Movies by Colm Meaney
As part of the cast:
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Bel Ami (2012)
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas …
Directed by: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
Armed with good looks and devastating charm, manipulative journalist Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson) climbs from the depths of poverty to the height of Parisian society, taking up with a…
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Whole Lotta Sole (2012)
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Colm Meaney, David O'Hara …
Directed by: Terry George
Unable to pay a gambling debt to a local mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market -- but when he realizes the mobster owns the market he held up, he goes on the run with his baby son, soon winding…
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Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
Cast: Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames …
Directed by: Maxim Korostyshevsky
When a former U.S. Special Forces soldier reluctantly leads a group of billionaire adrenaline junkies on a mission to experience war firsthand, things go awry, and the pampered thrill-seekers…
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Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Cast: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss …
Directed by: Nicholas Stoller
Ambitious young record company intern Aaron Green will let nothing get in the way of his planned rise to the top in the music business, not even the unruly rock star he must escort to Los…
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Parked (2010)
Cast: Colm Meaney, Colin Morgan, Milka Ahlroth …
Directed by: Darragh Byrne
A man trying to cope with his homeless situation is befriended by a dope-smoking 21-year-old who's determined to help him sort his life out.
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Alleged (2010)
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Colm Meaney, Fred Dalton Thompson …
Directed by: Tom Hines
Charles, a young reporter, gets a shot at the big time when famed editor H.L. Mencken takes him under his wing during the Scopes Monkey Trial. But the trial puts Charles squarely between his…
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney …
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Traumatized by the atrocious murders of his wife and daughter -- and the flawed justice system that set the killers free -- Clyde Shelton gives in to his rage and sets out on a course of vengeance.
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Alice (2009)
Cast: Caterina Scorsone, Andrew Lee Potts, Kathy Bates …
Directed by: Nick Willing
In this reimagining of Lewis Carroll's classic novels, Caterina Scorsone stars as Alice, a young woman who descends into the twisted world of Wonderland after her boyfriend is abducted…
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The Race (2009)
Cast: Colm Meaney, Susan Lynch, Niamh McGirr …
Directed by: André F. Nebe
With no money, no help from her father (Colm Meaney) and only her fiery determination to build a go-kart in time to compete in a championship race, 11-year-old Mary braves torment from her…
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The Damned United (2008)
Cast: Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney …
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Director Tom Hooper's fictionalized biopic chronicles the colorful career of Brian Clough, the fiercely strong-willed and outspoken soccer manager who served a famously short tenure at…
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Three and Out (2008)
Cast: Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Imelda Staunton …
Directed by: Jonathan Gershfield
London Tube driver Paul Callow (Mackenzie Crook) is deeply shaken after running over and killing two people in two weeks ... until he hears a wild rumor that a driver who kills three people…
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Kings (2007)
Cast: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Brendan Conroy …
Directed by: Tom Collins
Thirty years after leaving Connemara to pursue fame and fortune in London, five Irishmen reunite for the funeral of their friend Jackie, who was run over by a train -- possibly by accident,…
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Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006)
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Mira Sorvino, Blair Underwood …
Directed by: Mick Jackson
When a lethal virus threatens the lives of millions of Americans, an undercover group of top-notch agents -- known as the Covert One operatives -- sends specialist Jon Smith (Stephen Dorff)…
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A Lobster Tale (2006)
Cast: Colm Meaney, Alberta Watson, Graham Greene …
Directed by: Adam Massey
Cody Brewer (Colm Meaney), a down-on-his-luck Maine lobster fisherman, stumbles upon an odd species of green moss that he soon discovers has magical properties in this fantasy tale. When word…
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Five Fingers (2006)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Ryan Phillippe, Gina Torres …
Directed by: Laurence Malkin
Dutch businessman Martijn travels to Morocco to start a food assistance program. But once there, he and his English bodyguard are kidnapped, drugged and imprisoned by a band of terrorists led…
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The Boys and Girl from County Clare (2005)
Cast: Bernard Hill, Charlotte Bradley, Andrea Corr …
Directed by: John Irvin
Returning home after 20 years, Jimmy (Colm Meaney) is determined to see his band win a competition, but not if brother John Joe (Bernard Hill) has anything to do with it. As the two pull…
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Caved In (2005)
Cast: Christopher Atkins, Angela Featherstone, Colm Meaney …
Directed by: Richard Pepin, Ruxandra Slotea
An abandoned Swiss mine thick with emeralds is the focal point of this made-for-cable creature feature starring Christopher Atkins and Colm Meaney. Drafted to lead a small group looking to…
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Turning Green (2005)
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Alessandro Nivola, Colm Meaney …
Directed by: Michael Aimette, John G. Hofmann
Sent to live with his aunts in Ireland, sex-obsessed teen James (Donal Gallery) goes to work for a bookie (Alessandro Nivola), trying to raise enough cash to return to the States. But when he…
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Intermission (2004)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald …
Directed by: Jon Crowley
This collection of 11 comic stories set in Dublin stems from one single circumstance: how the breakup of one couple's relationship can have unexpected repercussions on the lives of the…
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Layer Cake (2004)
Cast: Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman …
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
A seasoned British drug dealer (Daniel Craig) longs to ditch his illegal trade. But he can't do that without wrapping up just one more job involving the drug-addicted daughter of an…
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Bad Apple (2004)
Cast: Chris Noth, Colm Meaney, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Adam Bernstein
Undercover FBI agent Mike Tozzi (Chris Noth) immerses himself in a dangerous world of mafia loan sharks in this crime drama based on Anthony Bruno's novel. Tozzi and his partner Cuthbert…
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Battle of the Brave (2004)
Cast: Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin …
Directed by: Jean Beaudin
Battle of the Brave weaves a heroic saga of two 18th-century lovers -- Marie-Loup (Noémie Godin-Vigneau), a peasant woman, and François (David La Haye), a trapper -- and their…
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Backflash (2002)
Cast: Robert Patrick, Jennifer Esposito, Mike Starr …
Directed by: Philip J. Jones
A hapless video clerk gets in way over his head in this darkly funny modern film noir. Ray (Robert Patrick) hits the road to escape his problems, but picks up a load of new ones when he stops…
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King of Texas (2002)
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly …
Directed by: Uli Edel
Shakespeare's King Lear goes Western in this drama starring Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden and Lauren Holly. The Battle of the Alamo is about to commence, and John Lear (Stewart), a…
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Bitter Harvest (2001)
Cast: Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar, Cillian Murphy …
Directed by: Goran Paskaljevic
Based on a Chinese short story, this dark comedy set in 1920s Ireland centers on Harry Maloney (Colm Meaney), a bitter man in search of a purpose after the death of his wife and son. So…
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Claire Dolan (2000)
Cast: Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colm Meaney …
Directed by: Lodge H. Kerrigan
Irish immigrant Claire Dolan (Katrin Cartlidge) tries to leave her job as a New York City call girl and start a new life in this poignant tale of love and loss. Self-composed Claire works to…
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The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999)
Cast: Randy Quaid, Whoopi Goldberg, Roger Daltrey …
Directed by: John Henderson
A magical adventure unfolds when American Jack Woods (Randy Quaid) rents a quaint cottage in Ireland and finds, to his dismay, that the house is inhabited by a family of leprechauns. When one…
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Chapter Zero (1999)
Cast: Dylan Walsh, Laurel Holloman, Penelope Ann Miller …
Directed by: Aaron Mendelsohn
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Adam (Dylan Walsh) plunges into depression when his first novel is rejected by his sultry boss at a publishing house. During this midlife crisis, Adam…
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Four Days (1999)
Cast: Kevin Zegers, Lolita Davidovich, William Forsythe …
Directed by: Curtis Wehrfritz
Petty criminal Milt (William Forsythe) plans a bank robbery with an unusual accomplice: his teenage son, Simon (Kevin Zegers). When they pull it off, Simon disappears into the woods for four…
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Monument Ave. (1998)
Cast: Denis Leary, Ian Hart, Jason Barry …
Directed by: Ted Demme
As a car thief working for Irish-American gangsters in Boston, Bobby knows where his loyalties lie. But when his cousin from Dublin becomes a victim of gang violence, Bobby finds maintaining…
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This Is My Father (1998)
Cast: James Caan, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea …
Directed by: Paul Quinn
When schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan) discovers that his father was not a French sailor (as he had been led to believe) but rather an Irish farmer, Kieran looks to his mother (Moya…
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October22 (1998)
Cast: Amanda Plummer, Colm Meaney, Ernie Hudson …
Directed by: Richard Schenkman
A wounded man makes a desperate call, reporting that a gunman is holding a coffee shop hostage and shooting anyone he pleases -- but when the SWAT team shows up, the madman (Michael Pare)…
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Con Air (1997)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich …
Directed by: Simon West
Newly released from prison, ex-con Cameron Poe finds himself on a transport plane that's been hijacked by some of the most dangerous inmates in America. Cameron just wants to reunite…
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Summer Fling (1996)
Cast: Jared Leto, Catherine O'Hara, Christina Ricci …
Directed by: David Keating
The dawning of summer brings little comfort to 17-year-old Frankie (Jared Leto), an underachieving student who knows he'll catch hell when his last report card comes in the mail. But he…
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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain (1995)
Cast: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Colm Meaney …
Directed by: Christopher Monger
English cartographer Reginald Anson and his partner upset an entire Welsh community when they arrive to measure the town's peak and declare it 16 feet shy of mountain status. Incensed,…
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The Road to Wellville (1994)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick …
Directed by: Alan Parker
Based on T. Coraghessan Boyle's best-selling novel satirizing late-19th century health fads. Will and Eleanor Lightbody (Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda), guests at cereal mogul Dr.…
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The Snapper (1993)
Cast: Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe …
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears directs this dramedy about a working-class Dublin family that's thrown into chaos when they learn that daughter Sharon (Tina Kellegher) is pregnant. But by choosing not to…
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Far and Away (1992)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson …
Directed by: Ron Howard
In Ron Howard's epic drama, two 19th-century Irish immigrants make the journey to the United States together, but for very different reasons. Joseph Donelly (Tom Cruise) is a poor farmer…
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The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means …
Directed by: Michael Mann
When rugged frontiersman Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) saves the Munro sisters -- two newly arrived English settlers -- from a Huron ambush, he ends up in the midst of the battle between the…
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Under Siege (1992)
Cast: Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Director Andrew Davis's Oscar-nominated, action-packed thriller takes place on the soon-to-be-decommissioned &NFi;USS Missouri&NFi_;. Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix (Tommy Lee…
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Into the West (1992)
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciaran Fitzgerald …
Directed by: Mike Newell
Given the chance to escape their dreary lives, two impoverished Irish brothers flee Dublin on a magical white steed. But they must embark on a daring rescue mission after the stallion ends up…
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The Commitments (1991)
Cast: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball …
Directed by: Alan Parker
Robert Arkins stars as Jimmy Rabbitte, a committed young man with an ambitious goal: to form an American-style soul band in a low-income section of Dublin, Ireland. Before long, he's…
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Dick Tracy (1990)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino …
Directed by: Warren Beatty
Legendary police detective Dick Tracy is the only man tough enough to take on gangster boss Big Boy Caprice and his band of menacing mobsters. Dedicated to his work but also devoted to his…
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Come See the Paradise (1990)
Cast: Tamlyn Tomita, Colm Meaney, Dennis Quaid …
Directed by: Alan Parker
Jack McGurn (Dennis Quaid) and his Japanese wife struggle with racial prejudice in this romantic drama set in the 1930s. After moving to Los Angeles, the ex-union organizer falls for the…
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The Dead (1987)
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O'Herlihy …
Directed by: John Huston
An all-Irish cast (including Donal McCann, Rachael Dowling and Colm Meaney) lends authenticity and gravitas to director John Huston's final film, an elegiac take on a short story by…