Ned Dennehy

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| birth_place = Ireland

| occupation = Actor

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Ned Dennehy (born 8 December 1965){{cite web |title=Curtis Brown {{!}} Ned Dennehy |url= http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/ned-dennehy/ |website= curtisbrown.co.uk |access-date=7 July 2019}} is an Irish actor in films and television. His credits include The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998), Blitz (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Downhill (2014), Luther, Banished, Dickensian, Peaky Blinders (2017), Versailles, Broken, Outlander, and Shōgun (2024).

Career

His first notable role was as Mider in The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog.{{cite web |title= LBM Actors - Ned Dennehy |url= http://www.lbmactors.com/members/ned-dennehy/ |work =lbmactors.com |date= 26 May 2014 |access-date= 9 June 2019}} He also appeared in Blitz, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and the independent British feature film Downhill.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-08 |title=Chilling voice of Ireland's worst serial killer to be aired on TV |url=https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/chilling-voice-of-irelands-worst-serial-killer-to-be-aired-on-tv/a608865947.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=SundayWorld.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title=The Nobody Zone review: Was Kieran Kelly Ireland's most prolific serial killer or a serious fantasist? |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/the-nobody-zone-review-was-kieran-kelly-irelands-most-prolific-serial-killer-or-a-serious-fantasist/a829892342.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}

Dennehy's television work includes RTÉ's Damo and Ivor, Glitch, and the BBC dramas Parade's End, Luther,[http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/luther/26302/luther-series-3-episode-2-review Luther series 3 episode 2 review | Den of Geek] Banished, and Dickensian.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/dickensian "Stephen Rea, Pauline Collins, Caroline Quentin and Peter Firth join cast of Dickensian", BBC Media Centre]. Accessed 27 December 2015 He also appeared as Charlie Strong in Peaky Blinders. In 2017, he appeared in both the major TV productions Versailles, and Broken, and also won an IFTA Award for his supporting role as Irish Pat in TG4's An Klondike. Dennehy also portrayed Hastur in Good Omens.

Filmography

= Film =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Director

!Notes

1998

|The General

|Gay

|John Boorman

2002

|Reign of Fire

|Barlow

|Rob Bowman

2004

|King Arthur

|Village Priest

|Antoine Fuqua

|Uncredited speaking role as the Village Priest who walled up Guinevere (and others) to expiate their sins and ensure their salvation; he was himself then walled up (buried alive) by Cerdic, the invading Saxon King, as a lesson to others.

2009

|Sherlock Holmes

|Man With Roses

|Guy Ritchie

2010

|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1

|Scared Man

|David Yates

rowspan="4"| 2011

|Blitz

|Radnor

|Elliott Lester