Niall Tóibín

Born: 1929-11-21

Niall Toibin was born in Cork, Ireland in 1929. Married Judy Kenny (1931-2001) in 1957. Five children and six grand-children. He had an illustrious acting career spanning over four decades. On October 29 2002 he received the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actor. He died in 2019.


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The Nephew

as Sean
Released: 1998-08-28

Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now,...

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Far and Away

as Joe Donnelly
Released: 1992-05-22

A young couple escapes Ireland, dreaming of a new life during the land giveaway in Oklahoma. As...

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Ryan's Daughter

as O'Keefe
Released: 1970-03-19

The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer...

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Rawhead Rex

as Reverend Coot
Released: 1986-10-01

Ireland will never be the same after Rawhead Rex, a particularly nasty demon, is released from...

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The Outsider

as The Farmer
Released: 1980-06-02

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to...

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Poitín

as Sleamhnan
Released: 1978-02-25

A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara...

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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

as Doctor (uncredited)
Released: 1971-08-24

In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of...

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The Love She Sought

as Preston Warner
Released: 1990-10-21

An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her...

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Teeth

as Paddy
Released: 2007-02-27

A last laugh tale of two old friends, their teeth and a fishing trip that leaves them lost for...

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Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Paddy Joe Hill
Released: 1990-04-22

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris...

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The Sleep of Death

as Sean
Released: 1980-11-01

Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His...

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The Rockingham Shoot

as Canon
Released: 1987-09-10

Rigid nationalist Reilly's frustration at the last remains of British rule draws him to the...

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The Man of Destiny

as Giuseppe
Released: 1981-05-05

One of Shaw's "pleasant plays", The Man of Destiny is a one-act lighthearted comedy of egos and...

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Rat

as Father Geraldo
Released: 2001-04-01

After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family...

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Frankie Starlight

as Handy Paige
Released: 1995-11-22

The quirky story of a young boy's adventures growing up with his stunningly beautiful mother and...

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Children in the Crossfire

as Vincent Lavery
Released: 1984-12-03

For the children of Northern Ireland, violence and hatred are a way of life passed from one...

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Flight of the Doves

as Sergeant O'Casey
Released: 1971-04-02

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a...

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Fools of Fortune

as Lanigan
Released: 1990-06-20

A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

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Murphy's Stroke

as Tony Murphy
Released: 1980-05-21

The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer...

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Guns in the Heather

as Kettering
Released: 1969-07-07

An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in...

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Eat the Peach

as Boots
Released: 1986-03-14

Two young Irish men are watching an old Elvis Presley movie in which a carnival cyclist performs...

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Lovespell

as Andred
Released: 1981-12-31

Romantic tragedy, the story of Tristan and Isolde.

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The Country Girls

as Jack Holland
Released: 1984-04-01

The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave...

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The Thin End of the Wedge

as Irishman
Released: 1977-12-20

A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for...

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Shergar

as Malachy
Released: 1986-03-23

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's...

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The Legion Hall Bombing

as Defence Counsel
Released: 1978-08-22

The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion...

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The Ballroom of Romance

as Eyes Horgan
Released: 1982-01-01

A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.

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Philadelphia, Here I Come

as Con Sweeney
Released: 1975-06-01

Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying...

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A Jar With Brendan Behan

as Brendan Behan
Released: 1970-01-01

1970 short starring Niall Toibin as Behan.

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Minder

as Priest
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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Casualty

as Desi Lavers
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Play for Today

as The Defence Counsel
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Dempsey and Makepeace

as Assist. Com. Webb
First aired: 1985-01-11

Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for...

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Ballykissangel

as Father Mac
First aired: 1996-02-11

Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern...

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Brideshead Revisited

as Father Mackay
First aired: 1981-10-12

Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family...

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Screen Two

as Malachy
First aired: 1985-01-06

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

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The Irish R.M.

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-01-06

The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and...

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Kettering
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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Stay Lucky

as John Lively
First aired: 1989-12-08

Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new...

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G.B.H.

as Michael Murray Snr
First aired: 1991-06-06

GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of...

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Oxbridge Blues

as The Minister
First aired: 1984-11-14

An anthology series of seven linked plays about the lives of people connected with the...

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Confessional

as Sean Gallagher
First aired: 1989-10-04

A secretive terrorist commits crimes to disrupt the peace process between the Irish and the...

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