Actor profile

Lorcan Cranitch

28th August 1959 Dublin, Ireland Acting

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.

43 Movies 37 TV Shows 88 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World poster

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World 28th May 2026 as Michael Flaherty

The Three Urns poster

The Three Urns 17th April 2026 as Liam

A Greyhound of a Girl poster

A Greyhound of a Girl 23rd November 2023 as Male Judge (voice)

Tarrac poster

Tarrac 6th October 2023 as Bear

Ghosts poster

Ghosts 10th May 2023 as Jacob Engstrand

Lakelands poster

Lakelands 5th May 2023

LOLA poster

LOLA 7th April 2023 as Major. General Norbury

Aisha poster

Aisha 17th November 2022 as Peter Flood

Róise & Frank poster

Róise & Frank 16th September 2022 as Donncha

Burn It All poster

Burn It All 9th July 2022 as M. Barrett

Christmas at Castle Hart poster

Christmas at Castle Hart 27th November 2021 as Patrick

Herself poster

Herself 26th November 2020 as Michael

Drifting poster

Drifting 11th July 2020 as Diarmuid

The Dig poster

The Dig 26th April 2019 as Sean McKenna

Take Me Swimming poster

Take Me Swimming 18th November 2017 as Interviewer

My Life for Ireland poster

My Life for Ireland 21st February 2016 as Pump man

The Legend of Longwood poster

The Legend of Longwood 16th November 2014 as Lance Wicklow

Love, Rosie poster

Love, Rosie 16th October 2014 as Dennis Dunne

The Food Guide to Love poster

The Food Guide to Love 18th December 2013 as Eddie

Flying Blind poster

Flying Blind 12th April 2013 as Duncan Morehouse

Best: His Mother's Son poster

Best: His Mother's Son 29th April 2009 as Dickie Best

God on Trial poster

God on Trial 3rd September 2008 as Blockaltester

Summer of the Flying Saucer poster

Summer of the Flying Saucer 12th July 2008 as Ciaran

The Dead Peasants Society poster

The Dead Peasants Society 31st May 2007 as Patrick Cunningham

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas 3rd February 2007 as Self

Omagh poster

Omagh 23rd March 2005 as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls poster

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls 25th December 2004 as Harold Bradley

Hornblower: Duty poster

Hornblower: Duty 6th January 2003 as Wolfe

Hornblower: Loyalty poster

Hornblower: Loyalty 5th January 2003 as Wolfe

My Fragile Heart poster

My Fragile Heart 17th September 2000 as Bernard Cleve

Dancing at Lughnasa poster

Dancing at Lughnasa 4th September 1998 as Danny Bradley

Titanic Town poster

Titanic Town 8th August 1998 as Tony

Macbeth poster

Macbeth 15th January 1998 as Macduff

Night Train poster

Night Train 1st January 1998 as Billy

Food of Love poster

Food of Love 19th October 1997 as Luke

The Heart Surgeon poster

The Heart Surgeon 4th May 1997 as Larry Duggan

Deacon Brodie poster

Deacon Brodie 8th March 1997 as George Smith

Life After Life poster

Life After Life 2nd April 1995 as Leo Doyle

Family poster

Family 8th May 1994 as Tutorial Teacher

You, Me & Marley poster

You, Me & Marley 30th September 1992 as Father Tom

The Playboys poster

The Playboys 22nd April 1992 as Ryan / John Joe

Chernobyl: The Final Warning poster

Chernobyl: The Final Warning 22nd April 1991 as Chernov

Empire State poster

Empire State 1st March 1987 as Richard

Cooper & Fry poster

Cooper & Fry 18th November 2025 as DI Paul Hitchens

Trespasses poster

Trespasses 9th November 2025 as Sergeant Reid

Leonard and Hungry Paul poster

Leonard and Hungry Paul 17th October 2025 as Peter

Bloodlands poster

Bloodlands 21st February 2021 as DCS Jackie Twomey

Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables 30th December 2018 as Chief Inspector

Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables 30th December 2018 as Prefect of Police

Rig 45 poster

Rig 45 8th June 2018 as Adam

Acceptable Risk poster

Acceptable Risk 24th September 2017 as CS James Nulty

The Crown poster

The Crown 4th November 2016 as Commissioner Stevens

The Last Kingdom poster

The Last Kingdom 10th October 2015 as Father Selbix

Code of a Killer poster

Code of a Killer 6th April 2015 as DI Alan Madden

Fortitude poster

Fortitude 29th January 2015 as DI Littlejohn

The Crimson Field poster

The Crimson Field 6th April 2014 as Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty

Moonfleet poster

Moonfleet 24th December 2013

Atlantis poster

Atlantis 28th September 2013 as Cilix

Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise 25th October 2011 as Tosh Walker

Vera poster

Vera 1st May 2011 as Roy Brewer

Paradox poster

Paradox 24th November 2009 as Simon Manning

Law & Order: UK poster

Law & Order: UK 23rd February 2009

The Palace poster

The Palace 14th January 2008 as Jonty Roberts

Lewis poster

Lewis 18th February 2007 as Liam Cullen

Rome poster

Rome 28th August 2005 as Erastes Fulmen

Spooks poster

Spooks 13th May 2002 as Patrick McCann

Shackleton poster

Shackleton 2nd January 2002 as Frank Wild

Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead 18th June 2001 as Victor Coleridge

McCready and Daughter poster

McCready and Daughter 15th June 2001

Rebel Heart poster

Rebel Heart 7th January 2001 as Inspector Nelson

Rebus poster

Rebus 26th April 2000 as Thomas Steele

Hornblower poster

Hornblower 7th October 1998 as Wolfe

Close Relations poster

Close Relations 17th May 1998 as Stephen

The Heart Surgeon poster

The Heart Surgeon 4th May 1997 as Larry Duggan

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996 as Colin McGrath

Silent Witness poster

Silent Witness 21st February 1996 as D.S. Mansfield

Ballykissangel poster

Ballykissangel 11th February 1996 as Sean Dillon

Cracker poster

Cracker 27th September 1993 as DS Jimmy Beck

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Leo Doyle

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984