Ardal O'Hanlon

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Biography

Ardal O'Hanlon was born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Father Ted (1995), My Hero (2000) and Val Falvey TD (2009). He is married to Melanie. They have three children.

Known For

Doctor Who

Brannigan

Skins

Kieran

Handsome Devil

Donal Roche

Derry Girls

Eammon

Father Ted

Father Dougal McGuire

Death in Paradise

Jack Mooney

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Extraordinary

Martin (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Showkids TV	Charley
2025	Sherlock & Daughter TV	Mr. Halligan
2025	Fran the Man MOVIE	Jim O'Dea
2025	Six Nations Greatest Moments TV	Self
2024	Return to Paradise TV	DI Jack Mooney
2024	The Geneva Window: Through a Glass Darkly MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2024	My Freaky Family MOVIE	Nerlin Flood (voice)
2024	Pitch Invasion: How the Scottish and Irish Changed Football TV	Self
2024	The Last Priests in Ireland MOVIE	Self
2024	The Emerald Isles with Ardal O'Hanlon TV	Self
2023	The Ghastly Ghoul MOVIE	Gary
2023	The Woman in the Wall TV	Dara
2023	Blackadder: A Cunning Story MOVIE	Self - Contributor
2023	Extraordinary TV	Martin (voice)
2022	Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything TV	Conall Molloy
2022	Nazis, Treasures, and the Quest For Celts MOVIE	Host
2022	Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2020	Irish Pickers TV	Narrator
2019	Border Country: When Ireland Was Divided MOVIE	Himself
2019	Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party MOVIE	Himself - Presenter
2019	Six Nations Sin Bin TV	Self
2018	Celebrity Catchphrase TV	Self - Contestant
2018	Derry Girls TV	Eammon
2017	Richard Osman's House of Games TV	Self - Panellist
2017	Handsome Devil MOVIE	Donal Roche
2016	Ireland with Ardal O'Hanlon TV	Himself
2016	British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves MOVIE	Father Dougal McGuire (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016	Twice Shy MOVIE	Brendan O'Meara
2015	After Hours TV	Peter Hannigan
2015	Taskmaster TV	Self
2015	Nelly & Nora TV	Dad
2015	Cucumber TV	Brian McCoy
2014	Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled TV	Self
2014	Lily's Driftwood Bay TV	Bull Dozer (voice)
2013	Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman MOVIE	Self
2013	London Irish TV	Da
2011	Death in Paradise TV	Jack Mooney
2011	Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted MOVIE	Self
2009	Val Falvey, TD TV	Val Falvey
2009	Wide Open Spaces MOVIE	Myles
2008	Who Do You Think You Are? TV	Himself
2008	Tales of the Riverbank MOVIE	Hammy Hamster (voice)
2007	Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind MOVIE	Robbie (voice)
2007	Ardal O'Hanlon - Live in Dublin MOVIE	Himself
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	Skins TV	Kieran
2006	The One Show TV	Self
2005	The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby MOVIE	Coconut Tam
2005	Blessed TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who TV	Brannigan
2005	The Funny Blokes of British Comedy MOVIE	Self
2005	Comic Aid MOVIE	Self
2004	Stop! You're Killing Me MOVIE	Self
2004	Live at the Apollo TV	Self
2002	Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe MOVIE	Robbie (voice)
2000	My Hero TV	George Sunday / Thermoman
1999	Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire MOVIE	Robbie the Reindeer (voice)
1999	Big Bad World TV	Self
1998	The Butcher Boy MOVIE	Mr Purcell
1998	Parkinson TV	Self
1997	Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll MOVIE	Eddie Johnny
1997	Ardal O'Hanlon - Live from Dublin's Gaiety Theatre MOVIE	Self
1995	Father Ted TV	Father Dougal McGuire
1993	Shooting Stars TV	Self
1988	Comic Relief TV	Father Dougal McGuire
1964	Top of the Pops TV	Self - Host
1962	The Late Late Show TV	Self
	You'll Never Believe Who's Dead MOVIE	John Cosgrove Jr.
	The Stand Up Show TV	Self

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