Lorcan Cranitch
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1959-08-28 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker.
Known For
TV Shows (39)
Death in Paradise
2011
as Tosh Walker
The Crown
2016
as Commissioner Stevens
The Last Kingdom
2015
as Father Selbix
Silent Witness
1996
as Colin McGrath
Vera
2011
as Roy Brewer
Spooks
2002
as Patrick McCann
Screen Two
1985
as Leo Doyle
The Bill
1984
Rome
2005
as Erastes Fulmen
Lewis
2007
as Liam Cullen
Waking the Dead
2001
as Victor Coleridge
Law & Order: UK
2009
Cracker
1993
as DS Jimmy Beck
Ballykissangel
1996
as Sean Dillon
Les Misérables
2018
as Chief Inspector / Prefect of Police
Fortitude
2015
as DI Littlejohn
Hornblower
1998
as Wolfe
Atlantis
2013
as Cilix
Rebus
2000
as Thomas Steele
Cooper & Fry
2025
as DI Paul Hitchens
Rig 45
2018
as Adam
The Crimson Field
2014
as Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty
Bloodlands
2021
as DCS Jackie Twomey
Acceptable Risk
2017
as CS James Nulty
Trespasses
2025
as Sergeant Reid
Leonard and Hungry Paul
2025
as Peter
Code of a Killer
2015
as DI Alan Madden
Shackleton
2002
as Frank Wild
Moonfleet
2013
Rebel Heart
2001
as Inspector Nelson
Paradox
2009
as Simon Manning
Close Relations
1998
as Stephen
Parnell & the Englishwoman
1991
as Timothy Healy
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
2013
as James Connolly
The Palace
2008
as Jonty Roberts
The Play's the Thing
2006
The Heart Surgeon
1997
as Larry Duggan
Kelly
McCready and Daughter
2000
Movies (47)
Love, Rosie
2014
as Dennis Dunne
The Three Urns
2026
as Liam
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
2026
as Michael Flaherty
Herself
2020
as Michael
LOLA
2023
as Major. General Norbury
Food of Love
1997
as Luke
Christmas at Castle Hart
2021
as Patrick
The Food Guide to Love
2013
as Eddie
Hornblower: Loyalty
2003
as Wolfe
Drifting
2020
as Diarmuid
Yield
as Eve's Dad
Flying Blind
2013
as Duncan Morehouse
The Legend of Longwood
2014
as Lance Wicklow
Dancing at Lughnasa
1998
as Danny Bradley
Hornblower: Duty
2003
as Wolfe
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023
as Male Judge (voice)
Tarrac
2023
as Bear
You, Me & Marley
1992
as Father Tom
Empire State
1987
as Richard
Aisha
2022
as Peter Flood
Deacon Brodie
1997
as George Smith
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
1991
as Chernov
Best: His Mother's Son
2009
as Dickie Best
God on Trial
2008
as Blockaltester
Life After Life
1995
as Leo Doyle
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
as Harold Bradley
Róise & Frank
2022
as Donncha
Titanic Town
1998
as Tony
The Playboys
1992
as Ryan / John Joe
Macbeth
1998
as Macduff
My Fragile Heart
2000
as Bernard Cleve
Summer of the Flying Saucer
2008
as Ciaran
The Heart Surgeon
1997
as Larry Duggan
Omagh
2005
as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Night Train
1998
as Billy
Lakelands
2023
The Dead Peasants Society
2007
as Patrick Cunningham
Burn It All
2022
as M. Barrett
Family
1994
as Tutorial Teacher
Take Me Swimming
2017
as Interviewer
Dah Dit Dah
1996
The Magic Toyshop
1987
as Francie
The Dig
2019
as Sean McKenna
My Life for Ireland
2016
as Pump man
Ghosts
2023
as Jacob Engstrand
The Venus de Milo Instead
1987
as Mr. Scott
About Lorcan Cranitch
Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker. With 86 credits spanning from 1984 to 2026, Lorcan Cranitch has appeared in 47 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lorcan Cranitch Movies
- Love, Rosie (2014) — as Dennis Dunne
- The Three Urns (2026) — as Liam
- National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World (2026) — as Michael Flaherty
- Herself (2020) — as Michael
- LOLA (2023) — as Major. General Norbury
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