John Bosco Hogan (born March 1949) is an Irish stage, film, and
television actor.He is well known as the character Dr. Michael Ryan on
the television programme Ballykissangel. He appeared in a minor role
as convicted felon George Saden in John Boorman's film Zardoz (1973),
but his first major film role was as Stephen Dedalus in Joseph
Strick's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977), a film
adaptation of James Joyce's novel of the same name. His later film
credits include roles in The Outsider (1980), Screamtime (1983), In
the Name of the Father (1993), Evelyn (2002) and King Arthur (2004).
On television he played Jonathan Harker in the 1977 TV version of
Count Dracula with Louis Jourdan; Frederick, Duke of York in Prince
Regent in 1979; and Edward Ferrars in the 1981 adaptation of Sense and
Sensibility. He was a senior policeman for several episodes of the
television programme, The Chief (1995).Hogan appeared in the play A
Cry from Heaven by Vincent Woods at the Abbey Theatre in the summer of
2005. He portrayed St. John Fisher in the 2007 season of The Tudors
television programme on the Showtime channel. He played a cardinal
once again in The Borgias (2011), as Cardinal Piccolomini. Hogan also
appears in Season 5 of the television series "Vikings" (History
Channel, 2017) as Lord Abbot at Lindisfarne monastery.His distinctive
voice has him regularly working on voiceovers for both advertising and
corporate clients in Ireland.
television actor.He is well known as the character Dr. Michael Ryan on
the television programme Ballykissangel. He appeared in a minor role
as convicted felon George Saden in John Boorman's film Zardoz (1973),
but his first major film role was as Stephen Dedalus in Joseph
Strick's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977), a film
adaptation of James Joyce's novel of the same name. His later film
credits include roles in The Outsider (1980), Screamtime (1983), In
the Name of the Father (1993), Evelyn (2002) and King Arthur (2004).
On television he played Jonathan Harker in the 1977 TV version of
Count Dracula with Louis Jourdan; Frederick, Duke of York in Prince
Regent in 1979; and Edward Ferrars in the 1981 adaptation of Sense and
Sensibility. He was a senior policeman for several episodes of the
television programme, The Chief (1995).Hogan appeared in the play A
Cry from Heaven by Vincent Woods at the Abbey Theatre in the summer of
2005. He portrayed St. John Fisher in the 2007 season of The Tudors
television programme on the Showtime channel. He played a cardinal
once again in The Borgias (2011), as Cardinal Piccolomini. Hogan also
appears in Season 5 of the television series "Vikings" (History
Channel, 2017) as Lord Abbot at Lindisfarne monastery.His distinctive
voice has him regularly working on voiceovers for both advertising and
corporate clients in Ireland.
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