Peter McDonald (actor)

Peter McDonald
Born	(1972-01-28) 28 January 1972 Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present

Peter McDonald (born 28 January 1972 in Dublin) is an Irish Academy Award nominated stage and screen actor. He grew up in Mount Merrion in south County Dublin.

He was educated at St. Michael's College, Dublin on Ailesbury Road in Dublin and graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts, English and a Master of Fine Arts, English in 1994.

He got his start in theatre while at University. He was part of UCD's very active Drama Society and was a member of Fly by night theatre company.

Career

McDonald has appeared in films including Felicia's Journey (written and directed by Atom Egoyan, 1999) and When Brendan Met Trudy (written by Roddy Doyle and directed by Kieron J Walsh, 2000); television series (the BBC's Sea of Souls and Channel 4's Green Wing); and theatre productions both in Dublin and London, including The Lieutenant of Inishmore by playwright Martin McDonagh, Days of Wine and Roses by Owen McCafferty, starring alongside Anne-Marie Duff, and co-starring with Jonathan Pryce and Aidan Gillen in Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet at the Apollo Theatre in 2007.

He features prominently in RTÉ's comedy show Your Bad Self.

He made his debut in 1997 as the character Git Hynes in the Irish comedy I Went Down, co-starring alongside Brendan Gleeson. McDonald wrote and directed Pentecost, a live action short film which was nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He also co-wrote and acted in the full length movie, The Stag, which was nominated for six Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) awards in 2014.

Theatre

• The Weir (Donmar Theatre, London, 2013)
• The Caretaker (Trafalgar Studios 2010)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (Apollo Theatre 2007)
• Exiles (National Theatre: Cottesloe Theatre 2006)
• Resurrection Blues (Old Vic 2006)
• Aristocrats (National Theatre: Lyttelton Theatre 2005)
• Days of Wine and Roses (Donmar, 2005)
• The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Garrick Theatre 2002)
• White Horses (Gate Theatre, Dublin 2001)
• A Lie of the Mind (Donmar, 2001)
• The Wexford Trilogy (Oxford Stage Company tour 2001)
• Inventing Fortune's Wheel (Firkin Crane Theatre, Cork)
• Van Gogh's Ear, The Stars Lose Their Glory, The Brother (International Bar, Dublin)
• The Stranger (Players Theatre, Dublin)

Films

• I Went Down (1997) as Git Hynes
• Felicia's Journey (1999) as Johnny Lysaght
• Captain Jack (1999) as Andy Watts
• The Opportunists (2000) as Michael 'Mikey' Lawler, aka Michael Kelly
• Nora (2000) as Stanislaus Joyce
• Saltwater (2000) as Frank Beneventi
• Some Voices (2000) as Dave
• When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) as Brendan
• Blow Dry (2001) as Vincent
• Don't Tempt Me (2001) as Henry
• Spin the Bottle (2004) as Tomo
• Festival (2005) as Architect
• The Headsman (2005) as Georg
• The Family Man (2006) as Steve
• The Damned United (2009) as Johnny Giles
• Wreckers (2011) as Gary
• Anthropopopometry (2013) as Steve (Short-film)
• The Stag (2013) as The Machine

Television

• Paths to Freedom (2000) as Tomo
• Fergus’ Wedding (2002) as Tony
• Spooks (2003) as Tim Prachett
• Killing Hitler (2003) as MI Staff Officer L / BX
• Sea of Souls (2004) as Dr. Andrew Gemmill
• Green Wing (2006) as Director
• City of Vice (2008) as Tom Jones
• Titanic (2012) as Jim Maloney
• Moone Boy (2012-2015) as Liam Moone / Liam
• Mayday (2013) as Alan Hill
• Ripper Street (2014) as Dr. Anthony Rolle
• No Offence (2015-present) as Patrick Llewellyn

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Work
2000	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actor	Won	Saltwater
2012	Academy Awards	Best Short Film, Live Action shared with: Eimear O'Kane	Nominated	Pentecost (film)
2014	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor - Film	Nominated	The Stag (film)

External links

• Peter McDonald at the Internet Movie Database