Frankie McCafferty

ActorDirectorProducer Jan 1 (age 59) County Donegal, Ireland 1990–2025 (35 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

Born in 1967, Frankie McCafferty is an Irish actor best known for his role as hapless gofer Donal in the BBC TV series Ballykissangel. His film credits include Philomena, Bad Day For The Cut, Angela's Ashes and In the Name of the Father.

Known For

Film

In the Name of the Father

Tommo

Film

Philomena

Barman

Film

Far and Away

Map Vendor

Film

Angela's Ashes

St Vincent Man #3

Film

Bad Day for the Cut

Bernard

Film

Fifty Dead Men Walking

Paddy

Film

The Secret of Roan Inish

Tim

Film

The Return

Sean Donovan

Filmography

Acting (42)

Movies (31)

Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Buried at C

2025

as Coroner Craig

7.5

Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G Major

as Coroner

Ruthless

Pixie

as Father McGinley

Lee Miller: A Life on the Frontline

2020

as Roland Penrose (voice)

The Invention

as Charlie

Bad Day for the Cut

as Bernard

The Truth Commissioner

2016

as Witness 2

4.5

Girona

2015

Shooting for Socrates

as Derek the Kit Man

Philomena

as Barman

The Attendant

as Paul

Whole Lotta Sole

as Skins

Make it New John

as Martin

Fifty Dead Men Walking

2008

as Paddy

6.3

James Ellis: An Actor's Life

2007

as Himself

The Return

as Sean Donovan

Puckoon

as Lenny

Angela's Ashes

as St Vincent Man #3

Sweety Barrett

as Arthur Meany

Chrono-Perambulator

as Lazy local

The Informant

as Dalton

The Matchmaker

as Jimmy "McGlory"

A Further Gesture

as Danny

Spaghetti Slow

as Brendan

The Secret of Roan Inish

1994

as Tim

6.7

The Birth of Frank Pop

1994

as Frank

In the Name of the Father

as Tommo

Far and Away

as Map Vendor

Children of the North

as Feargal

Fools of Fortune

as Tim Paddy

Television (11)

Small Town, Big Story

2025

as Patient Rory

6.7

Blue Lights

2023

as Barney Nugent (voice)

7.5

Clean Sweep

2023

as Adam Vance (voice)

Resistance

as Father Leonard

Derry Girls

as Jackie

My Mother and Other Strangers

as Jemmy Fox

Vikings

as Sinric

Ripper Street

as Hotel Manager

Twenty Twelve

as Brian McLoughlin

Fairy Tales

as Broadcaster

Ballykissangel

1996

as Donal Doherty

6.9

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Filleann an Feall

2000

Director

7.7

The Birth of Frank Pop

1994

Producer