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Frankie McCafferty

Actor

Frankie McCafferty

Born January 1, 1967 in County Donegal, Ireland32 films

Born in 1967, Frankie McCafferty is an Irish actor best known for his role as hapless gofer Donal in the BBC TV series Ballykissangel. His film credits include Philomena, Bad Day For The Cut, Angela's Ashes and In the Name of the Father.

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In the Name of the Father posterFirst watchIn the Name of the Father19937.9as TommoA small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Philomena poster7.3Philomena2013Far and Away poster6.8Far and Away1992Angela's Ashes poster7.3Angela's Ashes1999Bad Day for the Cut poster6.4Bad Day for the Cut2017Fifty Dead Men Walking poster6.3Fifty Dead Men Walking2008The Secret of Roan Inish poster6.7The Secret of Roan Inish1994The Return poster6.8The Return2003Pixie poster5.9Pixie2020

Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. 2026Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Key to the CastleCoroner Craig
  2. 2026AontasLen
  3. 2025Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Buried at CCoroner Craig
  4. 2023Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G MajorCoroner
  5. 2021Ruthless
  6. 2020PixieFather McGinley
  7. 2018The InventionCharlie
  8. 2017Bad Day for the CutBernard
  9. 2016The Truth CommissionerWitness 2
  10. 2015Girona
  11. 2014Shooting for SocratesDerek the Kit Man
  12. 2013PhilomenaBarman
  13. 2012The AttendantPaul
  14. 2011Whole Lotta SoleSkins
  15. 2010The Runway
  16. 2008Fifty Dead Men WalkingPaddy
  17. 2003The ReturnSean Donovan
  18. 2002Bobbie's GirlMartin
  19. 2002PuckoonLenny
  20. 1999Angela's AshesSt Vincent Man #3
  21. 1999Chrono-PerambulatorLazy local
  22. 1999Sweety BarrettArthur Meany
  23. 1997The MatchmakerJimmy "McGlory"
  24. 1997The InformantDalton
  25. 1997A Further GestureDanny
  26. 1996Spaghetti SlowBrendan
  27. 1994The Secret of Roan InishTim
  28. 1994The Birth of Frank PopFrank
  29. 1993In the Name of the FatherTommo
  30. 1992Far and AwayMap Vendor
  31. 1991Children of the NorthFeargal
  32. 1990Fools of FortuneTim Paddy