John Kavanagh
Acting
- Born:
- 1946-01-01
- Place of birth:
- Dublin, Ireland
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.
Known For
Filmography
One Sweet Hour
Bucking Fastard
Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen
Baltimore
Peacock
Vikings: Valhalla
The Last Duel
Riverdance: The Animated Adventure
Supervized
Deposits
Lost Memories
Florence Foster Jenkins
Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
Horse
In Secret
The Invisible Woman
The Stag
Vikings
Titanic: Blood and Steel
The Runway
Father & Son
Closing the Ring
The Tudors
The Tiger's Tail
The Black Dahlia
Alexander
The Halo Effect
The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind
Mystics
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Pete's Meteor
Sinners
Puckoon
Last Days in Dublin
Rebel Heart
Vicious Circle
Dancing at Lughnasa
The Butcher Boy
The Informant
Some Mother's Son
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Shadow of a Gunman
Braveheart
Sharpe's Sword
Circle of Friends
Scarlett
Widows' Peak
Love Lies Bleeding
Bad Company
Sharpe
Into the West
Children of the North
Performance
Arise and Go Now
Events at Drimaghleen
August Saturday
Fools of Fortune
Who Bombed Birmingham?
Joyriders
The Storyteller: A Story Short
The Storyteller
Bellman and True
The Fantasist
ScreenPlay
Lovejoy
The Price
The Price
Children in the Crossfire
Cal
The Country Girls
Attracta
The Ballroom of Romance
Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland
A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton
The McKenzie Break
Weeks
The Great Wide Open