Francis Magee | |
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Born | Dublin, Ireland | 7 June 1959
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1993–present |
Francis Magee (born 7 June 1959) [1] is an Irish actor. He portrayed Liam Tyler in British soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1995. He has also appeared in numerous television shows and feature films, including The Calling (2000), Layer Cake (2004), Sahara (2005), No Angels (2004-2006), City of Vice (2008), 1066 The Battle for Middle Earth (2009), "Men Against Fire", an episode of Black Mirror (2016), Into the Badlands and Absentia (both 2019), White Lines (2020), and Kin (2022–2023).
Born in Dublin, Ireland, [1] and raised on the Isle of Man, [2] Magee worked as a fisherman for 8 years, [1] before pursuing a career as an actor. [2] Magee worked as a courier for Concord(e) Despatch in Belsize Park, and enrolled to study acting at the Poor School in King's Cross, London. [2] During the 1980s he was the lead singer of Isle of Man-based band Joe Public and Reading-based band Jo Jo Namoza. [2]
His career started by portraying the villain character Liam Tyler in British soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1995. [3] He played the role of Victor Rodenmaar in the Nickelodeon TV series House of Anubis . In 2004, he played a regular role as short tempered Leslie McManus in Channel 4's nurse drama No Angels , for three seasons until 2006. [1] In 2008, he played Saunders Welch in City of Vice . [1]
In 2011, Magee played Yoren, a member of the Night's Watch, in the first and second seasons of Game of Thrones on HBO. [4] He played electronic musician The Orgazoid in an episode of Peep Show . He also appeared in the 2013 Magners Cider television ad Now is a Good Time.
In 2016, he appeared in "Men Against Fire", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror . [2]
In 2023, he played Bren Kinsella in the Irish gangster family series Kin , alongside Aidan Gillen and Maria Doyle Kennedy. [2]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1995 | The Hurting | Wease | |
1998 | Still Crazy | Hockney | |
Written in Blood | Dr McRayer | ||
2000 | The Calling | Carmac | |
Undertaker's Paradise | |||
2002 | Butterfly Man | Joey | |
2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Algar / Foreman | |
2004 | Layer Cake | Paul the Boatman | |
2005 | Sahara | Fuse Cutter | |
2008 | The Crew | Dermot | |
2009 | The Last Breath | Paul Kelvin | Short film |
London River | Inspecteur anglais | ||
Perrier's Bounty | Hank | ||
2010 | Cemetery Junction | Mr. Pearson | |
Brighton Rock | Pavement Photographer | ||
2011 | If You Have No Place to Cry | Luis | Short film |
2013 | Hammer of the Gods | Ulric the Chronicler | |
2014 | Jimmy's Hall | Mossie | |
Glory Days | Jake Murphy | ||
Good People | Ben Tuttrle | ||
Blood Cells | Cormac | ||
Locust | Alan Dwyer | Short film | |
2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Jav Mefran | |
2017 | The Last Lighthouse Keeper | Tom | Short film |
Take the Shot | Don | Short film | |
Justice League | Ancient King of Men | ||
Bless Me Father | Michael | Short film | |
2018 | The Dig | Murphy | |
I Made This for You | Dad | ||
Winterlong | Francis | ||
2019 | Beasts | Arthur | Short film |
Extinction | Short film | ||
2020 | Pedro | Comandante Talbot | |
2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Ancient King of Men | |
The Tide | Skipper | Short film | |
As A Prelude to Fear | DCS Barnbrook | ||
My House | Don | ||
2024 | The Damned |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993–1995 | EastEnders | Liam Tyler | 19 episodes |
1994 | 99-1 | Balaclava | Episode: "The Cost of Living" |
Time After Time | Villain | Episode: "Working with Conviction" | |
Moving Story | Scurve | Episode: "Last Stand at Laurel Way" | |
1996 | A Touch of Frost | Rod Bainbridge | Episode: "Deep Waters" |
1996–2005 | Heartbeat | Ken Rawson / Stannard | 2 episodes |
1997 | Where the Heart Is | Joe Bevan | Episodes: "Things Fall Apart" |
Drover's Gold | Irish | ||
Painted Lady | Driver | ||
1997–2008 | The Bill | David Crossley / Leo Durkin / Peter Lewis / Arty Shanks / Rod Tiernan / Clive Newton | 6 episodes |
1998–2014 | Casualty | Frankie Lee / Jake Lincoln / Gavin /Tony Norris | 5 episodes |
1999 | All the King's Men | Able Seaman | TV film |
2000 | Britannic | Reilly | TV film |
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries | Castries | Episode: "The Rising of the Moon" | |
Don Quixote | Ginesillo de Parapilla | TV film | |
The Knock | Davis | Episode: 5.1 | |
2000–2011 | Doctors | DI Lorenzo Morris / Ken Middlemiss / Arnie Lynch / Bobby Jones | |
2001 | Cold Feet | Daz | Episode: 4.2 |
In a Land of Plenty | Trevor Michaels | Episode: 1.1 | |
The Bombmaker | O'Keefe | TV film | |
2001–2008 | Holby City | Barry Carter / Barry Hughes | 2 episodes |
2002 | Stranded | Pickles | TV film |
Ultimate Force | Lofty | Episode: "The Killing House" | |
Lenny Blue | Connor | TV film | |
2003 | Buried | Felix 'Ronaldo' Carver | 2 episodes |
Footballers' Wives | DC Simmonds | Episode: 2.3 | |
Down to Earth | Davey | Episode: "All Together Now" | |
In Deep | Ronnie Sharkey | 2 episodes | |
Born and Bred | James Falkner | Episode: "The Miracle of Ormston" | |
Alibi | Sgt. Powell | TV film | |
Family | Pat Bishop | 2 episodes | |
Holy Cross | Flag Man | TV film | |
2004 | Bad Girls | Rob Skelton | 3 episodes |
Shadow Play | Mr. Trimby | 2 episodes | |
Hustle | Journalist | Episode: "The Last Gamble" | |
The Royal | Alex Heath | Episode: "No Room for Ravers" | |
2004–2006 | No Angels | Mr. Leslie McManus | 24 episodes |
2005 | Trafalgar Battle Surgeon | Dr. William Beatty [5] | TV film |
Walking the Dead | Gordon Christie | Episode: "Subterraneans: Part 1" | |
The Slavery Business | Captain Rollins | Episode: "How to Make a Million from Slavery" | |
2006 | Murphy's Law | Detective Chief Superintendent Warren | 3 episodes |
A Harlot's Progress | James Dalton | TV film | |
Pulling | Eileen's Bloke | Episode: 1.6 | |
2006–2007 | New Street Law | Frank Halcroft | 5 episodes |
2007 | Peep Show | The Orgazoid | Episode: "Handyman" |
Gina's Laughing Gear | Trevor Mullet | Episode: "Trevor Island" | |
2008 | Survivors | Callum Brown | Episode: 1.1 |
City of Vice | Saunders Welch | 5 episodes | |
Honest | Quentin | 2 episodes | |
2009 | 1066 The Battle for Middle Earth | Ordgar | 2 episodes |
True Horror | Vlad the Impaler / Scribe | 2 episodes | |
2010 | Worried About the Boy | Jerry O'Dowd | TV film |
Inspector George Gently | Chief Constable Lilley | Episode: "Peace and Love" | |
2011 | Zen | Giulio / Avel Vasko | Episode: "Vendetta" |
Midsomer Murders | Smudgepot | Episode: "The Night of the Stag" | |
The Body Farm | Barney Quinn | Episode: 1.6 | |
The Fades | Dr. Tremlett | 5 episodes | |
2011–2012 | Game of Thrones | Yoren | 7 episodes |
2011–2013 | House of Anubis | Victor Rodenmaar Jr. | 144 episodes |
2012 | Misfits | Dan Woolaston | |
DCI Banks | Arthur Jameson | 2 episodes | |
2013 | Touchstone of Ra | Victor Rodenmaar Jr. | TV special |
The Bible | King Saul | 2 episodes | |
Strike Back | O'Riordan | Episode: "Shadow Warfare: Part 5" | |
2014 | Damo and Ivor | Bricko | |
WPC 56 | Brendan McCormack | Episode: "Cry, Cry, Cry" | |
In The Flesh | Iain Monroe | 2 episodes | |
Ripper Street | Davies | Episode: "Whitechapel Terminus" | |
2015 | A.D. The Bible Continues | Levi | 6 episodes |
Death in Paradise | Stevie Smith | Episode: "Swimming in Murder" | |
Outlander | Crenshaw | 2 episodes | |
X Company | Thierry | Episode: "Kiss of Death" | |
No Offence | Shane Mercy | Episode: 1.6 | |
Casanova | Balbi | TV film | |
The Bastard Executioner | Absolon | 5 episodes | |
2016 | Black Mirror | Parn Heidekker | Episode: "Men Against Fire" |
The Coroner | George James | Episode: "The Foxby Affair" | |
Of Kings and Prophets | Lahmi | Episode: "Lest I Sleep the Sleep of Death" | |
The Musketeers | Hubert | Episode: "The Hunger" | |
2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Spence | Season 2; 3 episodes |
Loaded | Rocky | Episode: "Leon's Teacher" | |
2017–2018 | Witless | Willy Whelan | 9 episodes |
2017–2019 | GameFace | Marcella's Dad | 2 episodes |
2018 | Humans | Tex | Episode: 3.6 |
Death and Nightingales | Mickey Dolphin | 3 episodes | |
2019 | The Witcher | Yurga | Episode: "Much More" |
Into the Badlands | Magnus | 4 episodes | |
Absentia | Lester Nowicki | 3 episodes | |
Brassic | Big Joe Blane | Episode: 1.3 | |
Britannia | Rork | 3 episodes | |
2020 | White Lines | Clint Collins | 9 episodes |
2022–2023 | Kin | Bren Kinsella | 9 episodes |
2024 | The Tourist | Frank McDonnell | Main role (series 2) |
Year | Title | Voice Role | Notes |
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2015 | Bloodborne: The Old Hunters | Befuddled Villager / Nightmare Hunters | |
2016 | Dragon Quest Heroes II | Torneko | English version |
2018 | Sea of Thieves | Stitcher Jim | |
2023 | Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince | Torneko | English version |
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