Lorcan Cranitch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1959-08-28

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Lorcan Cranitch

Biography

Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker.

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Acting History

2026
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World as Michael Flaherty
2025
Cooper & Fry as DI Paul Hitchens
2025
Trespasses as Sergeant Reid
2025
Leonard and Hungry Paul
2023
Tarrac as Bear
2023
Ghosts as Jacob Engstrand
2023
Lakelands
2023
LOLA as Major. General Norbury
2022
Aisha as Peter Flood
2022
Róise & Frank as Donncha
2022
Burn It All as M. Barrett
2021
Christmas at Castle Hart as Patrick
2021
Bloodlands as DCS Jackie Twomey
2020
Herself as Michael
2020
Drifting as Diarmuid
2019
The Dig as Sean McKenna
2018
Les Misérables as Chief Inspector
2018
Les Misérables as Prefect of Police
2018
Rig 45 as Adam
2017
Take Me Swimming as Interviewer
2017
Acceptable Risk as CS James Nulty
2016
The Crown as Commissioner Stevens
2016
My Life for Ireland as Pump man
2015
Code of a Killer as DI Alan Madden
2015
Fortitude as DI Littlejohn
2014
The Legend of Longwood as Lance Wicklow
2014
Love, Rosie as Dennis Dunne
2013
Moonfleet
2013
The Food Guide to Love as Eddie
2013
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta as James Connolly
2013
Atlantis as Cilix
2013
Flying Blind as Duncan Morehouse
2011
Death in Paradise as Tosh Walker
2011
Vera as Roy Brewer
2009
Paradox as Simon Manning
2009
Best: His Mother's Son as Dickie Best
2009
Law & Order: UK
2008
God on Trial as Blockaltester
2008
Summer of the Flying Saucer as Ciaran
2008
The Palace as Jonty Roberts
2007
The Dead Peasants Society as Patrick Cunningham
2007
Lewis as Liam Cullen
2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
2006
The Play's the Thing
2005
Rome as Erastes Fulmen
2005
Omagh as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan
2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as Harold Bradley
2003
Hornblower: Duty as Wolfe
2003
Hornblower: Loyalty as Wolfe
2002
Spooks as Patrick McCann
2002
Shackleton as Frank Wild
2001
Waking the Dead as Victor Coleridge
2001
Rebel Heart as Inspector Nelson
2000
My Fragile Heart as Bernard Cleve
2000
McCready and Daughter
2000
Rebus as Thomas Steele
1998
Hornblower as Wolfe
1998
Dancing at Lughnasa as Danny Bradley
1998
Titanic Town as Tony
1998
Close Relations as Stephen
1998
Macbeth as Macduff
1998
Night Train as Billy
1997
Food of Love as Luke
1997
The Heart Surgeon as Larry Duggan
1997
The Heart Surgeon as Larry Duggan
1997
Deacon Brodie as George Smith
1996
Dah Dit Dah
1996
Silent Witness as Colin McGrath
1996
Ballykissangel as Sean Dillon
1995
Life After Life as Leo Doyle
1994
Family as Tutorial Teacher
1993
Cracker as DS Jimmy Beck
1992
You, Me & Marley as Father Tom
1992
The Playboys as Ryan / John Joe
1991
Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Chernov
1987
The Magic Toyshop as Francie
1987
The Venus de Milo Instead as Mr. Scott
1987
Empire State as Richard
1985
Screen Two as Leo Doyle
1984
The Bill
Yield as Eve's Dad
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