Biography
David Pearse is an Irish film and theatre actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Gates
2024
as Father Matthews
A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in, ...

The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
as Priest
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Joyride
2022
as Showband Singer
12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, M...

Creep Hunters
2022
as Peter
A group of pedophile hunting vigilantes get more than they bargain for with their latest prey.

Let the Wrong One In
2021
as Frank
16 year old Matt is a little too nice for his own good, and when he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he's f...

Wildfire
2021
as Gerry
The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond wit...

Boys from County Hell
2021
as Cathal
A crew of hardy road workers, led by a bickering Father and Son, must survive the night when they accidentally awaken an ancient Irish vampire.

Sadie
2021
as Clark
Filmed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast for BBC's Lights Up season of theatrical films, David Ireland's play concerns Sadie, a sharp tongued Belfast clea...

Pixie
2020
as Reece Kearney
To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destin...

I Never Cry
2020
as Robert
Ola sets off to Ireland to bring her father's body back to Poland after he dies in a building site accident. But never mind her dad, Ola wants to know...

Bad Day for the Cut
2017
as Gavigan
A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.

The Foreigner
2017
as Billy McMahon
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage...

Pursuit
2015
as Mr. Law
Pursuit is a modern take on Irish mythology, adapting the legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne and transforming it into a road movie and gangster thriller f...

Calvary
2014
as Father
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

Breakfast Wine
2013
as Thomas, 'Cus'
In Ireland they say it takes just three alcoholics to keep a small bar running in a country town. But what if you’ve only got two?

Keith Lemon: The Film
2012
as Waterbot Salesman
With dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur just like his beloved Richard Branson, Lemon bids farewell to his hometown of Leeds and heads for th...

Grabbers
2012
as Brian Maher
Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ir...

The Guard
2011
as Bartley
When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they...

Mount Analogue Revisited
2010
as Ivan
Mount Analogue Revisited is based on a reworking of Rene Daumal’s book ‘Mount Analogue’. The book, unfinished before Daumal's death, is the story of a...

The Runway
2010
as Frog's Da
The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town...

Zonad
2010
as Bonad
Zonad (Simon Delaney) is from space…probably. Or so the Cassidy family assume when they discover an apparent alien in a shiny red space suit and helme...

Happy Ever Afters
2009
as Detective Declan Burdock
Two weddings collide when both receptions are held at one hotel.

Fifty Dead Men Walking
2008
as Donovan
It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the...

Little White Lie
2008
as Malcolm
Follows the story of a luckless actor named Barry who has recently split from his girlfriend. He is seen wallowing at home in his pyjamas, where he be...
Small Engine Repair
2006
Doug, an aspiring country singer, has spent his life as a loser in a non-descript small town with nobody believing in his heartbreaking voice and tale...

Six Shooter
2004
as Short Man
Overwhelmed by grief following the death of his wife, Donnelly shares a train carriage home with a troubled young man identified only as the 'Kid'. As...

Laws of Attraction
2004
as Pig Farmer
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

Spin the Bottle
2003
as Strokes
Rats is released from prison and needs to make some money; fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence; his mother no lon...

Bloody Sunday
2002
as O/C Provos
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a massacre by British troops.

An Everlasting Piece
2000
as Comrade
Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business ...

Resurrection Man
1998
as Gibralter Bar Local
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter...
Cry from the Sea
N/A
as O'Rathaile
CRY FROM THE SEA is the story of a lighthouse keeper stuck in a cycle of grief and the three people who change the course of his life: the housekeeper...