John Kavanagh
John Kavanagh (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish character actor who was a member of the Abbey Theatre company for ten years (1967–1977) before going freelance. He has worked in over 20 films and numerous TV series since 1970. His film credits include Braveheart (1995), The Butcher Boy (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and The Last Duel (2021). On television he is best known for playing The Seer / Pope Leo IV in Vikings (2013–2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), and Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio in The Tudors (2007–2008). He received a Drama Desk Award nomination (1989) for Juno and the Paycock. He is also a singer, having played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s. No other personal details are publicly confirmed.
Fotos
Películas (61)
One Sweet Hour
2026 · Tommy
Bucking Fastard
2026 · Mr. Westmoreland
Baltimore
2024 · Sir Alfred Beit
The Last Duel
2021 · Le Gris' Priest
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
2021 · Gatekeeper (voice)
Supervized
2019 · Windsor
Deposits
2017 · Narrator (voice)
Lost Memories
2017 · Dad
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · Arturo Toscanini
Horse
2014 · Junior
In Secret
2014 · Inspector Michaud
The Invisible Woman
2013 · Reverend Benham
The Stag
2013 · Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad
The Runway
2010
Closing the Ring
2007 · Reverend Smith
The Tiger's Tail
2006 · Harry
The Black Dahlia
2006 · Emmett Linscott
Alexander
2004 · Parmenion
The Halo Effect
2004 · Stan
The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind
2004
Mystics
2003 · Gerry the Barman
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003 · Judge Shippen
Pete's Meteor
2002 · Sergeant Maloney
Sinners
2002 · Frank
Puckoon
2002 · Haggerty
Last Days in Dublin
2001
Vicious Circle
1999 · Charlie Rice
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998 · Father Carlin
The Butcher Boy
1998 · Dr. Boyd
The Informant
1997 · IRA Chief
Some Mother's Son
1996 · Cardinal
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996 · Voice
Shadow of a Gunman
1995 · Adolphus Grigson
Braveheart
1995 · Craig
Sharpe's Sword
1995 · Father Patrick Curtis
Circle of Friends
1995 · Brian Mahon
Widows' Peak
1994 · Canon Murtagh
Love Lies Bleeding
1993 · Sean Kerrigan
Bad Company
1993 · Patrick Molloy
Into the West
1992 · Hartnett
Children of the North
1991 · Seamus Reilly
Arise and Go Now
1991 · Father Dade
Events at Drimaghleen
1991 · Superintendent O'Kelly
August Saturday
1990 · Tom Crosbie
Fools of Fortune
1990 · Johnny Lacy
Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990 · Z
Joyriders
1988 · Manager
The Storyteller: A Story Short
1988 · Beggar
Bellman and True
1987 · Donkey
The Fantasist
1986 · Robert Foxley
The Price
1985 · Kearney
Children in the Crossfire
1984
Cal
1984 · Skeffington
The Country Girls
1983 · James
Attracta
1983 · Mr. Devereux
The Ballroom of Romance
1982 · Bowser Egan
Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland
1980 · Patrick Pearse
A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton
1971 · Priest
The McKenzie Break
1970
Weeks
· Jim
The Great Wide Open
· Grandad
Series (15)
Peacock
2022 · Georgia's Boss
Vikings: Valhalla
2022 · The Seer
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
2015 · The Seer (archive footage), The Seer
Vikingos
2013 · Pope Leo IV, The Seer (voice), The Seer
Titanic: Blood and Steel
2012 · Edward Carson
Father & Son
2009 · John O'Connor
The Tudors
2007 · Cardinal Campeggio, Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio
Rebel Heart
2001 · Eugene O'Brien
Scarlett
1994 · Jamie O'Hara
Sharpe
1993 · Father Curtis
Performance
1991 · Adolphus Grigson
The Storyteller
1988 · Beggar
ScreenPlay
1986 · Tom Crosbie, Superintendent O'Kelly, Father Dade, Sean Kerrigan
Lovejoy
1986 · Hennessey
The Price
1985 · Kearney