John Kavanagh
Acting
Born: January 1, 1946 (age 80) · Dublin, Ireland
Highest Rated
Biography
John Kavanagh (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish character actor who was a member of the Abbey Theatre company for ten years (1967–1977) before going freelance. He has worked in over 20 films and numerous TV series since 1970. His film credits include Braveheart (1995), The Butcher Boy (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and The Last Duel (2021). On television he is best known for playing The Seer / Pope Leo IV in Vikings (2013–2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), and Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio in The Tudors (2007–2008). He received a Drama Desk Award nomination (1989) for Juno and the Paycock. He is also a singer, having played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s. No other personal details are publicly confirmed.
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Movies (55)
Braveheart
Craig
The Last Duel
Le Gris' Priest
The Black Dahlia
Emmett Linscott
Alexander
Parmenion
In Secret
Inspector Michaud
Closing the Ring
Reverend Smith
Florence Foster Jenkins
Arturo Toscanini
The Invisible Woman
Reverend Benham
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Gatekeeper (voice)
Some Mother's Son
Cardinal
Bucking Fastard
Mr. Westmoreland
Supervized
Windsor
Widows' Peak
Canon Murtagh
Circle of Friends
Brian Mahon
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Judge Shippen
The Butcher Boy
Dr. Boyd
The Tiger's Tail
Harry
Dancing at Lughnasa
Father Carlin
Into the West
Hartnett
The Stag
Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad
Pete's Meteor
Sergeant Maloney
Baltimore
Sir Alfred Beit
Sharpe's Sword
Father Patrick Curtis
Lost Memories
Dad
The Runway
2010
The Fantasist
Robert Foxley
The McKenzie Break
1970
Cal
Skeffington
The Price
Kearney
Children of the North
Seamus Reilly
Mystics
Gerry the Barman
Bellman and True
Donkey
The Ballroom of Romance
Bowser Egan
Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen
Arthur Browne
The Storyteller: A Story Short
Beggar
The Informant
IRA Chief
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Z
Shadow of a Gunman
Adolphus Grigson
Events at Drimaghleen
Superintendent O'Kelly
Horse
Junior
Arise and Go Now
Father Dade
Vicious Circle
Charlie Rice
Children in the Crossfire
1984
Sinners
Frank
The Halo Effect
Stan
Love Lies Bleeding
Sean Kerrigan
A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton
Priest
The Country Girls
James
Puckoon
Haggerty
August Saturday
Tom Crosbie
Fools of Fortune
Johnny Lacy
Joyriders
Manager
Bad Company
Patrick Molloy
Deposits
Narrator (voice)
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Voice
TV Shows (22)
Vikings
Pope Leo IV · 1 eps
Vikings
The Seer (voice) · 1 eps
Vikings
The Seer · 39 eps
The Tudors
Cardinal Campeggio · 4 eps
The Tudors
Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio · 10 eps
Vikings: Valhalla
The Seer · 4 eps
Performance
Adolphus Grigson · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Hennessey · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Tom Crosbie · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Superintendent O'Kelly · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Father Dade · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Sean Kerrigan · 1 eps
Sharpe
Father Curtis · 1 eps
The Storyteller
Beggar · 1 eps
Titanic: Blood and Steel
Edward Carson · 1 eps
Scarlett
Jamie O'Hara · 1 eps
Father & Son
John O'Connor · 4 eps
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
The Seer (archive footage) · 6 eps
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
The Seer · 1 eps
Peacock
Georgia's Boss · 1 eps
Rebel Heart
Eugene O'Brien · 4 eps
The Price
Kearney · 6 eps
