Tom Hickey (born 1944) is an Irish actor who has appeared on stage and
screen in a career that began in the early 1960s. He is, perhaps, best
known for playing Benjy Riordan in the long-running television series,
The Riordans.Born in Kildare, Hickey began his career in 1963 at
Deirdre O'Connell's Stanislavski Studio in Dublin where he trained in
Stanislavski's system of acting. He has said that he sees his choice
of profession as a "vocation", having decided to become an actor when
he was five or six years old.In 1965, Hickey joined the cast of RTÉ
television's new rural drama series, The Riordans. He went on to play
the part of Benjy Riordan in the successful serial for the next
sixteen years.In 2001, he made a rare venture into television
advertising with his appearances in a series of commercials for Club
Orange, a soft drink. The first of these was directed by Declan
Lowney, the director of Father Ted. Lowney also directed Moone Boy, a
Sky television series in which Hickey played Granddad Joe.
screen in a career that began in the early 1960s. He is, perhaps, best
known for playing Benjy Riordan in the long-running television series,
The Riordans.Born in Kildare, Hickey began his career in 1963 at
Deirdre O'Connell's Stanislavski Studio in Dublin where he trained in
Stanislavski's system of acting. He has said that he sees his choice
of profession as a "vocation", having decided to become an actor when
he was five or six years old.In 1965, Hickey joined the cast of RTÉ
television's new rural drama series, The Riordans. He went on to play
the part of Benjy Riordan in the successful serial for the next
sixteen years.In 2001, he made a rare venture into television
advertising with his appearances in a series of commercials for Club
Orange, a soft drink. The first of these was directed by Declan
Lowney, the director of Father Ted. Lowney also directed Moone Boy, a
Sky television series in which Hickey played Granddad Joe.
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