Peter McDonald
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Biography: Peter McDonald (born 28 January 1972 in Dublin) is an Irish stage and screen actor. He grew up in Mount Merrion in South County Dublin. His mother, Brenda Costigan is a cookery writer and his father, Richard McDonald sells bailer twine. He is related to Leigh McDonald of Australia. He was educated at St Michael's College on Ailesbury Road in Dublin and graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts, English and a Master of Fine Arts, English in 1994. He got his start in theatre while at University. He was part of UCD's very active Drama Society and was a member of Fly by night theatre company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter McDonald (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Birthday: January 28, 1972
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Gender: Male
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Don't Tempt Me
Overview: Two angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2001-11-30
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I Went Down
Overview: Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-03
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The Opportunists
Overview: Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-17
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Blow Dry
Overview: The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her lover Sandra run a beauty salon.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-01
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Felicia's Journey
Overview: Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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When Brendan Met Trudy
Overview: Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-14
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Captain Jack
Overview: Rebellious and irreverent, Captain Jack is a man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he's determined to follow in the footsteps of Whitby's unsung hero, Captain Scoresby, who set sail from the town bound for the Arctic in the 18th Century. Assembling a crew of oddballs and misfits, the cantankerous captain weighs anchor and voyages into the unknown. His ship has been certified unseaworthy, and he's pursued by the Royal Navy, NATO and journalists, but nothing is going to stop Captain Jack fulfilling his wildest dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-28
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Killing Hitler
Overview: A drama-documentary about Operation Foxley, a 1944 British plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-30
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The Batman
Overview: In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-01
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The Stag
Overview: At his fiancée’s urging, a very modern Irish groom-to-be reluctantly agrees to a stag weekend with his friends, camping in the western wilderness of Ireland. Much to their chagrin, these modern men are joined by the brother of the bride, a crazy, unpredictable alpha male known as “The Machine”, and an explosive Id to their collective Ego. The Machine is a force of nature, and under his leadership, the men—stripped of modern comfort, convenience and, finally, clothing—must begin their journey into the wild.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-10
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Shadow of the Sword
Overview: Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them struggling to do the right thing.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-12
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Woken
Overview: In a post-apocalyptic world, the isle provides a safe haven from a pandemic that has decimated earth. Anna wake up pregnant and unable to remember who her husband is. Nor does Anna recognize Helen and Peter who are supposedly helping her get her health back. Disbelief in what she is being told leads to a horrible revelation and Anna having to contend with existential issues brought on by man’s destruction of the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-04
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Older Normal People
Overview: What the future holds for Marianne and Connell's relationship.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-26
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Saltwater
Overview: An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-29
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Murder: The Third Voice
Overview: When Rafe Carey’s body is washed up by the River Tweed, it looks like he’s drowned in a tragic accident on a day of extreme weather. He and his brother-in-law Leo Durridge were swept away when the section of riverbank they were fishing from collapsed. Leo fought his way to the shallows and is in hospital with cuts and bruises - Rafe wasn’t so lucky. But when detective Corinne Evans investigates, she finds the cause of Rafe’s death isn’t drowning at all - he’s been stabbed through the heart, and Leo is the prime suspect. While he claims that he and Rafe were the only ones by the river on that stormy day, but a witness says he heard three voices, and forensic examination of the scene reveals three sets of bootprints.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-03
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The Damned United
Overview: Taking over Leeds United, Brian Clough's abrasive approach and his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play make it certain there is going to be friction. Glimpses of his earlier career help explain both his hostility to previous manager Don Revie and how much he is missing right-hand man Peter Taylor.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-27
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Some Voices
Overview: Schizophrenic Ray tries to adjust to the outside world after being released from an institution.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-25
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Fanny Lye Deliver'd
Overview: On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have been robbed and need a place to stay. But are these strangers really who they say they are?
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-10
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England Is Mine
Overview: A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-04
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Festival
Overview: 'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a depressed, rich housewife who spies on the stoned Canadian theatre troupe to whom she has rented out her house
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-15
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Wreckers
Overview: A married couple move back to his childhood village to start a family but a surprise visit from the husband's brother ignites sibling rivalry and exposes the lies embedded in the couple's relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-16
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Nora
Overview: In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. She enchants him with her frank, direct and uninhibited manner, and before long, he's convinced her to come with him to Trieste, where he has a job with Berlitz. Over time, Nora pulls him through phobias, tolerates his drinking, takes in his brother Stan, and bests Joyce at 'the writin' game' to bring him back to Italy from Dublin where he's gone to open a cinema. But his sexual jealousy threatens the relationship and sends her back to Galway with the children. Is there any way to tame Jim's green-eyed monster? And, will the lad ever get his stories published?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-05
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Spin the Bottle
Overview: Rats is released from prison and needs to make some money; fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence; his mother no longer has time for him and his ex-bandmates alike. He wishes to help donate towards his obese aunty's trip to Lourdes. He struggles to find a job, yet never fails to find himself in a difficult situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-28
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Guy's Dog
Overview: A short claymation film by Rory Bresnihan about a dog who wishes to be human
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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The Dig
Overview: As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate in the face of its uncertain future.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-14
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Bagman
Overview: For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. Patrick McKee narrowly escaped such an encounter as a boy, which left him with lasting scars throughout his adulthood. Now, Patrick’s childhood tormentor has returned, threatening the safety of his wife Karina and son Jake.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-20
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