Joe Rooney
Birthday: Born in 1963-10-01 in Drogheda, Ireland
Deathday: Alive
Joseph "Joe" Rooney is an Irish actor, comedian and singer-songwriter from Drogheda, County Louth. He is arguably best known for his acting and in particular for playing Father Damo in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, appearing in the episode "The Old Grey Whistle Theft" and a cameo in "Flight into Terror".
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Father Ted
Character: Father Damien Lennon
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast....
Killinaskully
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details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland...
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Dick Dickman, P.I.
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A vanity project by Wexford-based comedian Barry O'Neill, starring and directing and writing. About Ireland's answer to Inspector Clouseau, supported by a cast of Irish stars who were presumably roped into this to help Barry. A bumbling wannabe private detective investigates the mysterious disappearance of a fiddle player much to the irritation of police officers who have been assigned to the case. The private detective finds himself in over his head when evidence points to a Russian mobster....
Dublin Crust
Character: Terrence
A decade after punk band Crust split, the band members lives have fallen apart. Drummer Bonehead has just been released from prison and sets about reforming the band for one last show....
Oddity
Character: Bernie
After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge....
Chicken Out
Character: Mick
A cash-strapped dad gets a job as the mascot of a chicken takeaway to make ends meet for his young family. They need to fly the nest of his overbearing mother, but can the plucky dad make it even to his first payday, dressed as a giant chicken?...
Monged
Character: Corkfella
Three very mismatched friends party from Friday to Monday in Dublin City in a riotous cocktail of drugs and alcohol while their personal problems - including a debt to a psychotic gangster, sexual confusion, and a lost phone number - remain in constant pursuit....
Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll
Character: Loco McCann
Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll, is a 12 minute spoof of a 1950s black and white science fiction B-movie. It was first released in 1997 and starred Ardal O'Hanlon. It was written by Mik Duffy and its director Enda Hughes. The title is taken from the 1957 Rockabilly novelty hit record "Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll" by Billy Lee Riley and His Little Green Men. O'Hanlan's "rendition" of the song, is performed by producer Michael Hughes....
Wretch
Character: Peter Pringle
Under the tutelage of an eccentric hippie restaurateur and her messianic self-help guru, a young man sets out to master the occult magic of Enceladism in an effort to destroy the cancer that's killing his boyfriend....
Stephanie
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John and Stephanie wake at the sound of someone outside. This stranger wants Stephanie dead. Why? We come to learn that Stephanie is not all she seems, harbouring a monstrous secret....
Poster Boys
Character: Joe
When dysfunctional adult Al Clancy mistakenly agrees to mind his smart-ass 10-year-old nephew Karl for a week, his job and home are placed in jeopardy. In a bold bid to save Al’s job, they steal his mam’s camper van, become best friends, and embark on a criss cross adventure, putting up posters all over Ireland. When things go wrong and the lads get cranky, one of them realises that the other one needs to grow up....
Joe Rooney Live From Vicar Street
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Joe Rooney Live From Vicar Street, a show not to be missed with a finale that needs to be seen to be believed!...