Niall Buggy

Niall Buggy (born 3 October 1948) is an Irish actor. Buggy played Brian in Dead Funny for which he won an Olivier Award.

Niall Buggy
Born	(1948-10-03) October 3, 1948 (age 75) Dublin, Ireland
Education	Abbey Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–present
Relatives	Eileen Buggy (sister)

Biography

Early life

Buggy was born on 3 October 1948 in Dublin. His parents attended the Theatre Royal every Friday night. At the age of 11, he ran away from home and travelled to the theatre, saying he was there for an audition. There were no auditions that day and he was told to return the following day. Buggy went home, intending to return the following day, but instead found a search party outside around his Drumcondra home.^[1]

Buggy enrolled at Dublin's Abbey Theatre School at 16.^[1]

Theatre

In 1995, Buggy won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for Dead Funny.^[2] In 2010, he starred alongside Brenda Blethyn in Edna O'Brien's play Haunted.^[3] The 6-date spring tour concluded with a run on the West End.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Here Are Ladies		Film debut
1974	Zardoz	Arthur Frayn / Zardoz
1976	Circasia	Clown	Short
1977	Un taxi mauve	Little person	English title: A Purple Taxi
	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Davin
	Philadelphia, Here I Come!	Ned
1978	Farmers		Television film
1985	King David	Nathan
1987	Hellraiser	Dinner Guest
	The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne	Mr. Lenehan
1988	Six Minutes with Ludwig	Ludwig van Beethoven	Short
	Once in a Life Time	George Lewis	Television film
1991	The Pope Must Diet	BBC Reporter
	Close My Eyes	Geof
1992	The Playboys	Denzil
	Alien 3	Eric Buggy
	The Hummingbird Tree	Priest
1997	Anna Karenina	Doctor
	The Butcher Boy	Father Dom
	The Tale of Sweeney Todd	Vicar	Television film
2000	That Time	Listener
2002	Cruise of the Gods	Graham	Television film
	The Reckoning	Priest
2004	The Libertine	Chaplain
2005	Malice Aforethought	Rev. Hessary Torr	Television film
	Casanova	Bookseller/ Printer
2006	Vicious Circle	Seamus	Short
	What If	The Black Knight	Television film
2008	Mamma Mia! The Movie	Father Alex
	Brideshead Revisited	Father Mackay
2009	Dental Breakdown	The Professor
2010	The Duel	Samoylenko
2012	Rufus Stone	Flip	Short
2014	Mr Turner	John Carew
2019	A Girl from Mogadishu	Michael D. Higgins
2021	As Luck Would Have It	Alroy	Television film
2023	The Miracle Club	Tommy Fox

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Me Mammy	Willie Canaan	Television debut
	The Sinners	Chris, Dwyer
1974	2nd House	Actor in The Blood Knot
1975	Thursday Play Date	O'Toole
1980	The Professionals	Gorky
1981	Nanny	Jack Perse
1983	The Citadel	Con Boland
	The Gathering Speed	Father Healy
1984	Crown Court	Dr. Ronald Monk
1986	Galloping Galaxies!	Space Pirate Chief Murphy
1988	Bad Boyes	Dr. Watson
1989	Screenplay	Kenny
	Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Victor Vivian
1991	Chancer	Randall
1994	Little Napoleons	Angus Laker	Television mini series
1994–95	99-1	Elbow
1995	The Bill	Des Riley
	Father Ted	Henry Sellers
	Agony Again	Richard
1996–98	Upwardly Mobile	Anthony Moriarty
1999	Kavanagh QC	Francis Durden
1999–00	Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married	Mr. Sullivan
2001	Monarch of the Glen	Kieran Conway
2002	Family Affairs	Dougie Kendall
2004	Grease Monkeys	Father Brennan
2005	The Afternoon Play	Father Gartside
2006	Dalziel and Pascoe	Drummond Sachs	2 episodes: "Fallen Angel"
2008	Lewis	R.G. Cole
2010	Jack Taylor	Professor Gorman
2016	My Mother and Other Strangers	Clarrie Marsden	Television mini series
2017	Will	Dr. John Dee
2018	Extreme Physics	Isaac Neutron	Voice, Television mini series
2021	COBRA	Lord Allan Singer

Podcast

Year	Title	Role
2017	The Trials of Saint Patrick	King Laoghaire

References

1. "Getting to know Neil". Irish Independent. Talbot Street, Dublin, Ireland. 13 September 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
2. "Niall Buggy | London Theatre from". westendtheatre.com. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
3. "Haunted Reviews at Royal Exchange – Manchester". Whatsonstage.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
4. "Brenda Blethyn & Niall Buggy star in Edna O'Brien's play Haunted". Ulstertatler.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2010.

External links

• Niall Buggy at IMDb