Barry McGovern

Barry McGovern

1948-01-01 Dublin, Ireland 29 Credits

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Blue Fiddle

Blue Fiddle

2025

Acting

Molly is a ten-year-old girl who believes that if she learns to play the fiddle like her dad and wins the All-Ireland Music championship, her father w...

Apocalypse Clown

Apocalypse Clown

2023

as DuCoque

6.0
Acting

When a mysterious technological blackout plunges Ireland into anarchy and chaos, a group of failed, washed-up clowns are forced to traverse the countr...

A Sunken Place

A Sunken Place

2023

Acting

A young neurologist discovers a cure for depression, only to be opposed by a giant pharmaceutical corporation determined to destroy her.

Sprachlos in Irland

Sprachlos in Irland

2021

as Mr. O'Toole

4.2
Acting

For Connie, things have been going to plan for many years, both professionally and in her private life. That is, until the son of the CEO takes over t...

Wild Mountain Thyme

Wild Mountain Thyme

2020

as Cleary

5.3
Acting

Headstrong farmer Rosemary Muldoon has her heart set on winning her neighbour Anthony Reilly's love. The problem is, Anthony seems to have inherited a...

Cecelia Ahern: Dich zu lieben

Cecelia Ahern: Dich zu lieben

2018

as Direktor Russell

Acting

Claire Lynam, restorer in Dubliner City Gallery, loved banker Mark Gallagher, who dies in a car crash. Not even pregnant buddy colleague Fiona Sulliva...

Royally Ever After

Royally Ever After

2018

as King Edmond

6.1
Acting

Sara's dream of finding the perfect mate is realized when boyfriend Daniel proposes marriage, but there is one tiny hitch. It turns out he is the real...

Citizen Lane

Citizen Lane

2018

as William Martin Murphy

7.0
Acting

Citizen Lane is an innovative mix of documentary and drama that delivers a vivid and compelling portrait of Hugh Lane, one of the most fascinating and...

Penance

Penance

2018

as The Commandant

5.9
Acting

Unequivocal about the need for violence to force Britain out of Ireland, Father Eoin O’Donnell seals the fate of the young and impressionable Antaine ...

The Cured

The Cured

2017

as Patrick Ryan

5.5
Acting

What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at ...

My Name Is Emily

My Name Is Emily

2016

as Dr. Golding

6.8
Acting

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...

Gift of the Magi

Gift of the Magi

2010

as Gary Janardi

5.1
Acting

A newlywed couple burdened with economic hardship decides not to exchange Christmas presents to save money over the holidays. Secretly, they make sacr...

Studs

Studs

2006

as Secret Agent Smart

5.0
Acting

The hot-tempered, unruly players of this pub league soccer team are in dire straits after having lost everything -- their drive, their skills and soon...

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

2001

as Vladimir

7.0
Acting

Two tramps wait for a man named Godot, but instead meet a pompous man and his stooped-over slave.

The General

The General

1998

as IRA Man 1

6.7
Acting

The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwant...

Miracle at Midnight

Miracle at Midnight

1998

as Rabbi Ben Abrams

7.3
Acting

Gripping historical drama presents a triumphant celebration of the human spirit. The true-life story of how one Danish family risked their lives in a ...

The Informant

The Informant

1997

as Courtroom Judge

6.3
Acting

A former Irish Republican Army fighter, Gingy McAnally (Anthony Brophy), is reluctant about being called back into service after serving time in priso...

Driftwood

Driftwood

1997

as McTavish

6.0
Acting

When Sarah walks alone along the desolate beach one day she find an unconscious man, who has been brought to land by the waves. When he awakens he doe...

Braveheart

Braveheart

1995

as King's Advisor

7.9
Acting

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's sol...

Far and Away

Far and Away

1992

as McGuire

6.8
Acting

A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As they struggle to survive against betrayal and harsh wi...

Blind Alley

Blind Alley

1992

Acting

An optician awakes from a bad dream to find himself in a living nightmare as he faces death-by-video.

The Treaty

The Treaty

1991

as Eamon de Valera

6.0
Acting

How the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the unrecognised Irish Republic, represented by Michael Collins, and the British government was concluded after hig...

Billy Bathgate

Billy Bathgate

1991

5.8
Acting

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

August Saturday

August Saturday

1990

as Desmond

Acting

Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that, ...

Joe Versus the Volcano

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990

as Luggage Salesman

5.8
Acting

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is th...

Dear Sarah

Dear Sarah

1990

as Giuseppe Conlon

Acting

Giuseppe Conlon and his son Gerry are convicted of an IRA bombing as part of the Maguire Seven in 1976. Giuseppe diligently writes his wife Sarah as s...

Katie: The Year of a Child

Katie: The Year of a Child

1979

as Sean

Acting

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 f...

Forgiveness

Forgiveness

N/A

as Erskine Childers

Acting

Short drama film set in 1922 during the Irish Civil War. A boy follows his executed father's final wish...

At Sea

At Sea

N/A

as Whale (Voice)

Acting

A hypnotic, hallucinatory reverie at the edge of liminal space. It is a visceral human experience, a rupture, a rhapsody of sound and image, moving be...