Tony Guilfoyle

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Tony Guilfoyle
Born (1960-03-30) March 30, 1960 (age 63)
County Wicklow, Ireland
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present

Tony Guilfoyle (born 30 March 1960) is an Irish actor. He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, and was educated at the Drama Centre from 1970 to 1973. [1] He is best known for his recurring role as the accident-prone Father Larry Duff, in the TV comedy series Father Ted .

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In theatre, he is best known for his long collaboration with Quebecois theatre director Robert Lepage and the latter's production company Ex Machina. Included in that association are a staging of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder at the Lincoln Center and world tour, The Geometry Of Miracles performed at the Royal National Theatre and worldwide, The Dragons' Trilogy performed at the Barbican Theatre in London and internationally, and their latest collaboration,[ when? ]Playing Cards: SPADES, the first in a planned tetralogy covering the four suits of deck of playing cards, which played at the Roundhouse in London and internationally. He has other numerous and varied theatre credits, from Shopping and F**king at the Royal Court Theatre in the West End, to The Iceman Cometh at the Almeida Theatre in London, with Kevin Spacey, and Hanif Kureshi's play Outskirts with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

In cinema, Guilfoyle played the lead, Rory, in The Return (1986), [2] for Film Four, and the Magistrate in The Murder of Stephen Lawrence , [3] written and directed by Paul Greengrass. On TV, in addition to playing Father Larry Duff on Father Ted, he starred in the HBO/BBC historical drama Rome , playing Pothinus, an Egyptian eunuch and pharaoh's aide. Other TV credits include a role in a 1985 episode of Juliet Bravo , as unhinged hostage taker Moll Kelly, and brief roles in The Musketeers , Merlin , The Virgin Queen , Fanny Hill , and Bleak House . In 2016, he appeared as the Bishop of Durham, in the Netflix series The Crown . In October 2019, he appeared as Jack Dacre in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors .

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Spearhead Sergeant BrawneTV series, episode "Loyalties"
1982 Squadron Flt. Lt. Tony JacksonTV series, episode "The Veteran"
1984 Tucker's Luck FrankTV series, 2 episodes
1985 Juliet Bravo Moll KellyTV series, episode "Hostage to Fortune"
1985Black SilkTerry ReedTV series, episode "Winner Stays On"
1986 First Among Equals Shadow Irish MinisterTV miniseries, episode "#1.8"
1986The ReturnRoryTV movie
1986–2002 Casualty Lyndsey, Watch CommanderTV series, 6 episodes
1987 Knights of God SergeantTV series, 2 episodes
1991–2002 The Bill Reporter, Terry Downey, Security Manager, John Goulding, Mr. BaileyTV series, 5 episodes
1992 Inspector Morse Journalist OneTV series, episode "Happy Families"
1992 Between the Lines Dr. Owen-SmithTV series, episode "Nothing Personal"
1994 Wycliffe Bill ClarkTV series, episode "The Pea Green Boat"
1995 99-1 SmithTV series, episode "A Game of Two Halves"
1995 Boon Clerk, receptionistTV series, episode "Thieves Like Us"
1995 Shine on Harvey Moon RAF SergeantTV series, episode "#5.6"
1996 Father Ted Father Larry Duff TV series, 8 episodes
1997GobbleMr. George Henderson, Colin's bossTV movie
1997 Birds of a Feather Prison OfficerTV series, 2 episodes
1999 The Murder of Stephen Lawrence MagistrateTV movie
2001Todesstrafe - Ein Deutscher hinter GitternOfficer HendersonTV movie
2002 NCS: Manhunt Patsy O'BrienTV series, episode "Collision Course: Part 1"
2005 The Golden Hour DeaconTV miniseries, episode "#1.2"
2005 Rome Pothinus TV series, episode "Caesarion"
2005 Bleak House LawyerTV miniseries, episode "#1.15"
2006 The Virgin Queen Sir John Brydges TV miniseries, episode "#1.1"
2006The Best ManBaxterTV movie
2006 Murder City Dr. Simon KramerTV series, episode "Death of a Ladies' Man"
2007 Fanny Hill Old ClergymanTV miniseries, episode "#1.1"
2009The Conservatory(voice)TV short
2009WolvesThe ManTV short
2010 The Eagleman Stag PhilipTV short
2010 Traumdeutung (voice)TV short
2012 Merlin SindriTV series, episode "A Lesson in Vengeance"
2015 The Musketeers Chancellor DupreTV series, episode "A Marriage of Inconvenience"
2016 The Crown Michael Ramsey, Bishop of Durham TV series, 2 episodes
2017 Decline and Fall VicarTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2017 Broken Father PatrickTV series, episode "Christina"
2019 Doctors Jack DacreTV series, episode "Heart to Heart"

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References

  1. Chloe McCloskey. "Playing a round: Tony Guilfoyle". Le Cool London. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. "The Return". IMDb. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. "The Murder of Stephen Lawrence". IMDb. Retrieved 23 March 2022.