Gerard McSorley
Date of birth: 1950-09-14
Place of birth: Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gerard McSorely, Gerard Mcsorley
Biography
Gerard McSorley is a theatre, TV and an Irish film actor. He is known for hit films Veronica Guerin, Braveheart & In The Name of The Father. He also known for playing Father Todd Unctious in the Christmas special episode ("A Christmassy Ted") of the sitcom Father Ted. He now resides in County Donegal, he has three children.
Movie Credits
Veronica Guerin
2003-07-11
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug
The Constant Gardener
2005-08-31
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not c
Omagh
2005-03-23
The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack kill
The Front Line
2006-07-16
An African immigrant bank security guard turns the tables on Dublin's nastiest criminals when they f
Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
2009-07-11
Born in London to single mum Bridget, Austin Byrne returns with her to her hometown in Ireland as a
Taffin
1988-02-26
When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out
Agnes Browne
1999-11-08
Set in Dublin in 1967, the story of feisty woman, who along with her seven children, learns to cope
Dead Bodies
2003-04-25
The return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Ir
The Serpent's Kiss
1997-05-14
A man sends a young architect to build an extravagant garden to bankrupt the husband of the woman he
Middletown
2007-03-02
Having spent most of his life in religious instruction, Gabriel returns to his hometown as its new p
Felicia's Journey
1999-10-08
Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Jo
Trapped
2008-10-10
When Anton O'Neill returns home after five years at sea, he finds that 1970's Ireland is a radically
Withdrawal
1973-12-12
Based on the writings of David Chapman and Jimmy Brennan, Withdrawal is about Jimmy, a heroin user i
Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?
2002-12-12
An aging criminal, about to pull an armed robbery,reflects on a friend of his: a fellow criminal, wh
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999-03-12
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance
Just in Time
1998-01-01
Frank is a confident, charming author with a secret mistress in London; a relationship he wants to k
Blood Creek
2009-10-09
A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating
Braveheart
1995-05-24
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Walla
Hesitation
2007-01-01
A middle aged man, on a package holiday in France with his wife, focuses all his frustrations and di
The Rockingham Shoot
1987-09-10
Rigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the Rockingh
War Horse
2011-12-25
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his fathe
S.O.S. Titanic
1980-02-29
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
In the Name of the Father
1993-12-12
A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along wi
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990-04-22
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in
Easter 2016
1982-05-18
Set in 2016 prior to the centennial of the Easter Rising at Northern Ireland's only integrated teach
The Hanging Gale
1995-01-01
In this historical miniseries created for BBC Northern Ireland, four brothers struggle to survive du
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995-05-11
Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre t
Robin Hood
2010-05-12
When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to
Michael Collins
1996-10-25
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998-09-04
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Nothing Personal
1996-10-18
A raw depiction of the Belfast 'troubles' as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease
Lift
2016-09-11
Sean's vicious attack leaves a man unconscious and him stranded in an elevator with five others. In
Angela's Ashes
1999-12-25
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000-01-07
Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge e
Wide Open Spaces
2009-07-19
Have you ever had a best friend you couldn't stand? Myles has one - Austin - only he's too much of a
Vicious Circle
1999-02-09
Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when
Penance
2018-05-01
Unequivocal about the need for violence to force Britain out of Ireland, Father Eoin O’Donnell seals
Bloody Sunday
2002-01-25
The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a mas
Runway One
1995-08-28
An Irish Garda finds himself involved in a complex smuggling operation.
The Boxer
1997-12-31
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leave
Some Mother's Son
1996-09-13
Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby S
Inside I'm Dancing
2004-10-15
Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential
The Butcher Boy
1998-02-20
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a vi
Widows' Peak
1994-04-15
Scandal and mystery reign following the arrival of Edwina in a small Irish town populated entirely b
Angel
1982-05-14
Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Questio
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994-06-10
In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella a
Tell It to the Fishes
2006-01-01
The tide is slowly coming in and Finn, a worthless low-rent hood, has been dropped on an isolated be
The Halo Effect
2004-11-19
Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a si
Fractured City
2016-04-15
Dance culture brings communities together in 1990s Belfast but there will be consequences.