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Alan Devine

Born March 29, 1970 in Galway, Ireland12 films

Devine was born in County Galway in 1970. He has played minor roles in several films. Devine graduated with honours from Trinity College Dublin, where he studied philosophy and sociology. He has since pursued a career of acting in both film and on stage. His credits include numerous stage roles, including various works of Shakespeare. Devine appeared in the rural drama Glenroe during the 1990s as Ray O'Driscoll, who fled the country after he killed his brother Oliver in 1999. This storyline was one of the biggest the show had in the 1990s.

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His film roles include portraying the Irish criminal Gerry “The Monk” Hutch in the movie Veronica Guerin. He has received credit for work in several other films and television shows, including King Arthur, Nora, Ghostwood (where he played the lead), The Tudors, Vikings, and The Gift.

Devine appeared in TV commercials for Guinness, playing the part of Tom Crean, the legendary Arctic explorer from County Kerry.

He subsequently appeared in the Irish soap opera Fair City as Louie Gleeson. In 2010, Devine appeared on stage in the play My First Time alongside Leigh Arnold, Alan Shortt, and Claire Tully in different venues across Ireland. He played the Earl of Kent in the recent Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla.

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Veronica Guerin posterFirst watchVeronica Guerin20036.7as Gerry HutchIn this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those…View film

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Filmography

12 films as actor
  1. 2025Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Buried at CRay
  2. 2025Tuesday TradersFred
  3. 2025A Little Bird Told MeDad
  4. 2012Shadow DancerSocial Club Barman
  5. 2006GhostwoodEd Hunter
  6. 2005The Secret LanguageDaid
  7. 2003The Honourable Scaffolder
  8. 2003Veronica GuerinGerry Hutch
  9. 2000FlickBarry
  10. 2000NoraGogarty
  11. 1998Miracle at MidnightJorgen
  12. 1997Angela Mooney Dies AgainYoung Malone