Niall Tóibín

Niall Tóibín

Nascimento : 1929-11-21, Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Morte : 2019-11-13

História

Niall Toibin was born in Cork, Ireland in 1929. Married Judy Kenny (1931-2001) in 1957. Five children and six grand-children. He had an illustrious acting career spanning over four decades. On October 29 2002 he received the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actor. He died in 2019.

Perfil

Niall Tóibín

Filmes

Teeth
Paddy
A last laugh tale of two old friends, their teeth and a fishing trip that leaves them lost for words.
Rat
Father Geraldo
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.
The Nephew
Sean
Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the message of her death arrives in her town of birth. Only days later, her only son Chad arrives, too. Obviously, his mother took a black husband. Soon, Chad falls for Aislin, who has a bit of a crush on him too. But there is an old conflict going on between her father and Chad's uncle. This conflict resurfaces and begins to draw circles, wider and wider.
Feitiço das Estrelas
Handy Paige
The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and the two very different men who love her.
Um Sonho Distante
Joe Donnelly
A trama se passa em 1892 e tem início na Irlanda. Joseph Donnelly é um jovem analfabeto que se revolta contra um poderoso proprietário de terras, por considerá-lo responsável pela morte de seu pai. Durante um duelo, uma jovem passa com uma carroça e salva a sua vida. Insatisfeitos com a vida que levavam, eles decidem partir para os Estados Unidos, atrás do sonho americano.
Dream On
The Spirit
A magical realist feature drama exploring the lives of a women’s darts team on North Shields’ Meadow Well Estate.
The Love She Sought
Preston Warner
An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bishop (Prosky). As a result she retires and moves to Ireland where she seeks an admirer (Elliott) with whom she has been corresponding for five years.
Fools of Fortune
Lanigan
A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Paddy Joe Hill
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
Dick Francis: Twice Shy
Martin Fitzgerald
A fool-proof formula for picking winning horses on a computer disc is the Maguffin sought by Cleveland and others.
The Rockingham Shoot
Canon
Rigid nationalist Reilly’s frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingham Shoot, where a violent incident occurs.
Monster - A Ressurreição do Mal
Reverend Coot
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.
Shergar
Malachy
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.
Eat the Peach
Boots
Two young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs an act called the Wall of Death. Transfixed, they decide to put together their own "Wall of Death."
Children in the Crossfire
Vincent Lavery
For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one generation to the next. In "Children in the Crossfire" four children from both sides of the conflict come to America through a special project, and discover each other away from the ravages of their homeland.
The Country Girls
Jack Holland
The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in mind.
Reflections
Mr. Prunty
A historian writing a biography of Isaac Newton spends a Summer with a dysfunctional family in Co. Cork, Ireland.
The Ballroom of Romance
Eyes Horgan
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
Magia do Amor
Andred
Romantic tragedy, the story of Tristan and Isolde.
Miss Morison's Ghosts
Lord Kavanaugh
Two British women claim to have been thrown into a time warp where they saw Marie Antoinette as they were strolling through the gardens at Versailles Palace in France. After they tell their story to a psychic society, they find themselves the objects of derision and their jobs are threatened. - Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
The Man of Destiny
Giuseppe
One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and social hypocrisy. Set in 1796 in northern Italy, it features a battle of wits between Napoleon Bonaparte and a mysterious, daring woman who has stolen his documents. Can she really challenge the strategic mind of a general still celebrating a famous victory?
The Sleep of Death
Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into contact with the Marquis D'Armanville and other odd characters. A series of bizarre murders occur, bringing our hero to the borderland of nightmare.
O Estranho
The Farmer
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.
Murphy's Stroke
Tony Murphy
The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his stables. The betting stakes were subsequently raised, before the real horse was entered in the race.
The Legion Hall Bombing
Defence Counsel
The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.
Poitín
Sleamhnan
A moonshiner in the west of Ireland tries to avoid the Gardaí.
The Thin End of the Wedge
Irishman
'Five days of darkness then. Unless you get it together we will have five days of darkness. And on the sixth day you will say, let there be light, and no doubt it'll an be such an effort that on the seventh day you'll have to rest!'. TV play by Sean McCarthy.
Philadelphia, Here I Come
Con Sweeney
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
A Iguana da Língua de Fogo
Doctor (uncredited)
In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the Swiss Ambassador's limousine. The Ambassador, his family and employees all become immediate suspects. Faced with the problem of diplomatic immunity, the police officer in charge of the case brings in John Norton, an ex-Inspector known for his brutal methods, to carry out an "unoffical" investigation. While Norton develops a relationship with the Ambassdor's attractive daughter, several more gruesome murders occur...
As Trapaças do Falcão
Sergeant O'Casey
While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.
A Filha de Ryan
O'Keefe
An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.
A Jar With Brendan Behan
Brendan Behan
1970 short starring Niall Toibin as Behan.
Guns in the Heather
Kettering
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'