Francis Magee
Also Known As: فرانسیس مگی
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Birthday: June 07, 1959
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Gender: Male
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As a Prelude to Fear
Overview: When a young cellist called Eve Taylor gets kidnapped and imprisoned in a dungeon-like basement, Police Detective Barnbrooke believes it is the work of the notorious psychopath the media has named "The Pied Piper". But having failed to stop him in over fourteen years and with three other girls missing-presumed dead, Police Detective Barnbrooke knows all too well that if he can’t pin down his only suspect this time, that Eve will find the same fate as the other Pied Piper Victims. Knowing the identity of the Pied Piper is one thing, but proving it in time is a different deadlier story.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-22
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The Bombmaker
Overview: Expert IRA bomb-maker turned police informant Andrea Hayes retires and starts a new life after four school-children are killed by one of her bombs. Ten years later, her blissful home life shattered when her daughter, Katie, is abducted from her bedroom in the dead of night. Andrea later discovers a ransom note, instructing her to leave her husband Martin and fly to London by herself. It also states that if the police are contacted, she and Martin will never see Katie again. In the hope of being reunited with Katie, Andrea obeys orders and follows instructions to meet with the kidnappers. Back in Dublin, Martin is powerless to help and becomes frantic with worry when he learns from Andrea that no ransom demand has been made, and that the kidnappers' request is something much more dangerous.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-08
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My House
Overview: Carla lives life locked inside her house with her kind but tyrannical father. When their isolation is interrupted by a mysterious stranger, Carla questions the reasons for her family's withdrawal from the outside world and discovers dark secrets that redefine their existence.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-07
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The Crew
Overview: Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner to avert an all-out gangland war.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-01
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The Calling
Overview: On her wedding night, a young woman conceives a child during an hallucinatory encounter. Several years later, as her friends and family begin to behave strangely, she pieces together clues that lead to one conclusion...her son is the Antichrist
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-21
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The Damned
Overview: A 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving villagers’ supplies.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-03
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Butterfly Man
Overview: Adventure romance about an English backpacker whose world falls apart when he meets and falls in love with a beautiful girl on an exotic Thai island.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-06
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Written in Blood
Overview: A best selling author finds his horror novels coming to life.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-02
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Jimmy's Hall
Overview: Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-30
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Amphibious Creature of the Deep
Overview: Marine biologist Skylar Shane hires an expat charter boat captain, Jack Bowman, to help her find prehistoric life form samples in the north Sumatran Sea. During the expedition, they run into some of Jack's 'friends', a gang of smugglers headquartered on a fishing platform in the middle of the sea. Tamal, an orphan sold into servitude on the fishing platform by his uncle, a 'Dukun' (sorcerer and master of black magic) shaman, begs Skylar to take him away. She empathizes with the boy, who reminds her of her lost daughter, Rebecca, and is determined to help him, not knowing what lurks beneath the dark inky water, waiting to surface. Ever since Tamal arrived, mysterious things begin to happen, until one by one the smugglers will be killed by the terrifying creature from the deep. In the middle of an eerie, violent storm, the animus inside Tamal grows stronger, calling for the ancient creature of his nightmares...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-12
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Britannic
Overview: It was the sister ship of the infamous Titanic... and its final destiny was the same. Experience the true untold story of Britannic, a tumultuous, epic voyage of human passion, courage and betrayal aboard an ill-fated ocean liner bound for a shattering demise. With the world at war, an undercover British agent (Amanda Ryan), embarks the Britannic in search of a German spy believed to be on board to sabotage the ship. Posing as a governess, the undercover agent finds herself falling in love with the ship's chaplain (Edward Atterton). In a stunning discovery, the lovers suddenly find themselves enemies of war. And when a massive explosion deals a deathblow to the ship, their battle becomes one for their own survival. With a dynamic, international cast and a story line that hosts a chilling tale of espionage, politics and romance, Britannic brings one of history's most devastating events to riveting, new life.
Genres: Action Drama History TV Movie War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-10
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Undertaker's Paradise
Overview: Black comedy about a young undertaker, starting his own firm in a seaside resort.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-06-25
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Overview: Will Graham is a former London crime boss who has left his former life to live as a recluse in the forest. Haunted by the blood of those he has murdered, Will wishes never to return. But when his brother commits suicide following a sexual assault at the hands of a volatile car dealer, Will returns to London to discover the cause of his brother's death and administer justice to those responsible.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-14
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If You Have No Place to Cry
Overview: A group of fishermen decide to initiate their youngest one through a different kind of storytelling - telling of an obese woman who will guide him through his sexuality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-04
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I Made This For You
Overview: A man receives a documentary made about his life, from a worried friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-19
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Winterlong
Overview: When his estranged wife deposits his teenage son Julian at the doorstep of his remote caravan home, solitary (though charming) poacher Francis must amend his ways, take on new responsibilities and engage with the world. But just as the two begin to bond, Julian takes a friend into the woods where an accident occurs that puts them under the authorities’ spotlight. They must make a decision that will forever change their lives.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-30
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Worried About the Boy
Overview: In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter, who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy Blitz Club where George gets a job in the cloakroom but George is unlucky in his relationships with men until he meets wannabe musician Kirk. Through Kirk George meets the handsome drummer Jon Moss, on whom he develops a crush, but sacked by the Blitz and spurned by Kirk, George turns to Sex Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren to further his music career. George's spell with McLaren's group Bow Wow Wow is short but fan Mikey North is impressed and asks George to sing in a group he is forming, where George again meets Jon. They will have an affair and the group will become the very successful Culture Club. Four years later, however, hounded by the tabloid press amid stories of his drug addiction, an unhappy George turns to Jon for advice on his future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-16
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Still Crazy
Overview: In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Extinction
Overview: A political satire about climate change. Focused on the protest group Extinction Rebellion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-01
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Kiss of the Con Queen
Overview: A struggling actor thinks he’s on the verge of success when he’s contacted by Hollywood producers for a huge role in a blockbuster film. But when he’s sent to shoot in Jakarta, Indonesia, nothing goes as planned and he must uncover the truth – that he’s caught in the trap of the Con Queen of Hollywood, a master con-artist executing a prolific global scam on the entertainment industry.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-27
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A Harlot's Progress
Overview: Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-02
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The Resonance
Overview: Dylan believes he's from another dimension and wants to return home. From a chance meeting, a filmmaker becomes embroiled in Dylan’s questionable belief, the two fall down a rabbit hole searching for the answers.
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Original Language: en
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Trafalgar Battle Surgeon
Overview: This film takes a fresh look at the Battle of Trafalgar through the eyes of the HMS Victory's surgeon and his medical team that supported the brutal tactics leading to Nelson's victory over the French navy. However, there was one patient they did not save.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-29
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London River
Overview: After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their respective children had been living together at the time of the attacks
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-09
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Blood Cells
Overview: A decade after a catastrophe destroyed his family and their farm, momentous news from home compels an exiled young man to embark upon an intense and surreal journey through the broken and beautiful margins of contemporary Britain.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-29
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Lenny Blue
Overview: Two years after the events of Tough Love, Lenny Milton has been transferred, but still finds that he is hated by his colleagues, who have branded him a grass. Meanwhile, when a friend of his Lenny's son dies during a heroin-related overdose, a drug-related gang war breaks out, and Lenny seizes his opportunity to re-ignite his feud with drug trafficker Barry Hindes. Obsessed with bring Hindes to justice, Lenny ignores the advice of his colleagues as he sees a chance for vengeance.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-01
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Brighton Rock
Overview: Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-13
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Holy Cross
Overview: Violence erupts in north Belfast when the residents of Glenbyrn, a predominantly Protestant suburb, object to schoolgirls walking through their neighbourhood from the Catholic area of Ardoyne to the Holy Cross primary school.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-10
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Cemetery Junction
Overview: In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-04-14
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Casanova
Overview: Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation as a playboy behind him. But old habits die hard, and temptation is everywhere as Casanova finds a wealth of new opportunity and trouble.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-01
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Good People
Overview: Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-12
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Alibi
Overview: A thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humor along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a public servant moonlighting as a waitress at a party thrown by Greg for he and his wife's wedding anniversary. Marcey sets about organizing the slightly neurotic Greg in his attempts to cover up the accident.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-25
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All the King's Men
Overview: Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist and never seen again.
Genres: Drama War Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-14
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Overview: A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-14
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Layer Cake
Overview: When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-30
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The Dig
Overview: After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father, searching for the body. With no memory of the murder, Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of Sean is to help him dig.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-04-26
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House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra
Overview: The students of Anubis House are on the eve of their graduation when they encounter a new group of underclassmen and a mysterious stone that leads them on a quest to save the world from evil.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Family Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-14
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Sahara
Overview: Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-06
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Glory Days
Overview: Twenty years after an acrimonious break-up, rock band "The Spiders" are asked to re-form as the subject of a Reality Show. However, the band's original producer and songwriter is now living in Thailand, forcing the four remaining members to abandon their mundane lives, to once more pursue their quest for "Glory Days".
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-26
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Perrier's Bounty
Overview: A gangster named Perrier looks to exact his revenge on a trio of fugitives responsible for the accidental death of one of his cronies.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-11
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Pedro, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Overview: The story of Brazil’s first emperor, returning to Europe on board the English ship Warspite. The trip makes Pedro conquer his fears and face his life from a personal point of view. He goes back in time and relives outstanding moments of his earlier life – since his childhood, when in 1808 he arrived coming from Portugal with his family, until he left in the dead of the night, in 1831, running away from Brazil.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2022-09-01
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Bless Me Father
Overview: In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-11
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Justice League
Overview: Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-15
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Zack Snyder's Justice League
Overview: Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-18
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The Last Breath
Overview: Whilst on a family scuba diving trip the Kelvin family surface to find that the world's oxygen supply has suddenly dissipated. With their tanks running low they embark on a race against time to reach the nearby dive hut.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-17
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The Tide
Overview: Once the pride of a North Sea trawler fleet, 'The Annie' struggles to survive in a tide of apathy and neglect. When tragedy threatens her future, the crew strive to define not only themselves but their way of life.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-14
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Stranded
Overview: A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-12
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Don Quixote
Overview: Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a knight named Don Quixote de La Mancha, decides to go on imaginary adventures along with his friend, the simple farmer Sancho Panza, who becomes his squire. On their journeys, they rescue dames in distress in honorable acts and fight giants among other perils, with Don longing to be with the love of his life, lady Dulcinea, and Sancho waiting to be rewarded with an island where he's about to become a governor.
Genres: Adventure Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-09
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The Licensed Fool
Overview: A travelling court jester, known as The Licensed Fool, begins to unravel when he learns of a sinister motive behind him being hired for an upcoming performance.
Genres: Drama Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-09
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Dog & Bull
Overview: A fugitive criminal, who is hiding out as a pub landlord begins to question his identity when he gets discovered by a psychotic hitman, who is also his biggest fan.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
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