Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Nailed | Younger Protestant | |
| Les Roses de Dublin | Michael Kavanaugh | TV miniseries | |
| 1983 | Playboy of the Western World | Shawn | TV film |
| 1984 | The Hidden Curriculum | David Dunn | TV film |
| 1987 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues | Tinkerer | TV film |
| Omega Syndrome | Sean | ||
| The Dead | Mr. Bergin | ||
| 1989 | Perfect Witness | Meagher | TV film |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Pilot | |
| Dick Tracy | Cop at Tess's | ||
| Come See the Paradise | Gerry McGurn | ||
| 1991 | The Commitments | Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr. | |
| 1992 | Under Siege | Doumer | |
| The Last of the Mohicans | Maj. Ambrose | ||
| Far and Away | Kelly | ||
| Into the West | Barreller | ||
| 1993 | The Snapper | Dessie Curley | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1994 | War of the Buttons | Jerome/Geronimo's father | |
| The Road to Wellville | Dr. Lionel Badger | ||
| 1995 | The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain | Morgan the Goat | |
| 1996 | The Van | Larry | |
| The Last of the High Kings | Jim Davern | ||
| 1997 | Con Air | DEA Agent Duncan Malloy | |
| Owd Bob | Keith Moore | ||
| 1998 | This Is My Father | Seamus, Owner of the Bed-and-Breakfast | |
| Monument Ave. | Jackie O'Hara | a.k.a. Snitch | |
| 22 October | Steve | ||
| Claire Dolan | Roland Cain | ||
| Money Kings | Al Sheehan | TV film; a.k.a. Vig | |
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Mayor Scott Pitcher | |
| The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | Seamus Muldoon | ||
| Chapter Zero | Frank Lazarus | ||
| Four Days | Fury | ||
| Most Important | Dan O'Neill | ||
| 2001 | Backflash | Gin O'Malley | |
| How Harry Became a Tree | Harry | Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor | |
| 2002 | Random Passage | Thomas Hutchings | TV miniseries Nominated – Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series |
| King of Texas | Mr. Tumlinson | TV film | |
| 2003 | The Boys From County Clare | Jimmy | |
| Intermission | Jerry Lynch | ||
| 2004 | Blueberry | Jimmy McClure | |
| Bad Apple | Gibbons | TV film | |
| Layer Cake | Gene | ||
| Nouvelle-France | Benjamin Franklin | ||
| 2005 | Turning Green | Tom | |
| 2006 | Five Fingers | Gavin | |
| Caved In: Prehistoric Terror | Vincent | TV film | |
| Covert One: The Hades Factor | Peter Howell | TV film | |
| A Lobster Tale | Cody | ||
| 2007 | Kings | Joe Mullan | Nominated – Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor |
| The Metrosexual | The Mayor | Great Lakes Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 2008 | Clean Break | Trevor Jones | |
| Three and Out | Tommy | ||
| 2009 | ZOS: Zone of Separation | George Titac | TV miniseries |
| The Damned United | Don Revie | ||
| The Race | Frank Kensay | ||
| Law Abiding Citizen | Detective Dunnigan | ||
| Alice | King of Hearts | TV miniseries | |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Jonathan Snow | |
| Alleged | H. L. Mencken | ||
| Parked | Fred Daly | ||
| The Conspirator | Gen. David Hunter | ||
| 2011 | El Perfecto Desconocido | Mark O'Reilly | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Z Cars | McGlin | One episode |
| 1982 | Play for Tomorrow | Kevin Murphy | One episode |
| Strangers | Smollett | One episode | |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Katharina Suitor | One episode |
| 1987 | Remington Steele | Man in Tavern | One episode |
| Tales from the Darkside | Constable | One episode | |
| 1987–1988 | One Life to Live | Patrick London | |
| 1987–1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Chief Miles O'Brien | Recurring Character |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Nucchi | One episode |
| Father Dowling Mysteries | Ernie | One episode | |
| 1991 | The New Adam-12 | Father | One episode |
| MacGyver | Dr. Irwin Malcolm | One episode | |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Jake Slicker | Pilot episode |
| Brooklyn Bridge | Mr. Kramer | One episode | |
| 1993–1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Chief Miles O'Brien | Series regular |
| 1994 | Scarlett | Father Colum O'Hara | TV miniseries |
| 1996 | Gargoyles | Mr. Dugan | Voice only; one episode |
| 2004 | The Murdoch Mysteries | Inspector Brackenreid | Two episodes |
| 2004, 2006 | Stargate Atlantis | Chief Cowen (leader of the Genii until killed in episode Coup D'État) | Three episodes |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Judge Harold Garrett | Episode: In the Wee Small Hours |
| 2006 | The Unit | Charge D'Affaires | One episode |
| 2007 | Men in Trees | Bob O'Donnell | Two episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Wyatt Landon | One episode |
| 2009 | The Simpsons | Tom O'Flanagan | Voice only; episode: In the Name of the Grandfather |
| 2011 | Hell On Wheels | Thomas "Doc" Durant | Series regular |
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