Biography
Michael Smiley (born 1963) is a Northern Irish comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Kill List (2011) and The Lobster (2015).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Bookworm
2024
as Arnold
Eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to ...
The Devil Went Down To Islington
2023
as Father Crowley
An underachieving music teacher and his dodgy colleague end a big night out by unwittingly selling their souls to the devil for three days' good fortu...
Evie
2023
as Father Robert
A young girl discovers a bewitched necklace on the beach, unaware of the malevolent force linked to it. As she falls under its dark influence, she unw...
The Silent Twins
2022
as Tim Thomas
June and Jennifer Gibbons are twins from the only Black family in a small town in Wales in the 1970s and '80s. Feeling isolated from the community, th...
The Toll
2021
as Toll Booth
Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. When he finally gets rumbled,...
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Dr. Ricky
To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a ruthless crime syndicate and its...
Censor
2021
as Doug Smart
A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, ...
Rialto
2020
as Noel
Colm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his father, a destructive figure in his life, Colm struggl...
Seats
2020
as Driver
An overnight coach driver talks to his passengers. However, tonight, one of them is awake.
Lost Lives
2019
This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Le Petite Mort
2019
Director, Producer
When two people meet in a park, they have more in common than they think.
Come to Daddy
2019
as Jethro
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experienc...
The Belly of the Whale
2018
as Gits Hegarty
Two down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade.
Otzi and the Mystery of Time
2018
as Otzi
Kip is an intelligent and sensitive boy with a great passion for anthropology, thanks to his mother who is studying the glacier mummy Ötzi, displayed ...
The Nun
2018
as Father Pasquale
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romani...
Birthmarked
2018
as Gertz
Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
A Pornographer Woos
2017
as The Writer
A man on holiday attempts to seduce his wife by writing her a pornographic poem, despite his mother-in-law and children's constant attention.
Madame
2017
as David Reville
Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they...
Tulip Fever
2017
as Pieter
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a ...
Jawbone
2017
as Eddie
A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his ...
Free Fire
2017
as Frank
Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Dr. Evazan
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
My Name Is Emily
2016
as Robert
Packed off to a foster home after her father is institutionalized, a rebellious young Irish girl resolves to bust her dad out of the hospital wher...
Two Angry Men
2016
as Frank Reynolds
Short film telling the story of James Ellis and Sam Thompson as they battle against the establishment to stage a controversial play in Belfast in 1959...
Orthodox
2015
as Reg Shannon
Orthodox tells the story of Benjamin, an Orthodox Jewish man who alienated himself from his community by becoming a boxer. When his life took a wrong ...
The Hallow
2015
as Garda Davey
Deep within the darkness of secluded forest land in rural Ireland dwells an ancient evil. Feared by the nearby superstitious villagers as cursed creat...
Group B
2015
as Martin Kelly
It is 1986, the peak of high-octane Group B rally driving. Known for its incredibly dangerous off-road races, notorious for lack of crowd control, and...
Tank 432
2015
as Capper
With nowhere else to hide, a group of mercenaries and their prisoners take cover inside a long abandoned Bulldog tank. But, while they try to keep the...
The Lobster
2015
as Loner Swimmer
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partne...
Glassland
2015
as Jim
In a desperate attempt to reunite his broken family, a young taxi driver becomes entangled in the criminal underworld.
Black Sea
2014
as Reynolds
A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and d...
1500 Words
2014
as Narrator (voice)
What would you do if you went to the doctors and discovered that you only had 1500 words left to live? What would you say? Are some words more importa...
Shelter
2014
as Lance Corporal Frank Ainsworth
Netherlands, 1944 - When three wounded British Paratroopers find themselves behind enemy lines, they take shelter in a remote cottage inhabited by a D...
Pieces
2013
as Father
An unspoken incident unravels the lives of two families into nightmare, fracturing time and memory.
The World's End
2013
as Reverend Green
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
A Field in England
2013
as O'Neil
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an...
We Are the Freaks
2013
as Killer Colin
Three misfits embark on a weekend they will never forget.
Svengali
2013
as Irish Pierre
Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one...
For Those in Peril
2013
as Frank
Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five...
Shell
2012
as Hugh
Abandoned by her mother when she was a child, Shell has stayed to take care of her dying father but now feels trapped within the beautiful but desolat...
Boy
2012
as Security Guard
The winner of British Airways ”Great Britons” competition, the film tells the story of a carpenter at the Olympic Velodrome track and his cyclist son...
Orthodox
2012
as Shannon
Orthodox tells the story of Benjamin, an Orthodox Jewish man who alienated himself from his community by becoming a boxer. When his life took a wrong ...
Kill List
2011
as Gal
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy tas...
Stolen
2011
as Sean
A fast-paced thriller about a vital and terrifying subject - the trafficking of children - with the heart-stopping vibrancy, compassion and energy tha...
Burke & Hare
2010
as Patterson
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.
Down Terrace
2010
as Pringle
After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the polic...
Believe
2009
as Lewis
The story of one man's grief following the death of his wife. The film captures a desperate journey, played out against isolated highland landscapes.
Outpost
2008
as McKey
In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, scientist and businessman Hunt hires mercenary and former Royal Marine D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-so...
The Other Boleyn Girl
2008
as Physician
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sister...
In the Spider's Web
2007
as Phil
When a team of backpackers sets out to explore the Indian jungles, one of them is bitten by a poisonous spider and killed.
Grindhouse
2007
as (segment "Don't") (uncredited)
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
as Porter
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest pe...
Land of the Blind
2006
as Thorne's Lieutenant
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Much Ado About Nothing
2005
as Peter
Tensions mount in the TV studio when a take-charge anchor is reunited with a man she has a "history" with.
Blood
2005
Danny is a champion amateur boxer about to compete in his first professional fight. Years of coaching by his father Issac and trainer Geoff are about ...
Spaced: Skip to the End
2004
as Self
A feature documentary about the making of and influence of the British television series Spaced. It also features an epilogue to the series.
Shaun of the Dead
2004
as Bicycle Courier Zombie (uncredited)
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threa...
Blue Song
2003
as Bank Robber
An optimistic getaway driver waits for a trio of bank robbers in the parking lot.