A Filha de Ryan
Bernard
An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.