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Sean McGinley



Filmography

Sean McGinley - filmography


  • The Tiger's Tail on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Brendan Gleeson,  Kim Cattrall,  Ciaran Hinds
    Director: John Boorman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Dublin property developer Liam O’Leary (Gleeson) gets the shock of his life when his exact double starts to follow him around. The sinister stranger begins posing as Liam both at home and at work, and Liam must struggle to prove his own identity as everyone assumes he is his criminal double.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 475 members
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  • Shrooms on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Lindsey Haun,  Jack Huston,  Max Kasch
    Director: Paddy Breathnach
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Six young Americans travel to Ireland and head for the hills in search of magic mushrooms but it all goes horribly wrong when one of them forsees their impending doom.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 12,312 members
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  • On a Clear Day on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ron Cook,  Brenda Blethyn,  Sean McGinley
    Director: Gaby Dellal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Drama starring Peter Mullan as Frank, a hard-working 55 year-old, respected in his local community, but who suddenly finds himself without a job. For the first time in his life, Frank is without direction. When his friend Danny (Billy Boyd) jokes that on a clear day he could swim to France, an idea ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6,557 members
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  • The Mighty Celt on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Sean McGinley,  Gillian Anderson,  Tyrone McKenna
    Director: Pearse Elliott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Donal, a young kid, escapes his own life by working for a greyhound trainer after school. When one of the unsuccessful dogs is condemned, Donal speaks up and manages to persuade his boss to let him try and train it.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,248 members
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  • Man About Dog on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Billy Roche,  Ciaran Nolan,  Tom Murphy
    Director: Paddy Breathnach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Irish black comedy about three chancers on the run from some violent debt collectors when they acquire an abandoned greyhound. After making a fortune from betting on the dog at the races, the lads find themselves pursued by the dog's original owners, an angry group of travellers armed with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,082 members
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  • Freeze Frame on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Ian Mcneice,  Sean McGinley,  Lee Evans
    Director: John Simpson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Psychological thriller starring former comedian Lee Evans as Sean Veil, an ultra-paranoid murder suspect who obsessively films himself 24 hours a day to provide an alibi in case he is ever accused of another crime. But when the police come calling to investigate a new murder, the one tape that can ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 6,453 members
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  • Watermelon on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Sean McGinley,  Ciaran McMenamin,  Elaine Cassidy
    Director: Kieron J. Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Television drama based on the novel by Marian Keyes. Claire Ryan (Anna Friel), a young woman with a strange relationship to the truth, is left literally holding the baby when her doting, not to mention gorgeous, boyfriend James (Jamie Draven) discovers that the child he thought was his is actually ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,875 member
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  • Conspiracy of Silence on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jonathan Forbes,  Hugh Bonneville,  Brenda Fricker
    Director: John Deery
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A can of worms is opened within the Irish Catholic Church following two controversial incidents, the suicide of Frank Sweeney, a parish priest and the expulsion of Daniel McLaughlin, a young trainee priest from a nearby seminary, on the grounds that he was open to the sexual advances of a male ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 135 members
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  • The Closer You Get on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Risteard Cooper,  Sean McGinley,  Cathleen Bradley
    Director: Aileen Ritchie
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A group of bachelor boys from a small Irish village place an advert in the Miami Herald inviting women in their early twenties to come and live with them. Very soon the whole village knows about the advert; the women of the village begin to look at themselves more closely and then start showing the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 477 members
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  • The Claim on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Sean McGinley,  Nastassja Kinski,  Jimmy Herman
    Director: Michael Winterbottom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    California 1860 and prospector Daniel Dillon (Peter Mullan) has made a fortune in gold and is now running Kingdom Come, a small town built in the heart of the Sierra mountains. He wants to turn the town into a thriving city and to this end he asks Dalglish (Wes Bentley), an engineer plotting the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 979 members
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  • The General on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Sean McGinley,  Brendan Gleeson,  Maria Doyle Kennedy
    Director: John Boorman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Hollyfield was a Dublin slum where the rejected, the derelict and the anti-social were housed. Young Martin Carhill grew up in a milieu where crime was the main occupation. He was sent to a correction school when caught stealing food for his family. Abused by priests and the police, he grew up with ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,411 member
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  • Butcher Boy on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Eamonn Owens,  Sean McGinley,  Peter Gowen
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In a small Irish town in the 1950's, Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens), and his best friend Joe (Alan Boyle), play the usual childhood fantasy games of cowboys and adventurers. But outside their children's play, real life is far less appealing for Francie.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 595 members
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  • Trojan Eddie on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Sean Lawlor,  Jason Gilroy,  Pat Laffan
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon,  Gillies MacKinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Trojan Eddie (Stephen Rea) is a wheeler-dealer in a small Irish town, reliant for his stock on local godfather John Power (Richard Harris), who intimidates Eddie into doing his dirty work for him. When Power marries Kathleen (Aislin McGluckin), a girl less than half his age, she promptly runs away ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 88 members
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  • Hell Hath No Fury on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Paul Michael Robinson,  Shauna O'Brien,  Jenna Bodnar
    Director: Fred Olen Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Whilst on a business trip to New Orleans Alex decides to have a torrid affair with a sexy woman named Linda. When he returns home to his wife and child, he is surprised to find that his wife has hired the off-kilter home wrecker as a nanny to their baby. Alex must find a way to stay cool and not ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 34% from 22 members
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  • Family (2 discs) on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Ger Ryan,  Sean McGinley,  Neili Conroy
    Director: Michael Winterbottom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Four-part TV drama, from writer Roddy Doyle, which focuses on the tenuous relationships of a working-class Irish family. Each episode explores the life of one of the family members: devious alcoholic Charlo (Sean McGinley), an abusive husband and petty thief; downtrodden housewife Paula (Ger Ryan), ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 20 members
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Sean McGinley facts

5 most recent films

Republic Of Doyle - S03 E02 - Head Over Heels - 4.0 stars
Republic Of Doyle - S03 E08 - Two Jakes and a Baby - 4.0 stars
Republic Of Doyle - S03 E07 - High School Confidential - 3.0 stars
Republic Of Doyle - S03 E09 - Mirror-Mirror - 4.0 stars
Republic Of Doyle - S03 E05 - Dead Man Talking - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The General - 3.5 stars
Conspiracy of Silence - 3.5 stars
Butcher Boy - 3.5 stars
Watermelon - 3.0 stars
On a Clear Day - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hell Hath No Fury - 1.5 stars
Family - 2.5 stars
Shrooms - 2.5 stars
Trojan Eddie - 2.5 stars
Freeze Frame - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Allan Hawco - 26 times - show films
Linda Boyd - 26 times - show films
Brenda Fricker - 4 times - show films
Ger Ryan - 3 times - show films
Brendan Gleeson - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Stefan Scaini - 8 times - show films
Keith Samples - 8 times - show films
John Vatcher - 4 times - show films
Stacey Stewart Curtis - 4 times - show films
Michael Winterbottom - 4 times - show films