Sean Lawlor
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sean Lawlor (January 25, 1954 – October 10, 2009), was an Irish character actor and playwright. He was best known for his portrayal of Malcolm Wallace in Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning epic, Braveheart. In addition, he also appeared in James Cameron's Titanic and Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father. Other recent roles include Martin O Toole in "On Broadway" and Earl Leofric in "1066". Irish television viewers will know him from his role in RTE's 1980's series, "Bracken" as well as parts in many Irish films. He produced plays for the stage include the one man play, "The Watchman", which he also wrote. As a stage actor his significant roles include Jap Kavanagh in "The Kings of the Kilburn High Road" for Waterford's Red Kettle Theatre company with whom he worked with on numerous occasions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Lawlor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Birthday: January 25, 1954
Deathday: October 10, 2009
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Gender: Male
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Braveheart
Overview: Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-24
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30,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Overview: Captain Nemo goes even deeper into insanity in this mesmerizing fantasy tale. Once again at the helm of his fearsome, wildly advanced vessel, the nautical madman endeavors to turn the world above the waves upside down.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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Joyriders
Overview: The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-14
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On Broadway
Overview: On Broadway tells the story of Jack O'Toole, a 30-something Boston everyman, who writes a play about his dead uncle as a way to reconnect with his hard-nosed dad. With no money and just his gut to guide him, Jack quits his job as a carpenter so that he can mount a production of his play on the only stage he can afford: in the back room of his neighborhood pub, on a little street called Broadway.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-25
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Jack Hunter and the Lost Treasure of Ugarit
Overview: Jack Hunter, an adventurous treasure seeker, goes to Syria after his mentor and father figure Professor Fredrick Shaffer is killed. Professor Frederick Shaffer believed that the people of Ugarit, a town in Syria that existed during the Pharoah’s reign, had buried a treasure before they were wiped out by the Pharoahs. Jack Hunter is one of the few archaeologists in the world who can interpret Ugarit writings
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-23
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Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
Overview: The California coast is terrorized by two enormous prehistoric sea creatures as they battle each other for supremacy of the sea.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-19
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Club Soda
Overview: A young man's dream to become a successful actor is threatened by the poor decisions he makes until a spiritual guide steps in and sets his conscience in motion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-22
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The Blue Rose
Overview: Successful as a real estate agent, Vince Gallagher leads a second life as a casual drug user and small time dealer, getting his supply from a friend. While most would be considered an addict living the way he does, Vince's rationale is that since he feels he can quit at anytime on his own will, he doesn't have a "problem." Some of the folks he deals to though, have relatives, like "Junk", that deliver a message for Vince to stop dealing - or pay a price. Never strong with relationships or settling down, Vince meets Andrea, a recently divorced woman who walks into his office to request his services. Vince is more than eager to oblige, even offering to help her move. A relationship develops between the two that takes their lives into a total transformation when Andrea discovers Vince's hidden secret of drug addiction that will test their bond and love for one another.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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The Black Waters of Echo's Pond
Overview: Nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-09
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Space Truckers
Overview: John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be multitude of unstoppable and deadly killer robots.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-04
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Taffin
Overview: When a small Irish town is terrorized by a corrupt business syndicate, a lone hero wages an all out war.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-26
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Live Fast, Die Young
Overview: When a famous star is found dead at an exclusive Christmas Eve party filled with A-list Hollywood types, the police must hold for questioning a group of powerful entertainment industry players who are eager to leave the scene. As they reflect upon the death of their friend, apparently from a drug overdose, the witnesses begin to reflect upon their own life choices, triggering a profound discussion about life and spirituality.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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In the Name of the Father
Overview: A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends fifteen years in prison with his father trying to prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-12
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Red Roses and Petrol
Overview: A dysfunctional Irish family gathers after the death of their patriarch.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-05
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The Disappearance of Finbar
Overview: A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-25
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Titanic
Overview: 101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-18
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Reefer and the Model
Overview: Comerford’s signature sharp realism infuses this drama about Reefer, an ex-IRA man who picks up hitch-hiker Teresa, a pregnant woman trying to overcome a drug addiction. They head to the trawler where he lives with friends Spider and Badger, that operates between Galway and the Aran Islands. The makeshift family are forced to turn to crime to make a living.
Genres: Drama Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-05
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Shergar
Overview: Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expecting some action. He hits on a plan for raising £2 million, but his plan goes wrong.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-23
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Some Mother's Son
Overview: Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-13
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The Love She Sought
Overview: An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bishop (Prosky). As a result she retires and moves to Ireland where she seeks an admirer (Elliott) with whom she has been corresponding for five years.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-21
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Trojan Eddie
Overview: Trojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish gypsies, known as "travelers." Having done time rather than inform on his partner in a failed burglary, Eddie now struggles to raise his two daughters alone. Power falls for and marries traveler girl Kathleen, but when she runs off with Power's nephew Dermot — and takes the $11,000 dowry with her — Eddie must track the couple down.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-09
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Flush
Overview: In a seedy downtown LA bar, four barfly's scheme to steal a $1,000,000 from a mortally wounded bank robber on the run.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-15
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