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John Kavanagh


John Kavanagh

Birthday:

01/01/1946

Place of birth:

Dublin, Ireland:

Biography:

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.


Credits

One Sweet Hour (2026)
as Tommy
Bucking Fastard (2026)
as Mr. Westmoreland
Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen (2024)
as Arthur Browne
Baltimore (2024)
as Sir Alfred Beit
The Last Duel (2021)
as Le Gris' Priest
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure (2021)
as Gatekeeper (voice)
Supervized (2019)
as Windsor
Deposits (2017)
as Narrator (voice)
Lost Memories (2017)
as Dad
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
as Arturo Toscanini
Horse (2014)
as Junior
In Secret (2014)
as Inspector Michaud
The Invisible Woman (2013)
as Reverend Benham
The Stag (2013)
as Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad
The Runway (2010)
as
Closing the Ring (2007)
as Reverend Smith
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
as Harry
The Black Dahlia (2006)
as Emmett Linscott
Alexander (2004)
as Parmenion
The Halo Effect (2004)
as Stan
The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind (2004)
as
Mystics (2003)
as Gerry the Barman
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
as Judge Shippen
Pete's Meteor (2002)
as Sergeant Maloney
Sinners (2002)
as Frank
Puckoon (2002)
as Haggerty
Last Days in Dublin (2001)
as
Vicious Circle (1999)
as Charlie Rice
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
as Father Carlin
The Butcher Boy (1998)
as Dr. Boyd
The Informant (1997)
as IRA Chief
Some Mother's Son (1996)
as Cardinal
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told (1996)
as Voice
Shadow of a Gunman (1995)
as Adolphus Grigson
Braveheart (1995)
as Craig
Sharpe's Sword (1995)
as Father Patrick Curtis
Circle of Friends (1995)
as Brian Mahon
Widows' Peak (1994)
as Canon Murtagh
Love Lies Bleeding (1993)
as Sean Kerrigan
Bad Company (1993)
as Patrick Molloy
Into the West (1992)
as Hartnett
Children of the North (1991)
as Seamus Reilly
Arise and Go Now (1991)
as Father Dade
Events at Drimaghleen (1991)
as Superintendent O'Kelly
August Saturday (1990)
as Tom Crosbie
Fools of Fortune (1990)
as Johnny Lacy
Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)
as Z
Joyriders (1988)
as Manager
The Storyteller: A Story Short (1988)
as Beggar
Bellman and True (1987)
as Donkey
The Fantasist (1986)
as Robert Foxley
The Price (1985)
as Kearney
Children in the Crossfire (1984)
as
Cal (1984)
as Skeffington
The Country Girls (1983)
as James
Attracta (1983)
as Mr. Devereux
The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
as Bowser Egan
Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland (1980)
as Patrick Pearse
A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971)
as Priest
The McKenzie Break (1970)
as
Weeks ()
as Jim
The Great Wide Open ()
as Grandad