Tony Guilfoyle (born 30 March 1960) is an Irish actor. He was born in
County Wicklow, Ireland. He was educated at the Drama Centre from
1970â€"73. He is best known for his recurring role as the
accident-prone Father Larry Duff in the TV comedy Father Ted. In
theatre, he is better known for his long collaboration with Quebecois
theatre director Robert Lepage and the latter's production company Ex
Machina. Included in this association are a staging of Mahler's
Kindertotenlieder at the Lincoln Center and world tour; The Geometry
Of Miracles performed at the Royal National Theatre and worldwide; The
Dragons' Trilogy performed at the Barbican Theatre in London and
internationally; and their latest collaboration Playing Cards: SPADES,
the first in a planned tetralogy covering the four suits of deck of
playing cards, which played at the Roundhouse in London and
internationally. His other theatre credits are numerous and varied,
from Shopping and F**king at the Royal Court Theatre in the West End
to The Iceman Cometh at the Almeida Theatre in London with Kevin
Spacey to Hanif Kureshi's play Outskirts with the Royal Shakespeare
Company at the Donmar Warehouse in London.In cinema, he played the
lead Rory in The Return (1986) for Film Four and the Magistrate in The
Murder of Stephen Lawrence, written and directed by the celebrated
Paul Greengrass. On TVâ€"in addition to playing Father Larry Duff on
Father Tedâ€"he starred in the HBO/BBC historical drama Rome, playing
the Egyptian eunuch and pharaoh's aide, Pothinus. His other TV credits
include a role in a 1985 episode of Juliet Bravo as unhinged hostage
taker Moll Kelly and brief roles in The Musketeers, Merlin, The Virgin
Queen, Fanny Hill, and Bleak House. In 2016, he appeared in the
Netflix series The Crown as the Bishop of Durham. In October 2019, he
appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Jack Dacre.
County Wicklow, Ireland. He was educated at the Drama Centre from
1970â€"73. He is best known for his recurring role as the
accident-prone Father Larry Duff in the TV comedy Father Ted. In
theatre, he is better known for his long collaboration with Quebecois
theatre director Robert Lepage and the latter's production company Ex
Machina. Included in this association are a staging of Mahler's
Kindertotenlieder at the Lincoln Center and world tour; The Geometry
Of Miracles performed at the Royal National Theatre and worldwide; The
Dragons' Trilogy performed at the Barbican Theatre in London and
internationally; and their latest collaboration Playing Cards: SPADES,
the first in a planned tetralogy covering the four suits of deck of
playing cards, which played at the Roundhouse in London and
internationally. His other theatre credits are numerous and varied,
from Shopping and F**king at the Royal Court Theatre in the West End
to The Iceman Cometh at the Almeida Theatre in London with Kevin
Spacey to Hanif Kureshi's play Outskirts with the Royal Shakespeare
Company at the Donmar Warehouse in London.In cinema, he played the
lead Rory in The Return (1986) for Film Four and the Magistrate in The
Murder of Stephen Lawrence, written and directed by the celebrated
Paul Greengrass. On TVâ€"in addition to playing Father Larry Duff on
Father Tedâ€"he starred in the HBO/BBC historical drama Rome, playing
the Egyptian eunuch and pharaoh's aide, Pothinus. His other TV credits
include a role in a 1985 episode of Juliet Bravo as unhinged hostage
taker Moll Kelly and brief roles in The Musketeers, Merlin, The Virgin
Queen, Fanny Hill, and Bleak House. In 2016, he appeared in the
Netflix series The Crown as the Bishop of Durham. In October 2019, he
appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Jack Dacre.
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