Donal McCann

Donal McCann

Nascimento : 1943-05-07, Dublin, Ireland

Morte : 1999-07-17

História

Donal McCann (7 May 1943 – 17 July 1999) was an Irish stage, film, and television actor best known for his roles in the works of Brian Friel and for his lead role in John Huston's last film, The Dead. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donal McCann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Donal McCann

Filmes

The Nephew
Tony Egan
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.
O Beijo da Serpente
Physician
O jovem arquiteto holandês Meneer Chrome é contratado para um projeto muito ousado, construir, para Thomas Smithers, um enorme e luxuoso jardim em sua mansão no interior da Inglaterra. Mas toda a extravagância tem o objetivo secreto de levar Smithers à falência, e tem como mentor um próprio membro da família dele.
Beleza Roubada
Ian Grayson
Após o suicídio de sua mãe uma jovem de 19 anos (Liv Tyler) viaja para a Itália, com o propósito aparente de reencontrar alguns amigos e ter seu retrato pintado, mas planeja rever especialmente um jovem com quem ela dera seu primeiro beijo, quatro anos antes. Simultaneamente pretende decifrar um enigma que foi encontrado no diário da sua mãe, mas gradativamente sua presença exuberante transforma a vida dos seus amigos.
The Bishop's Story
Priest
During a conversation he has with a young priest, a bishop reveals to him a love story that turned his beliefs upside down.
Hedda Gabler
Judge Brack
Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results
The Miracle
Sam
Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows her home. She, too, seems to like him, but for a mysterious reason keeps him at a distance.
December Bride
Hamilton Echlin
At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent Irish farm community by her relationship with two brothers. Pregnant, she refuses to reveal the name of the father.
Who Bombed Birmingham?
N
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
Malucos e Libertinos
Eamon
Peter está prestes a perder o castelo de sua família na Irlanda, e decide atrair hóspedes anunciando que ele é assombrado. Entretanto, a ficção torna-se realidade, e turistas americanos são assombrados e seduzidos por ancestrais de Peter.
Os Vivos e os Mortos
Gabriel Conroy
É 6 de janeiro de 1904 e Dublin celebra o Dia dos Reis em meio à neve. Na casa das irmãs Morgan, Julia (Cathleen Delany) e Kate (Helena Carroll), é oferecida uma ceia a amigos e parentes, logo após a realização de um sarau musical e poético. Já perto do final da celebração, quando boa parte dos convidados já tinham saído, o barítono Bartell D'Arcy (Frank Patterson) começa a cantar uma música triste, que faz com que Gretta Conroy (Anjelica Huston) se lembre de uma paixão antiga, que já faleceu. Surpreso com a mudança de comportamento de sua esposa, Gabriel (Donal McCann) conhece a história da antiga paixão dela ao chegarem no hotel em que estão hospedados.
Budawanny
Priest
During a conversation he has with a young priest, a bishop reveals to him a love story that turned his beliefs upside down. Remade as "The Bishop's Story" in 1994.
Monster - A Ressurreição do Mal
Tom Garron
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.
Entre Dois Amores
Doctor
Karen Blixen é uma rica dinamarquesa que vai morar em uma fazenda de café no Quênia com Bror Blixen-Finecke, um barão com quem se casou por conveniência. Mas o casal vive como se fossem mais amigos do que amantes e acabam se separando e Bror vai embora. Agora Karen está sozinha na fazendo cuidando do trabalho, mas conhece Denys Finch Hatton, um aristocrata inglês que se torna seu grande amor.
Summer Lightning
Dr Lestrange
Sir Robert Clarke looks back on his life and the summer when as a 16-year-old he first fell in love with Louise St. Leger.
Mr. Love
Leo
An fifty-year-old mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him.
Cal - Memórias de um Terrorista
Shamie
Cal (John Lynch) é um jovem membro do IRA que vive um romance com Marcella (Helen Mirren), uma mulher católica que teve seu marido, um policial protestante, morto pela organização terrorista um ano antes de se conhecerem.
Reflections
Edward Lawless
A historian writing a biography of Isaac Newton spends a Summer with a dysfunctional family in Co. Cork, Ireland.
Angel
Bonner
Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questioned by the police, he remembers only the orthopedic shoes of the killers' leader. So begins his quest to avenge her. He seeks an answer to the simple question 'Why?' but finds only more, and deeper, questions which resonate with the wider context of 'the Troubles', the inter-communal strife gripping the modern-day Northern Ireland which is the film's setting.
Katie: The Year of a Child
Big Jim Collins
Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her father is in England seeking his fortune.
Por Bem ou Por Mal
Ryan
John Connor is a soon-to-retire hitman that agrees to take on one last job. After years plying his deadly trade, he has finally had enough. Seeking to retire to Dublin and maybe salvage his dying marriage, Connor wants to leave the lonely world of the marksman behind him and melt into the background. Unfortunately, his handler O'Neal is reluctant to let him go, and, after much coertion, manages to talk him into accepting one final job.
Poitín
Labhras
A moonshiner in the west of Ireland tries to avoid the Gardaí.
Your Man from Six Counties
Danny
When his father becomes a bomb victim, Jimmy leaves Belfast for his uncle’s farm in remote west Ireland. But even here there are links to the past.
Philadelphia, Here I Come
Public Gar
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).
The Wood Demon
Theodore
A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden old professor who makes life Hell for his son George and his young wife, Helen. At the luncheon is Khrushchov, a passionate environmentalist, called "the Wood Demon" by all, in love with Sonya and she with him, but neither will say it. Two weeks later there's a family meeting at the professor's estate; two weeks after that, a supper at the cabin of Dyadin, who's cheerful to all. George, Helen, Sonya, and Khrushchov are each suffocating. Can any of them take action?
Screamer
Jeff Holt
A young American girl on her way to visit friends in rural England is brutally attacked and raped. After spending the next few months in a mental institution trying to recover from her ordeal, she is released into the care of her friends. The police assure her that they have the man responsible in custody, and she begins to rest easy. That is until she sees her attacker wandering the streets of the town. After planning her revenge she follows the man and kills him. This, she thinks, is the end of her ordeal. That is until the man she thinks she has killed arrives at the house she is staying in.
O Emissário de MacKintosh
1st Fireman
Um membro da inteligência britânica assume uma identidade criminosa fictícia e se permite ser pego, preso e libertado para se infiltrar em uma organização de espionagem e expor um traidor.
Miss Julie
Jean
Adaptation of the play by Strindberg.
Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee
Roger
In this sad world where words unspoken do more damage than words spoken too much, a woman and her lodger are destined to stay on separate paths.
O Valente Príncipe de Donegal
Sean O'Toole
Após herdar o título de seu pai, o jovem e nobre Hugh O'Connell é sequestrado pelo vice-rei inglês mas escapa e lidera uma rebelião.