Pat Shortt
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Biography: Pat Shortt is an Irish actor and comedian, best known for his work with the McDonagh brothers, as well as the Irish sitcom Killinaskully, which he created and wrote. He is also known as half of D'Unbelievables, a comedy duo he co-founded in the late 1980s with friend Jon Kenny.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
Birthday: December 12, 1966
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Gender: Male
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Man About Dog
Overview: Three pedigree chumps learn that every underdog has its day in this freewheeling Irish comedy. In hock to the tune of £50,000 to a Belfast bookie and saddled with a dopey greyhound that wouldn't run if its backside was on fire, the likely lads head south on a road trip in the hope of seeing a man about a dog. Foul-mouthed and funny, Man About Dog is full of great craic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Pat Shortt - You Won't Get Away With That Here
Overview: Pat Shortt in comedy stand up - Its the final night in the hall at rathmuff before its due to be demolished and the locals decide to show a film. The local characters turn out in force to bid a farewell to the hall, like patsy the hall caretaker, who patrols the aisle to make sure there is notrhing dirty going on, Sheamie the builder who comes in to demolish the place and dympna the air hostess who lives on in sheamies dreams as one of his more memorable flights. This is one on the mostdaring productions ever staged in the community hall, but regardless of who you meet they will tell you the same thing,... you wont get away with that here!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-04
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Garage
Overview: Due to a learning disability, Josie's life in a tiny town revolves around a menial job taking care of a garage that could close at any day. Things start to change, however, when David, the son of his boss' girlfriend, comes to work with him. Josie hangs out with David and his teenage friends, bringing them beer, and despite being a grown man himself, finds that the new company lifts his spirits. But his simple-mindedness blinds him to some potential legal dangers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-05
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The Closer You Get
Overview: Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. The whole town knows about the ad, and it sharpens everyone's sense of the opportunities for happiness already at hand. Kate, a publican with a young daughter, is separating from her husband and catches the eye of a bachelor sheep farmer. Kieran the butcher realizes that his assistant Siobhan is comely, and then he discovers she's fiery as well. Ollie sends off for Dutch skin magazines that the village postmistress won't release to him. The men, and women, find counsel in their movie-loving priest. Will anyone answer the ad?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-27
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Dermot Morgan - Fearless Funnyman
Overview: A selection of Dermot Morgan's family, friends, colleagues and admirers, including Pat Shortt, Oliver Callan and Pauline Mc Lynn, look back on the life of the comedian, writer, satirist and actor whose savage wit belied a caring nature and reflect on his place in the annals of comedy greats.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-27
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Life's a Breeze
Overview: An unemployed slacker, his aged mother and his niece must overcome their many differences to find a lost fortune.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-19
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D'Unbelievables D'Video
Overview: Irish Sketch Movie Starring Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-11
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D'Unbelievables D'Telly
Overview: Irish Comedy Starring Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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D'Unbelievables D'Mother
Overview: Irish Comedy starring Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-11
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This Is My Father
Overview: When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, he looks to his mother for answers. When she refuses to provide any, Kieran travels to Ireland.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-07
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Song of the Sea
Overview: The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.
Genres: Family Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-23
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The Banshees of Inisherin
Overview: Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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Pat Shortt: Live and a Bit Dangerous
Overview: The DVD brings you some of Shortt's favorite characters from his sell-out live show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-12
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The Heist Before Christmas
Overview: After a bank robber dressed as Santa Claus holds up a bank, a child disillusioned with Christmas encounters a man in the woods who, also dressed as Santa, claims to have fallen out of his sleigh. The pair strike up a friendship and go on an adventure.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-24
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Queen & Country
Overview: In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-14
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Four Letters of Love
Overview: Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull them together, so too does life threaten to tear them apart.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-30
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Calvary
Overview: After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-11
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Dead Man’s Money
Overview: When Young Henry’s wealthy uncle starts courting “the Widow” Maureen Tweed, he starts to fear that he’ll be written out of Old Henry’s will. Conspiring with his wife, Pauline – and a chauffeur with a chequered past, known as Gerry the Wheels – Young Henry puts a plan in motion to make sure that the Widow Tweed never sees a penny of the inheritance he thinks is rightfully his. However, when Pauline’s guilt threatens to expose them, fear and distrust starts to seed within the trio. Not knowing who can trust whom, their dirty deed leads to a series of events that there is no coming back from, for any of them
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-12
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D'Unbelievables One Hell of a Do
Overview: In 2011 Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt decided to reunite for a national tour of the award winning hit show 'One Hell of a Do'. This hilarious comedy celebrates the unique talent of Ireland's most famous wedding/pub band - Tom & Gerry (D'Unbelievables) - who, on receiving an award entitled the 'Golden Microphone of the Year Award for the best wedding/pub band in Ireland' recall the hilarious happenings during the day of the Donoghue Wedding. Filmed in front of a live audience at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar in 2011
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Family Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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The Life of Lester Wink
Overview: Lester Wink, a door-to-door pet insurance salesman with a phobia of talking with strangers, must make a sale by 5pm, or get fired. He meets Sammy, a widow who is afraid to leave her house, and a friendship is born.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-14
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SoulBoy
Overview: 1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-04
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D'Unbelievables One Hell of a Do
Overview: In 2011 Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt decided to reunite for a national tour of the award winning hit show 'One Hell of a Do'. This hilarious comedy celebrates the unique talent of Ireland's most famous wedding/pub band - Tom & Gerry (D'Unbelievables) - who, on receiving an award entitled the 'Golden Microphone of the Year Award for the best wedding/pub band in Ireland' recall the hilarious happenings during the day of the Donoghue Wedding. Filmed in front of a live audience at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar in 2011
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Family Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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D'Unbelievables One Hell of a Do
Overview: In 2011 Jon Kenny & Pat Shortt decided to reunite for a national tour of the award winning hit show 'One Hell of a Do'. This hilarious comedy celebrates the unique talent of Ireland's most famous wedding/pub band - Tom & Gerry (D'Unbelievables) - who, on receiving an award entitled the 'Golden Microphone of the Year Award for the best wedding/pub band in Ireland' recall the hilarious happenings during the day of the Donoghue Wedding. Filmed in front of a live audience at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar in 2011
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama Family Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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The Flag
Overview: Builder Harry Hambridge is a down-on-his-luck paddy living in London. In one day he loses his job, father and beloved pet hamster, Mouse. On returning home to bury his father, he finds a statement from his Grandfather, claiming that it was he who raised the flag over the GPO during the 1916 Rising, which now hangs upside-down in an army barracks in England. Too long used to the mockery of his life, he sets out with his motley crew to find that “fecking flag” and maybe his passion for life along the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-14
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Dark Lies the Island
Overview: A long standing family feud rocks a small town that comes to a head when the Patriarch of the ruling family decides to upend the status quo. Married to a much younger woman who calls him Daddy, she loves his power but is still in love with her first love, Doggy who is Daddy’s estranged son! Doggy is a criminal running various shady businesses with his dimwit brother, Martin when a mysterious newcomer Richie arrives in town to shake things up. Now watch the fireworks start in this Fargo-esque delight!
Genres: Thriller Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-02-27
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Twice Shy
Overview: Andy and Maggie, a young Irish couple, travel to England as the result of an unplanned pregnancy, where Maggie will face the biggest decision of her life.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-08
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The Guard
Overview: When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-07
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Breakfast Wine
Overview: In Ireland they say it takes just three alcoholics to keep a small bar running in a country town. But what if you’ve only got two?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-01
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The Belly of the Whale
Overview: Two down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Animals
Overview: Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-02
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Pixie
Overview: To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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Maya
Overview: Ken lives in a simulated, idyllic reality created by a machine called Maya. As his funds start running low, this happy world is about to crumble and he’ll be forced to return to a life he sought desperately to escape.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-16
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D'Collection
Overview: Compilation DVD featuring D'Video, D'Telly and D'Mother
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-12
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Me and Dad
Overview: A boy struggles to get through to his oblivious, drunk dad at a local pub. All attempts are ignored. The barman is the boy’s only soft ear. In one final gesture, Charlie desperately attempts to push Dad to break.
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Original Language: en
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Strength and Honour
Overview: A single father decides to break his dying wife's last wish to not box again in order to save his young son from certain death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-19
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