Acting credits
44
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Des McAleer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 29Series: 15
TMDB ID: 102980
IMDb ID: nm0563922
Known for: Acting
Born: May 25, 1952
Age: 74
Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1980 - 2026
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.85
Wikidata: Q89033480
Also known as
دِس مکآلیر
Biography
Des McAleer is a Belfast born actor of film, TV and stage.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Des McAleer.
as Narrator
Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motion
2023 • Movie
as Self (voice)
Lost Lives
2019 • Movie
as Père O'Reilly
Out of Innocence
2019 • Movie
as Jim the Porter
The Children Act
2018 • Movie
as Shamrayev
National Theatre Live: The Seagull
2016 • Movie
as Richard
North
2014 • Movie
as Major McEvoy
How I Live Now
2013 • Movie
as Senior Policeman
My Week with Marilyn
2011 • Movie
as Mr Sands
Hunger
2008 • Movie
as Denis Cleghorn
The Penalty King
2006 • Movie
as Col. Burton C. Andrus
Nuremberg: Goering's Last Stand
2006 • Movie
as Jim Prager
Deadlines
2005 • Movie
as Mr. Black
An Everlasting Piece
2000 • Movie
When the Sky Falls
2000 • Movie
as Mr. Benson
Angela's Ashes
1999 • Movie
as Finbar
Titanic Town
1998 • Movie
as Flowers Salesman
I Want You
1998 • Movie
as Inspector Wilson
This Is the Sea
1997 • Movie
as Eric McDermott
Butterfly Kiss
1995 • Movie
as Paddy John O'Neill
Life After Life
1995 • Movie
as Ray Harris
Family
1994 • Movie
as Sgt Kennedy
Hidden Agenda
1990 • Movie
as CID Supt. Jimmy Richards
Shoot to Kill
1990 • Movie
Coppers
1988 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Des McAleer.
as Father William • 1 eps
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026 • Series
as Barry Pettigrew • 10 eps
Hope Street
2021 • Series
as Jim Rutledge • 3 eps
Death and Nightingales
2018 • Series
as Ned Hanlon • 5 eps
My Mother and Other Strangers
2016 • Series
as Philip Kinghorn Burbidge • 1 eps
The Crown
2016 • Series
as Joseph • 2 eps
Wuthering Heights
2009 • Series
as DCI Frank Dolland • 1 eps
Touching Evil
1997 • Series
2 eps
Silent Witness
1996 • Series
1 eps
Between the Lines
1992 • Series
as Matt Rawlings • 1 eps
Heartbeat
1992 • Series
as Joe Hogan • 23 eps
Trainer
1991 • Series
as DCS Flemyng • 1 eps
The Paradise Club
1989 • Series
as Dave McGann • 1 eps
Casualty
1986 • Series
as Paddy John O'Neill • 1 eps
Screen Two
1985 • Series
4 eps
The Bill
1984 • Series