Acting87 credits

Lorcan Cranitch

Born 1959-08-28
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.

Known For

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

2026 · Movie

The Three Urns

2026 · Movie

7.8

Cooper & Fry

2025 · TV Show

6.5

Trespasses

2025 · TV Show

6.9

Leonard and Hungry Paul

2025 · TV Show

6.7

A Greyhound of a Girl

2023 · Movie

6.0

Tarrac

2023 · Movie

Ghosts

2023 · Movie

5.2

Lakelands

2023 · Movie

6.5

LOLA

2023 · Movie

6.0

Aisha

2022 · Movie

6.4

Róise & Frank

2022 · Movie

3.0

Burn It All

2022 · Movie

7.0

Magpie Murders

2022 · TV Show

6.2

Christmas at Castle Hart

2021 · Movie

6.7

Bloodlands

2021 · TV Show

6.7

Herself

2020 · Movie

6.0

Drifting

2020 · Movie

7.4

The Dig

2019 · Movie

7.3

Les Misérables

2018 · TV Show

6.0

Rig 45

2018 · TV Show

Take Me Swimming

2017 · Movie

6.6

Acceptable Risk

2017 · TV Show

8.2

The Crown

2016 · TV Show

4.0

My Life for Ireland

2016 · Movie

8.3

The Last Kingdom

2015 · TV Show

7.2

Code of a Killer

2015 · TV Show

6.8

Fortitude

2015 · TV Show

5.3

The Legend of Longwood

2014 · Movie

7.8

Love, Rosie

2014 · Movie

7.5

The Crimson Field

2014 · TV Show

4.0

Moonfleet

2013 · TV Show

5.4

The Food Guide to Love

2013 · Movie

2.0

1916 Seachtar Dearmadta

2013 · TV Show

6.4

Atlantis

2013 · TV Show

4.8

Flying Blind

2013 · Movie

7.4

Death in Paradise

2011 · TV Show

7.4

Vera

2011 · TV Show

6.8

Paradox

2009 · TV Show

5.0

Best: His Mother's Son

2009 · Movie

7.0

Law & Order: UK

2009 · TV Show

6.8

God on Trial

2008 · Movie

Summer of the Flying Saucer

2008 · Movie

7.0

The Palace

2008 · TV Show

The Dead Peasants Society

2007 · Movie

7.6

Lewis

2007 · TV Show

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007 · Movie

The Play's the Thing

2006 · TV Show

8.2

Rome

2005 · TV Show

6.6

Omagh

2005 · Movie

5.8

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

2004 · Movie

7.3

Hornblower: Duty

2003 · Movie

7.3

Hornblower: Loyalty

2003 · Movie

7.7

Spooks

2002 · TV Show

7.2

Shackleton

2002 · TV Show

7.2

Waking the Dead

2001 · TV Show

McCready and Daughter

2001 · TV Show

7.3

Rebel Heart

2001 · TV Show

8.0

My Fragile Heart

2000 · Movie

6.9

Rebus

2000 · TV Show

7.8

Hornblower

1998 · TV Show

6.0

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998 · Movie

5.3

Titanic Town

1998 · Movie

3.3

Close Relations

1998 · TV Show

4.8

Macbeth

1998 · Movie

7.0

Night Train

1998 · Movie

4.0

Food of Love

1997 · Movie

4.3

The Heart Surgeon

1997 · TV Show

6.0

The Heart Surgeon

1997 · Movie

9.5

Deacon Brodie

1997 · Movie

10.0

Dah Dit Dah

1996 · Movie

7.6

Silent Witness

1996 · TV Show

7.2

Ballykissangel

1996 · TV Show

10.0

Life After Life

1995 · Movie

8.0

Family

1994 · Movie

6.6

Cracker

1993 · TV Show

6.2

You, Me & Marley

1992 · Movie

6.2

The Playboys

1992 · Movie

5.8

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

1991 · Movie

Parnell & the Englishwoman

1991 · TV Show

6.0

The Magic Toyshop

1987 · Movie

9.0

The Venus de Milo Instead

1987 · Movie

5.1

Empire State

1987 · Movie

7.1

Screen Two

1985 · TV Show

6.8

The Bill

1984 · TV Show

Yield

— · Movie

Kelly

— · TV Show

Full Filmography

87 titles, newest first

National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World

2026 · Movie

The Three Urns

2026 · Movie

7.8

Cooper & Fry

2025 · TV Show

6.5

Trespasses

2025 · TV Show

6.9

Leonard and Hungry Paul

2025 · TV Show

6.7

A Greyhound of a Girl

2023 · Movie

6.0

Tarrac

2023 · Movie

Ghosts

2023 · Movie