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Lorcan Cranitch

Date of birth: 1959-08-28

Place of birth: Dublin, Ireland

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Lorcan Cranitch

Biography

Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker.

Movie Credits

Aisha
3

Aisha

2022-11-17

Aisha lives at a centre for asylum-seekers in Ireland in a state of ongoing uncertainty. Having fled

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
0

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007-02-03

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed progra

Dancing at Lughnasa
3

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998-09-04

Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

God on Trial
3.4

God on Trial

2008-09-03

In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Tria

Christmas at Castle Hart
3.2

Christmas at Castle Hart

2021-11-27

Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets A

Empire State
2.5

Empire State

1987-03-01

In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Desi

Hornblower: Loyalty
3.6

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003-01-05

Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with e

Lakelands
2.3

Lakelands

2023-05-05

The film centres on local small-town GAA football "outside the bright lights of Croke Park", followi

Róise & Frank
3.2

Róise & Frank

2022-09-16

Grief stricken Róise lost her husband, Frank, two years ago. Her son, Alan, worries about her but th

Ghosts
0

Ghosts

2023-05-10

Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2.8

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

2004-12-25

Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of

The Heart Surgeon
3

The Heart Surgeon

1997-05-04

Cardiac surgeon Alex Marsden has an affair with Marcella Duggan, but then finds himself having to op

Flying Blind
2.5

Flying Blind

2013-04-12

Frankie is in her forties, ambitious and successful. She works in the aerospace industry at Filton,

LOLA
3.2

LOLA

2023-04-07

Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, tw

The Playboys
3

The Playboys

1992-04-22

A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by

Macbeth
2.1

Macbeth

1998-01-15

William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Summer of the Flying Saucer
0

Summer of the Flying Saucer

2008-07-12

It’s Ireland in 1967, when a flying saucer full of aliens lands on Dan’s farm. Dan falls in love wit

The Venus de Milo Instead
0

The Venus de Milo Instead

1987-09-09

A group of children and their teachers from a Protestant school in Northern Ireland go on a trip to

Tarrac
3

Tarrac

2023-10-06

Aoife Ni Bhraoin returns home to help her father Brendan ‘The Bear’ O’Briain in his recovery from a

Burn It All
1.5

Burn It All

2022-07-09

After her father leaves her mother for her best friend, a devastated Bobbie embarks on a chaotic cam

Yield
0

Yield

Eve and her father are tasked with removing a dead sheep from a neighbouring farmer's land.

The Legend of Longwood
2.6

The Legend of Longwood

2014-11-16

When 12-year-old Mickey Miller moves from New York to Ireland, she soon discovers a link between her

The Magic Toyshop
3

The Magic Toyshop

1987-11-19

After her parents are killed, a young girl is sent to London to live with her uncle and his family.

Best: His Mother's Son
2.5

Best: His Mother's Son

2009-04-29

Best – His Mother’s Son (BBC Two) was a gloomy drama about Ann Best, mother of George, who was stric

Hornblower: Duty
3.6

Hornblower: Duty

2003-01-06

Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship whic

Love, Rosie
3.9

Love, Rosie

2014-10-16

Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows

Night Train
3.5

Night Train

1998-01-01

A man released from jail, where he had served time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has to go

You, Me & Marley
3

You, Me & Marley

1992-09-30

A group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom steal cars and

Omagh
3.1

Omagh

2005-03-23

The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack kill

Life After Life
0

Life After Life

1995-04-02

Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a sc

Deacon Brodie
0

Deacon Brodie

1997-03-08

Drama based on the true story of Deacon Brodie one of Scotland's most notorious criminals. In 1788 D

My Life for Ireland
2

My Life for Ireland

2016-02-21

Ireland, Easter, 1916. In Dublin, Irish rebel Patrick Pearse leads a revolt to free Ireland from the

Family
4.3

Family

1994-05-08

This four-part made-for-TV drama focuses up close on a Dublin couple with four children. Charlo is a

The Food Guide to Love
2.7

The Food Guide to Love

2013-12-18

A dysfunctional love story about an Irish food writer and a politically committed Spanish woman.

Food of Love
1.8

Food of Love

1997-10-19

A group of ex-university students reunite to perform a Shakespeare play in a quaint English village.

The Dig
3.7

The Dig

2019-04-26

After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father, sea

Titanic Town
2.6

Titanic Town

1998-08-08

Belfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than normal

Chernobyl: The Final Warning
2.8

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

1991-04-22

True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.

Dah Dit Dah
0

Dah Dit Dah

1996-10-01

Set in Belfast in the 1970's, the film tells the story of a girl, her dad, his lover and their broke

My Fragile Heart
0

My Fragile Heart

2000-09-17

Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that Ber

Herself
3.4

Herself

2020-11-26

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scra

Drifting
2.5

Drifting

2020-07-11

Cian and Pat have been joined at the hip since they were kids and have the run of their small town i

Take Me Swimming
0

Take Me Swimming

2017-11-18

A son must overcome his own conflicted feelings and honour his father's intentions to keep his mothe

The Dead Peasants Society
0

The Dead Peasants Society

2007-05-31

A semi-secret fraternal organization modeled loosely on the Masons apparently appears to be running