Jimmy Smallhorne

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Jimmy Smallhorne is an Irish filmmaker who wrote, directed and acted in his debut feature film 2by4 . The drama about a closeted gay construction worker in New York City was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and received the Festival's Cinematography award for the camera work of Declan Quinn ( Leaving Las Vegas , Vanya on 42nd Street , Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love ). [1] He is best known for his role as Git Loughman in TV series Love/Hate. [2]

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Smallhorne appeared in the crime thriller When the Sky Falls . At the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, it was announced that Smallhorne would direct his comedy screenplay Pushers Needed with an all-star cast of Joan Allen, Claire Danes, Kathy Bates, Brenda Blethyn and Maggie Smith. [3] [4] [5]

Smallhorne grew up in the Ballyfermot suburb of Dublin, Ireland. [6] He emigrated to the United States in 1994, finding work as a construction laborer. [6] While working in construction, Smallhorne helped organize the Irish Bronx Theater. [7]

In 2020 he appeared in the crime drama series Dead Still [8] and in 2018 series Taken Down. He also appeared in the 2017 film Cardboard Gangsters. [2]

Filmography

YearTitleCharacterNotes
1998 2by4 Johnnie Maher
2000 When the Sky Falls Mickey O’Fagan
2012 Love/Hate (TV series) Git
  1. Episode
2014The Gravediggers TourAmbroseShort
2014Running CommentaryMan on BenchShort
2015 Clean Break (TV series) Sammy3. Episodes
2015The AgentJoeShort
2016Éirí Amach Amú (TV series)Gravedigger Pat
  1. Episode
2017 Cardboard Gangsters Derra Murphy
2018And WillJulianShort
2018 Taken Down (TV series)Gar5. Episodes
2019ReflectionsAlice’s FatherShort
2019Darklands (TV series)Jim6. Episodes
2020 Dead Still (TV series)Cecil Carruthers6. Episodes
2021 Who We Love Fran
2021GatewayCyril
2023BarberJimmy
2023ReturnJohnShort
2023 The Doll Factory (TV series) Priest
  1. Episode
2023Northern Lights (TV series)Jimmy
  1. Episode
2024 Twig Joe Handles
2024 The Dry (TV series) Gareth2. Episodes

References

  1. ↑ Pat Collin, "New York Stories: Jimmy Smallhorne interviewed", Film West: Ireland's Film Quarterly, Issue 32, 1998
  2. 1 2 O’Gorman, Charlie (2024-10-23). "WHAT'S ON: Actor popular for work in Love/Hate is bringing acting class to Carlow". www.carlowlive.ie. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
  3. ↑ Mike Goodridge, "Movision, Invicta team for all-star Pushers", Screen Daily, screendaily.com, 13 May 2004
  4. ↑ Chris Gardner, "Smallhorne draws crowd for `Pushers'", Entertainment News Wire, May 13, 2004
  5. ↑ Matt Wolf, "Joan Allen: Why I had to say yes" [ dead link ], The Independent, 12 August 2005
  6. 1 2 " New Rising Stars: Irish Directors", The Irish Film & Television Network , 5 August 2004 retrieved 16-06-2009
  7. ↑ "Smallhorne, Jimmy (director, scriptwriter, actor)", Irish Film & TV Research Online, Trinity College, Dublin, 27 November 2006 retrieved 16-06-2009
  8. ↑ Byrne, John (30 October 2020). "Dead Still: And now for something completely different". RTÉ.ie .


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