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Gerard McSorley - what members say


  • Omagh
  • Omagh review by from Aylesbury/bucks/England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Respectful, dignified, devastating... 29 February 2008
    ...aimed TV drama HENRY VIII. OMAGH focuses on Michael Gallagher (veteran actor Gerard McSorley), a quiet mechanic thrust into the media spotlight following his decision to pu...   Read customer review

Gerard McSorley - filmography


  • Wide Open Spaces on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ardal O'Hanlon,  Ewen Bremner,  Owen Roe
    Director: Tom Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Written by the co-creator of Father Ted, and following the same tradition of rural Celtic loopiness, this unstable comedy strands two misunderstood souls in the back of beyond with an absurd task on their hands. Dissipated semi-intellectual Myles (Ardal O’Hanlon) and excitable, none-too-bright ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 26 members
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  • Trapped on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Ronan Wilmot,  Anthony Fox,  Gerard McSorley
    Director: Graham Cantwell
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Inspired by true events. After time spent at sea, Anton O'Neill returns to find that Ireland is a radically different place to the one he left behind. Northern Ireland is in flames, and civil unrest has spilled south of the border to his beloved home in County Cavan. Blinded by hatred and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 23 members
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  • Middletown on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Eva Birthistle,  Gerard McSorley,  Charlene McKenna
    Director: Brian Kirk
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After almost an entire lifetime spent in religious instruction, Gabriel returns to his small Irish town as the new preacher. But the town is full of drinking and gambling, and Gabriel's younger brother Jim and sister-in-law Caroline are no exceptions. Soon Gabriel learns that Caroline does not ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 941 members
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  • Omagh on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Gerard McSorley,  Michele Forbes,  Brenda Fricker
    Director: Pete Travis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    15 August 1998: the Real IRA exploded a bomb on a crowded street in Omagh, just into Northern Ireland, to halt the Good Friday accords and peace process; 29 people died. Families formed the Omagh Support Group to press the police in their inquiries. The film focuses on the Gallagher family, who ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 351 members
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  • Veronica Guerin on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Ciaran Hinds,  Gerard McSorley
    Director: Joel Schumacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The true story of the assassinated Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin. Veronica was the crime reporter for the Sunday Independant investigating the criminal underworld in Ireland when she was gunned down in 1996.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 11,407 members
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  • Bloody Sunday on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Allan Gildea,  James Nesbitt,  Mary Mouldes
    Director: Paul Greengrass
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In documentary style, Paul Greengrass' BLOODY SUNDAY, which chronicles the events of January 30, 1972 in Derry, Ireland, is filmed with gritty gray realness. Surrounding a peaceful protest march staged in contest to British laws that permitted internment without trial, the film charts the progress ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 5,192 members
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  • On The Edge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Cillian Murphy,  Tricia Vessey,  Stephen Rea
    Director: John Carney
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When 19-year-old rebel Jonathan Breech (Cillian Murphy)--suffering from depression after the death of his father--attempts suicide by driving a stolen car off a cliff, he is given the choice of going to prison or being committed to a psychiatric institution. Jonathan chooses the hospital, where he ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 515 members
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  • The Boxer on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Emily Watson,  Brian Cox
    Director: Jim Sheridan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) directed this drama about a Belfast boxer, filmed with Dublin locations substituting for Belfast. Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, 32-year-old Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns to his old neighborhood and sees former-flame ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,869 member
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Gerard McSorley facts

5 most recent films

The Tudors - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
Wide Open Spaces - 1.5 stars
The Tudors - Series 3 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Trapped - 2.5 stars
Middletown - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Tudors - Series 3 - 4.0 stars
The Tudors - Series 3 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Omagh - 3.5 stars
Bloody Sunday - 3.5 stars
Veronica Guerin - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Wide Open Spaces - 1.5 stars
Trapped - 2.5 stars
Middletown - 2.5 stars
On The Edge - 3.5 stars
The Boxer - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Max Brown - 7 times - show films
James Frain - 7 times - show films
Charlotte Salt - 7 times - show films
Annabelle Wallis - 7 times - show films
Kevin Doyle - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ciaran Donnelly - 7 times - show films
Graham Cantwell - 2 times - show films
Paul Greengrass - 2 times - show films
Tom Hall - 1 times - show films
Pete Travis - 1 times - show films