Donal McCann

Donal McCann

Рождение : 1943-05-07, Dublin, Ireland

Смерть : 1999-07-17

История

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.

Профиль

Donal McCann

Фильмы

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.
Поцелуй змея
Physician
Состоятельный мужчина отправляет молодого архитектора построить экстравагантный сад, чтобы обанкротить мужа женщины, которую он когда-то любил.
Ускользающая красота
Ian Grayson
Прекрасная юная американка после самоубийства матери, известной поэтессы и топ-модели, отправляется в Италию. Ей предстоит провести лето на вилле давних друзей семьи, найти своего отца и потерять девственность… Но есть еще один, быть может, главный мотив этой поездки: стремление найти разгадку непонятной записи в оставленном матерью дневнике.
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
Бодрость духов
Eamon
Владелец старинного ирландского замка Питер Планкетт решил: пора распахнуть двери своих владений для иностранных туристов. А чтобы привлечь побольше посетителей, он разместил рекламное объявление: особняк буквально наводнен привидениями. Бедняга не знал, что это — чистая правда. И вот полный автобус американских туристов, среди которых супруги Джек и Шэрон, прибыл к замку Планкетта. Тут-то все и началось…
Мертвые
Gabriel Conroy
На семейном ужине Грета, супруга Габриэля Конроя, заскучала. Она погрузилась в воспоминания, туда, где жила ее первая любовь. Тогда она была совсем девочкой, жила в сельской местности Голуэй. Но ее ностальгия плохо сказывается на отношениях с Габриэлем: он вдруг начинает понимать разницу между той Гретой, какой он ее себе представлял, и той, какая она на самом деле. Ирландские легенды, наследие, богатство и беды - выливаются из семейной драмы.
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.
Царь зла
Tom Garron
Писатель историй ужасов Ховард приезжает с семьей в ирландскую глубинку с целью поиска новых тем для своих рассказов, где его заинтересовала старая церковь с необычными витражами, изображающими поверженного демона. Одновременно с приездом писателя глупый деревенщина сковырнул большой булыжник, под которым таилось зло, выпустив на свободу демона. Воскреснув монстр начинает подчинять себе человеческие души, убивая и съедая непокорных.
Из Африки
Doctor
Начало века… Карен Бликсен отправляется в путешествие в Кению, где ее супруг-предприниматель выращивает кофе. Здесь, в самом сердце Африки, волею судеб Карен будет суждено встретить свою подлинную и единственную любовь.
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
Shamie
Cal, a young man on the fringes of the IRA, falls in love with Marcella, a Catholic woman whose husband, a Protestant policeman, was killed one year earlier by the IRA.
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.
The Hard Way
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.
Человек Макинтоша
1st Fireman
Британский разведчик притворяется вором бриллиантов, его сажают на 20 лет, чтобы поймать банду, готовящую побеги для богатых преступников. Только непосредственному начальнику – человеку в плаще – известно о его настоящей личности, но он мертв!
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.
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
Sean O'Toole
Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then Hugh is kidnapped and imprisoned by the Viceroy of Ireland and held ransom for the Clans' good behavior. Hugh must escape prison and the Viceroy's villainous henchman, Captain Leeds, before he can fight.