Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 7, 1959
Place of Birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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Francis Magee
Biography
Francis Magee (born 7 June 1959) is an Irish actor. He portrayed Liam Tyler in British soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1995. He has also appeared in numerous television shows and feature films, including Sahara (2005), Layer Cake (2004) and The Calling (2000). He played the part of Ordgar, the Housecarl who led the Crowhurst contingent, in 1066 The Battle for Middle Earth (2009), a reconstruction of the year of the three battles from the English perspective.
He was raised in Ireland and on the Isle of Man. He spent eight years as a fisherman before becoming an actor and has also been a member of several music groups including Namoza - who released four singles and an album - and Disco D'Oro.
He studied acting at the Poor School at London's Kings Cross.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Damned | Skuli |
| 2024 | Kiss of the Con Queen | Cillian Donahill |
| 2023 | My House | Don |
| 2023 | The Licensed Fool | The Man With Tiny Eyes |
| 2022 | As a Prelude to Fear | Detective Barnbrook |
| 2022 | Pedro, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | Talbot |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Ancient King of Men |
| 2021 | The Tide | Skipper |
| 2019 | Extinction | |
| 2019 | The Dig | Murphy |
| 2018 | I Made This For You | Dad |
| 2018 | Winterlong | Francis |
| 2017 | Bless Me Father | Michael |
| 2017 | Justice League | Ancient King of Men |
| 2016 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Grizzly Rebel |
| 2015 | Casanova | Balbi |
| 2014 | Jimmy's Hall | Mossie |
| 2014 | Blood Cells | Cormac |
| 2014 | Good People | Ben Tuttrie |
| 2014 | Glory Days | Jake Murphy |
| 2013 | House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra | Victor Rodenmaar Jr. |
| 2011 | If You Have No Place to Cry | Luis |
| 2010 | Amphibious Creature of the Deep | Jimmy Kudrow |
| 2010 | Worried About the Boy | Jerry O'Dowd |
| 2010 | Brighton Rock | Pavement Photographer |
| 2010 | Cemetery Junction | Mr. Pearson |
| 2009 | London River | Inspecteur anglais |
| 2009 | Perrier's Bounty | Hank |
| 2009 | The Last Breath | Paul Kelvin |
| 2008 | The Crew | Dermot |
| 2006 | A Harlot's Progress | James Dalton |
| 2005 | Trafalgar Battle Surgeon | William Beatty |
| 2005 | Sahara | Fuse Cutter |
| 2004 | Layer Cake | Paul |
| 2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Algar, Foreman |
| 2003 | Holy Cross | Flag Man |
| 2003 | Alibi | Sgt. Powell |
| 2002 | Butterfly Man | Joey |
| 2002 | Lenny Blue | Connor |
| 2002 | Stranded | Pickles |
| 2001 | The Bombmaker | O'Keefe |
| 2000 | The Calling | Carmac |
| 2000 | Britannic | Reilly |
| 2000 | Undertaker's Paradise | |
| 2000 | Don Quixote | Ginisella de Parapille |
| 1999 | All the King's Men | Able Seaman |
| 1998 | Written in Blood | |
| 1998 | Still Crazy | Hockney |
| The Resonance | Benny | |
| Dog & Bull |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Then You Run | Turi |
| 2022 | The Tourist | Frank McDonnell |
| 2022 | Desperate Measures | Mal Taylor |
| 2021 | Kin | Bren Kinsella |
| 2020 | White Lines | Clint Collins |
| 2019 | Brassic | Big Joe Blane |
| 2019 | The Witcher | Yurga |
| 2018 | Death and Nightingales | Mickey Dolphin |
| 2017 | GameFace | Dad |
| 2017 | Absentia | Lester Nowicki |
| 2016 | Witless | Willy Whelan |
| 2015 | The Bastard Executioner | Absolon |
| 2015 | Casanova | Balbi |
| 2015 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Spence |
| 2015 | Humans | Tex |
| 2015 | The Coroner | George James |
| 2014 | Outlander | Crenshaw |
| 2014 | The Musketeers | Hubert |
| 2013 | WPC 56 | Brendan McCormack |
| 2013 | The Bible | Saul |
| 2012 | Ripper Street | Davies |
| 2011 | Zen | Giulio / Avel Vasko |
| 2011 | House of Anubis | Victor Rodenmaar Jr. |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Yoren |
| 2011 | Black Mirror | Parn Heidekker |
| 2011 | Anubis Unlocked | Self |
| 2011 | Vera | Benny |
| 2011 | The Fades | Dr. Tremlett |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Stevie Smith |
| 2009 | 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth | Ordgar |
| 2009 | Misfits | Dan |
| 2008 | City of Vice | Saunders Welch |
| 2008 | Inspector George Gently | Chief Constable Lilley |
| 2004 | Hustle | Journalist |
| 2003 | Peep Show | Russell |
| 2003 | Buried | Ronaldo |
| 2003 | The Royal | Alex Heath |
| 2002 | Footballers' Wives | DC Simmonds |
| 2002 | Stranded | Pickles |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Gordon Christie |
| 2001 | In Deep | Ronnie Sharkey |
| 1999 | Bad Girls | Rob Skelton |
| 1997 | Where the Heart Is | Joe Bevan |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Smudgepot |
| 1994 | Time After Time | Villian |
| 1994 | 99-1 | Balaclava |
| 1994 | Moving Story | Scurve |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Stannard |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Rod Bainbridge |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Ken Rawson |
| 1986 | Casualty | Norris |