Personal Info
Birth date
1959-08-28 (65 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
Also known as
-Lorcan Cranitch
Biography
Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker.
Filmography
Death in Paradise
7.446
Overview:
A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.Silent Witness
7.576
Overview:
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.Vera
7.429
Overview:
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.The Crown
8.2
Overview:
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.Spooks
7.7
Overview:
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.Rome
8.25
Overview:
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.Lewis
7.6
Overview:
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.Waking the Dead
7.2
Overview:
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.The Bill
6.646
Overview:
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.Love, Rosie
7.819
Overview:
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?Law & Order: UK
6.974
Overview:
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.Fortitude
6.864
Overview:
Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In such a close-knit community a murder touches everyone and the unsettling, mysterious horror of this crime threatens the future of the town itself.Hornblower
7.617
Overview:
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.Les Misérables
7.357
Overview:
France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law again on his trail. Ruthless Inspector Javert pursues him thorough years, driven by a twisted sense of justice, while Valjean reforms himself, thrives and dedicates his life to good deeds. In 1832, while the revolution ravages the streets of Paris, Valjean and Javert cross their paths for the last time.Cracker
6.602
Overview:
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.Atlantis
6.399
Overview:
A fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and desperate for answers, Jason washes up on the shores of an ancient land. A mysterious place; a world of bull leaping, of snake haired goddesses and of palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants - this is the city of Atlantis. Aided by his two new friends, Pythagoras and Hercules, Jason embarks on a voyage of discovery, and salvation, which sees him brush shoulders with Medusa, come face to face with the Minotaur and even do battle with the dead.Ballykissangel
6.9
Overview:
A young British priest adjusts to life in a rural Irish community where life revolves around the church and the local pub. Everyone knows everyone else's business, and everyone usually has an opinion on it. While characters come and go, the small-town qualities remain.Bloodlands
6.816
Overview:
Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.Rebus
7.075
Overview:
Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it.The Dead Peasants Society
NYR
Overview:
A semi-secret fraternal organization modeled loosely on the Masons apparently appears to be running a life insurance scam.My Life for Ireland
4
Overview:
Ireland, Easter, 1916. In Dublin, Irish rebel Patrick Pearse leads a revolt to free Ireland from the grips of the British Empire. Owen, a young Irish patriot, wants to join them in their fight for freedom.Shackleton
7.1
Overview:
The true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.Rig 45
6.2
Overview:
When Andrea, a damage regulator from Benthos Oil, is sent out to Rig 45 two days before Christmas to investigate a fatal accident, the rig is hit by a hurricane and all communications lost. Soon, the crew realize that the accident is in fact a murder, and they now know that they are in real danger.Róise & Frank
6.375
Overview:
Grief stricken Róise lost her husband, Frank, two years ago. Her son, Alan, worries about her but the arrival of a mysterious dog seems to bring happiness to her life once more. Róise soon comes to believe that the dog is, in fact, Frank reincarnated. He has come back to be with her again… and to coach the local sports team…Best: His Mother's Son
5
Overview:
Best – His Mother’s Son (BBC Two) was a gloomy drama about Ann Best, mother of George, who was strictly teetotal until her mid-40s, when she had her first sip of sherry to celebrate her son’s footballing success. Ten years later, she was dead from alcoholism-related heart disease. The recreation of late-Sixties Belfast was accurate and, thank goodness, intelligently subdued: no comedy Ulster accents and no point-scoring subplot about the Troubles.The Heart Surgeon
6
Overview:
Cardiac surgeon Alex Marsden has an affair with Marcella Duggan, but then finds himself having to operate on her husband Larry, who is also his friend.Christmas at Castle Hart
6.378
Overview:
Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she’s hired to host his castle’s epic Christmas party.The Dig
7.4
Overview:
After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father, searching for the body. With no memory of the murder, Callahan soon realises that the only way to get rid of Sean is to help him dig.Flying Blind
5
Overview:
Frankie is in her forties, ambitious and successful. She works in the aerospace industry at Filton, designing surveillance drones for the military. Shes never married, and is completely in control of every part of her life. Her closest relationship is with her father, who worked as an engineer on Concorde. But her life changes forever when she embarks on a passionate affair with Kahil, a French/Algerian aerospace student, twenty years younger than her. One day, she arrives at work and is detained by the security services: Kahil is a person of interest to MI5. Her well-ordered life starts to unravel in a welter of suspicion and prejudice, as Frankie no longer knows whether to follow her passion or listen to the doubts that increasingly overwhelm her.Acting
TBAKelly (1 Episode) as Unknown
TBAYield as Eve's Dad
2023Tarrac as Bear
2023Ghosts as Jacob Engstrand
2023Lakelands as Unknown
2023LOLA as Major. General Norbury
2022Aisha as Peter Flood
2022Róise & Frank as Donncha
2022Burn It All as M. Barrett
2021Christmas at Castle Hart as Patrick
2021Bloodlands (10 Episodes) as DCS Jackie Twomey
2020Herself as Michael
2020Drifting as Diarmuid
2019The Dig as Sean McKenna
2018Les Misérables (2, 2 Episode) as Chief Inspector, Prefect of Police
2018Rig 45 (6 Episodes) as Adam
2017Take Me Swimming as Interviewer
2016The Crown (1 Episode) as Commissioner Stevens
2016My Life for Ireland as Pump man
2015Code of a Killer (2 Episodes) as DI Alan Madden
2015Fortitude (11 Episodes) as DI Littlejohn
2014The Legend of Longwood as Lance Wicklow
2014Love, Rosie as Dennis Dunne
2013Moonfleet (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2013The Food Guide to Love as Eddie
20131916 Seachtar Dearmadta (7 Episodes) as James Connolly
2013Atlantis (12 Episodes) as Cilix
2013Flying Blind as Duncan Morehouse
2011Death in Paradise (1 Episode) as Tosh Walker
2011Vera (1 Episode) as Roy Brewer
2009Paradox (5 Episodes) as Simon Manning
2009Best: His Mother's Son as Dickie Best
2009Law & Order: UK (1 Episode) as Unknown
2008God on Trial as Blockaltester
2008Summer of the Flying Saucer as Ciaran
2008The Palace (8 Episodes) as Jonty Roberts
2007The Dead Peasants Society as Patrick Cunningham
2007Lewis (1 Episode) as Liam Cullen
2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self
2006The Play's the Thing (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Rome (3 Episodes) as Erastes Fulmen
2005Omagh as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan
2004The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as Harold Bradley
2003Hornblower: Duty as Wolfe
2003Hornblower: Loyalty as Wolfe
2002Spooks (2 Episodes) as Patrick McCann
2002Shackleton (2 Episodes) as Frank Wild
2001Waking the Dead (2 Episodes) as Victor Coleridge
2001Rebel Heart (4 Episodes) as Inspector Nelson
2000My Fragile Heart as Bernard Cleve
2000McCready and Daughter (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2000Rebus (1 Episode) as Thomas Steele
1998Hornblower (2 Episodes) as Wolfe
1998Dancing at Lughnasa as Danny Bradley
1998Titanic Town as Tony
1998Close Relations (5 Episodes) as Stephen
1998Macbeth as Macduff
1998Night Train as Billy
1997Food of Love as Luke
1997The Heart Surgeon as Larry Duggan
1997The Heart Surgeon (2 Episodes) as Larry Duggan
1997Deacon Brodie as George Smith
1996Dah Dit Dah as Unknown
1996Silent Witness (2 Episodes) as Colin McGrath
1996Ballykissangel (24 Episodes) as Sean Dillon
1995Life After Life as Leo Doyle
1994Family as Tutorial Teacher
1993Cracker (19 Episodes) as DS Jimmy Beck
1992You, Me & Marley as Father Tom
1992The Playboys as Ryan / John Joe
1991Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Chernov
1987The Magic Toyshop as Francie
1987The Venus de Milo Instead as Mr. Scott
1987Empire State as Richard
1984The Bill (7 Episodes) as Unknown