Peter McDonald
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Peter McDonald (born 28 January 1972 in Dublin) is an Irish stage and screen actor. He grew up in Mount Merrion in South County Dublin. His mother, Brenda Costigan is a cookery writer and his father, Richard McDonald sells bailer twine. He is related to Leigh McDonald of Australia. He was educated at St Michael's College on Ailesbury Road in Dublin and graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts, English and a Master of Fine Arts, English in 1994.
He got his start in theatre while at University. He was part of UCD's very active Drama Society and was a member of Fly by night theatre company.
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)
As: High Sheriff for the Council of State
Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Thomas Clay
Stars: Charles Dance | Maxine Peake | Freddie Fox | Tanya Reynolds | Zak Adams
England Is Mine (2017)
As: Peter Morrissey
A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Mark Gill
Stars: Peter McDonald | Simone Kirby | Jessica Brown Findlay | Jodie Comer | Jack Lowden
Murder: The Third Voice (2016)
When Rafe Carey’s body is washed up by the River Tweed, it looks like he’s drowned in a tragic accident on a day of extreme weather. He and his brother-in-law Leo Durridge were swept away when the section of riverbank they were fishing from collapsed. Leo fought his way to the shallows and is in hospital with cuts and bruises - Rafe wasn’t so lucky. But ...
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Birger Larsen
Stars: Conor McCarron | Peter McDonald | Shauna Macdonald | Morven Christie | Frank Gilhooley
The Stag (2013)
As: The Machine
At his fiancée’s urging, a very modern Irish groom-to-be reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend with his friends, camping in the western wilderness of Ireland. Much to their chagrin, these modern men are joined by the brother of the bride, a crazy, unpredictable alpha male known as “The Machine”, and an explosive Id to their collective Ego. The Machine is a force of nature, and under his leadership, ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: John Butler
Stars: Andrew Scott | Hugh O'Conor | Brian Gleeson | Peter McDonald | Michael Legge
Wreckers (2011)
As: Gary
A married couple move back to his childhood village to start a family but a surprise visit from the husband's brother ignites sibling rivalry and exposes the lies embedded in the couple's relationship.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: D.R. Hood
Stars: Sinead Matthews | Benedict Cumberbatch | Shaun Evans | Peter McDonald | Claire Foy
The Damned United (2009)
As: Johnny Giles
Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Stars: Colm Meaney | Timothy Spall | Michael Sheen | Jim Broadbent | Maurice Roeves
Festival (2005)
As: Architect
'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Annie Griffin
Stars: Lucy Punch | Stephen Mangan | Chris O'Dowd | Lyndsey Marshal | Daniela Nardini
Spin the Bottle (2003)
As: Tomo
Rats is released from prison and needs to make some money; fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence; his mother no longer has time for him and his ex-bandmates alike. He wishes to help donate towards his obese aunty's trip to Lourdes. He struggles to find a job, yet never fails to find himself in a difficult situation.
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Ian Fitzgibbon
Stars: Michael McElhatton | Simon Delaney | Bronagh Gallagher | Peter McDonald | Liam Carney
Killing Hitler (2003)
As: MI Staff Officer L / BX
A drama-documentary about Operation Foxley, a 1944 British plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jeremy Lovering
Stars: Andrew Scott | Kenneth Cranham | Kate Ashfield | Keith Allen | Peter McDonald
Blow Dry (2001)
As: Vincent
The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Paddy Breathnach
Stars: Rachel Griffiths | Rachael Leigh Cook | Alan Rickman | Natasha Richardson | Josh Hartnett
Saltwater (2000)
As: Frank Beneventi
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Conor McPherson
Stars: Brian Cox | Brendan Gleeson | Conor Mullen | Peter McDonald | Laurence Kinlan
Some Voices (2000)
As: Dave
Schizophrenic Ray tries to adjust to the outside world after being released from an institution.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Simon Cellan Jones
Stars: David Morrissey | Kelly Macdonald | Peter McDonald | Daniel Craig | Julie Graham
The Opportunists (2000)
As: Michael 'Mikey' Lawler
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Myles Connell
Stars: Kate Burton | Christopher Walken | Anne Pitoniak | Peter McDonald | Jim Mayzik
When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)
As: Brendan
A teacher meets a woman who turns out to be a thief and they introduce each other to new things.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Kieron J. Walsh
Stars: Don Wycherley | Maynard Eziashi | Pauline McLynn | Peter McDonald | Flora Montgomery
Felicia's Journey (1999)
As: Johnny Lysaght
A solitary middle-aged bachelor and a naive Irish teenager transform one another's lives to arrive at a place of recognition, redemption and wisdom in Atom Egoyan's adaptation of William Trevor's celebrated 1994 novel. Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks a ...
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Atom Egoyan
Stars: Gerard McSorley | Bob Hoskins | Arsinée Khanjian | Peter McDonald | Elaine Cassidy
Captain Jack (1999)
As: Andy Watts
A sea captain with a vessel not deemed sea worthy by the ship inspectors assembles a motley crew to sail along the path of Captain Scoresby, a sea captain who sailed from Whitby in northern England to the Arctic in 1791. His crew includes bickering sisters, an Australian hitchhiker who is hiding from his girl friends, and the seaman's confidante who runs a local trailer park. Putting the ship to sea, the ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Robert Young
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Sadie Frost | Gemma Jones | Anna Massey | Peter McDonald
I Went Down (1997)
As: Git Hynes
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Paddy Breathnach
Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Peter McDonald | Tony Doyle | Peter Caffrey | Antoine Byrne