Acting
John Kavanagh
EN, DE cinema · 62 credits
Born
1 January 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Also known as Джон Кэвэна
John Kavanagh (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish character actor who was a member of the Abbey Theatre company for ten years (1967–1977) before going freelance. He has worked in over 20 films and numerous TV series since 1970. His film credits include Braveheart (1995), The Butcher Boy (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and The Last Duel (2021). On television he is best known for playing The Seer / Pope Leo IV in Vikings (2013–2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), and Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio in The Tudors (2007–2008). He received a Drama Desk Award nomination (1989) for Juno and the Paycock. He is also a singer, having played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s. No other personal details are publicly confirmed.
Known for
Filmography
Weeks
as Jim
The Great Wide Open
as Grandad
One Sweet Hour
as Tommy
Bucking Fastard
as Mr. Westmoreland
Baltimore
as Sir Alfred Beit
Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen
as Arthur Browne
The Last Duel
as Le Gris' Priest
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
as Gatekeeper (voice)
Supervized
as Windsor
Deposits
as Narrator (voice)
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Arturo Toscanini
In Secret
as Inspector Michaud
Horse
as Junior
The Invisible Woman
as Reverend Benham
The Stag
as Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad
Closing the Ring
as Reverend Smith
The Tiger's Tail
as Harry
The Black Dahlia
as Emmett Linscott
Alexander
as Parmenion
The Halo Effect
as Stan
Mystics
as Gerry the Barman
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
as Judge Shippen
Pete's Meteor
as Sergeant Maloney
Sinners
as Frank
Puckoon
as Haggerty
Vicious Circle
as Charlie Rice
Dancing at Lughnasa
as Father Carlin
The Butcher Boy
as Dr. Boyd
The Informant
as IRA Chief
Some Mother's Son
as Cardinal
Sharpe's Sword
as Father Patrick Curtis
Braveheart
as Craig
Circle of Friends
as Brian Mahon
Shadow of a Gunman
as Adolphus Grigson
Widows' Peak
as Canon Murtagh
Bad Company
as Patrick Molloy
Love Lies Bleeding
as Sean Kerrigan
Into the West
as Hartnett
Arise and Go Now
as Father Dade
Events at Drimaghleen
as Superintendent O'Kelly
Children of the North
as Seamus Reilly
August Saturday
as Tom Crosbie
Fools of Fortune
as Johnny Lacy
Joyriders
as Manager
Bellman and True
as Donkey
The Fantasist
as Robert Foxley
The Price
as Kearney
Cal
as Skeffington
Attracta
1983
Attracta
as Mr. Devereux
The Country Girls
as James
The Ballroom of Romance
as Bowser Egan
