
Damien Kearney
Actor · Dublin, Ireland
Damian Kearney most recently appeared in the Abbey Theatre’s production of Emma, directed by Claire O’Reilly. Screen credits include Harry Wild 2 (dir. Emer Conroy); Herself (dir. Phyllida Lloyd); The Wind that Shakes the Barley (dir. Ken Loach); Love/Hate (dir. David Caffrey/Anthony Byrne). Stage credits include Stones in His Pockets (dir. Ian McElhinney, Gaiety Theatre); at the Abbey Theatre, Oedipus (dir. Wayne Jordan); This Beautiful Village (dir. David Horan); The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui and The Government Inspector (dir. Jimmy Fay); The Comedy of Errors (dir. Jason Byrne); Richard II (Michael Barken-Caven); for Cheek By Jowl, Troilus & Cressida (dir. Declan Donlan); Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Love In A Wood at the RSC; and his self-penned The Flamboyant Bird (dir. Charlie Bonner, Fishamble). He also recently appeared in The Summer I Robbed a Bank (dir. Sophie Motley) at the Everyman Theatre, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival. Adapted by Mark O’Doherty, it is based on the original book by David O’Doherty. Damian trained at RADA.
Series7
TV7.8DramaThe Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
The Tudors
2007 · 864 votes
TV6.6MysteryCrimeA recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
Harry Wild
2022 · 65 votes
TV7.5CrimeDramaModern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.
Love/Hate
2010 · 48 votes
TV7.7DramaThe lives and loves of the young staff who work in a successful Dublin restaurant and the intense friendships and bitter rivalries that blossom in the heat of the kitchen.
Raw
2008 · 3 votes
TV7.5CrimeComedyComing-of-age drama about lovable rogues Conor and Jock as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school.
The Young Offenders
2018 · 58 votes
TV7.0ComedyThe story of the captain of a pub quiz team – a man who knows it all but hasn’t learned a thing. A funny and charming comedy about a belated male coming-of-age and his thirty-something friends coping with modern life in a small town.
Trivia
2011 · 2 votes
- TV9.0Comedy
The Fitz is a British sitcom written by stand-up comedian Owen O'Neill that was first broadcast on BBC Two between 4 August and 8 September 2000. It concerns an "unhinged Irish family" who live on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The series fared poorly critically, with some attacking its stereotyping and dated humour.
The Fitz
2000 · 1 votes
Movies5
Movie7.3DramaWarIn 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2006 · 933 votes
Movie6.7DramaStruggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.
Herself
2020 · 122 votes
Movie2.4ThrillerHorrorA shop assistant discovers her megalomaniac boss is selling human flesh to his starving customers.
Insatiable
2008 · 4 votes
MovieDramaFantasyDismissed after surgery for endometriosis and left without answers,Ana draws on the strength of Macha to reclaim her voice and confront the system ignoring her pain, while her father grapples with the helplessness of loving someone he cannot heal.
Macha
2026
Movie6.0ComedyDramaHannah returns home to face her dysfunctional and emotionally-repressed family after her attempted suicide. Her journey towards healing intertwines with the humorous clashes and unique bonds within the family.
Sound & Colour
2023 · 1 votes