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Lorcan Cranitch

Lorcan Cranitch

Actor · Born August 28, 1959 (67) · Dublin, Ireland

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.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 28, 1959 (67)
From
Dublin, Ireland
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 87 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 39% in 30 days

What are Lorcan Cranitch's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
23%
Self
23%
Morality
18%
Society
12%
Power
9%
Survival
8%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 5

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 7 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Ally
1 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3
Mentor
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
11
Warm
5
Contemplative
6
Hopeful
5
Other
11

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet8
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lorcan Cranitch's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lorcan Cranitch's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

87 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World(2026)

    as Michael Flaherty

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Three Urns(2026)

    as Liam

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire(2026)

    Show as Avitas

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Cooper & Fry(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · as DI Paul Hitchens

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Trespasses(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sergeant Reid

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Leonard and Hungry Paul(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Peter

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • A Greyhound of a Girl(2023)

    as Male Judge (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Tarrac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Bear

  • Ghosts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Jacob Engstrand

  • Lakelands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • Lola(2022)

    as Major. General Norbury

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Aisha(2022)

    as Peter Flood

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Róise & Frank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Donncha

  • Burn It All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as M. Barrett

  • Magpie Murders(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sir Magnus Pye / Max Ryeland

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Christmas at Castle Hart(2021)

    as Patrick

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Bloodlands(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as DCS Jackie Twomey

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • Herself(2020)

    as Michael

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Drifting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Diarmuid

  • The Dig(2018)

    as Sean McKenna

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Les Misérables(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Chief Inspector · as Prefect of Police

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Rig 45(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Adam

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Take Me Swimming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Interviewer

  • Acceptable Risk(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as CS James Nulty

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • The Crown(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Commissioner Stevens

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • My Life for Ireland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Pump man

  • The Last Kingdom(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · as Father Selbix

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Code of a Killer(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · as DI Alan Madden

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Fortitude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 11 episodes · as DI Littlejohn

  • The Legend of Longwood(2014)

    as Lance Wicklow

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Love, Rosie(2014)

    as Dennis Dunne

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Crimson Field(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Moonfleet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • The Food Guide to Love(2013)

    as Eddie

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • 1916 Seachtar Dearmadta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 7 episodes · as James Connolly

  • Atlantis(2013)

    Show 12 episodes · as Cilix

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Flying Blind(2012)

    as Duncan Morehouse

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Death in Paradise(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Tosh Walker

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Vera(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Roy Brewer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Paradox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 5 episodes · as Simon Manning

  • Best: His Mother's Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Dickie Best

  • Law & Order: UK(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • God on Trial(2008)

    as Blockaltester

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Summer of the Flying Saucer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Ciaran

  • The Palace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 8 episodes · as Jonty Roberts

  • The Dead Peasants Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Patrick Cunningham

  • Inspector Lewis(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Liam Cullen

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Play's the Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Rome(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Erastes Fulmen

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Omagh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan

  • The Queen of Sheba's Pearls(2004)

    as Harold Bradley

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Hornblower: Duty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Wolfe

  • Hornblower: Loyalty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Wolfe

  • MI-5(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Patrick McCann

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Shackleton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Frank Wild

  • Waking the Dead(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Victor Coleridge

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • McCready and Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Rebel Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 4 episodes · as Inspector Nelson

  • My Fragile Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Bernard Cleve

  • Rebus(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Thomas Steele

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Hornblower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Wolfe

  • Dancing at Lughnasa(1998)

    as Danny Bradley

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Titanic Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Tony

  • Close Relations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 5 episodes · as Stephen

  • Macbeth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Macduff

  • Night Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Billy

  • Food of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Luke

  • The Heart Surgeon(1997)

    as Larry Duggan

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Heart Surgeon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Larry Duggan

  • Deacon Brodie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as George Smith

  • Dah Dit Dah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Silent Witness(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as Colin McGrath · as D.S. Mansfield

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Ballykissangel(1996)

    Show 24 episodes · as Sean Dillon

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Life After Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Leo Doyle

  • Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Tutorial Teacher

  • Cracker(1993)

    Show 19 episodes · as DS Jimmy Beck

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • You, Me & Marley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Father Tom

  • The Playboys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Ryan / John Joe

  • Chernobyl: The Final Warning(1991)

    as Chernov

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Parnell & the Englishwoman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 4 episodes · as Timothy Healy

  • The Magic Toyshop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Francie

  • The Venus de Milo Instead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Mr. Scott

  • Empire State (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Richard

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Leo Doyle

  • The Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • Kelly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Yield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Eve's Dad

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 86 titles, 84 of them dated from 1984 to 2026; peak year 2023.

Biggest box office

Love, Rosie (2014)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

God on Trial (2008)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Cracker (1993)

Film career

19842026

Peak 2023 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting86 of 86: 86 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rd

By decade

1980s5 · acting1990s20 · acting2000s21 · acting2010s20 · acting2020s18 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 13 roles
9813

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Lorcan Cranitch's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up20
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

The Three Urns (2026)

86th percentile spread · 24% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Rome (2005)

Midcredits 98th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Lorcan Cranitch's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 24 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Lorcan Cranitch work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lorcan Cranitch's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ryan Tohill shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers