Francis Magee

Francis Magee
Born	(1959-06-07) 7 June 1959 Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Francis Magee (born 7 June 1959) is an Irish actor. He portrayed Liam Tyler in British soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1995. He has also appeared in numerous television shows and feature films, including The Calling (2000); Layer Cake (2004); Sahara (2005); No Angels (2004–2006); City of Vice (2008); 1066 The Battle for Middle Earth (2009); "Men Against Fire", an episode of Black Mirror (2016); Into the Badlands and Absentia (both 2019); White Lines (2020); and Kin (2022–2023).

Early life

Born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised on the Isle of Man, Magee worked as a fisherman for eight years, before pursuing a career as an actor. Magee worked as a courier for Concord(e) Despatch in Belsize Park, and enrolled to study acting at the Poor School in King's Cross, London. During the 1980s, he was the lead singer of Isle of Man-based band Joe Public and Reading-based band Jo Jo Namoza.

Career

His career started by portraying the villain character Liam Tyler in British soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1995. He played the role of Victor Rodenmaar in the Nickelodeon TV series House of Anubis. In 2004, he played a regular role as short tempered Leslie McManus in Channel 4's nurse drama No Angels, for three seasons until 2006. In 2008, he played Saunders Welch in City of Vice.

In 2011, Magee played Yoren, a member of the Night's Watch, in the first and second seasons of Game of Thrones on HBO. He played electronic musician The Orgazoid in an episode of Peep Show. He also appeared in the 2013 Magners television advert "Now is a Good Time".

In 2016, he appeared in "Men Against Fire", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.

In 2023, he played Bren Kinsella in the Irish gangster family series Kin, alongside Aidan Gillen and Maria Doyle Kennedy.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	The Hurting	Wease
1998	Still Crazy	Hockney
	Written in Blood	Dr. McRayer
2000	The Calling	Carmac
	Undertaker's Paradise
2002	Butterfly Man	Joey
2003	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead	Algar / Foreman
2004	Layer Cake	Paul "The Boatman"
2005	Sahara	Fuse Cutter
2008	The Crew	Dermot
2009	The Last Breath	Paul Kelvin	Short film
	London River	Inspecteur anglais
	Perrier's Bounty	Hank
2010	Cemetery Junction	Mr. Pearson
	Brighton Rock	Pavement Photographer
2011	If You Have No Place to Cry	Luis	Short film
2013	Hammer of the Gods	Ulric The Chronicler
2014	Jimmy's Hall	Mossie
	Glory Days	Jake Murphy
	Good People	Ben Tuttrle
	Blood Cells	Cormac
	Locust	Alan Dwyer	Short film
2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Jav Mefran
2017	The Last Lighthouse Keeper	Tom	Short film
	Take the Shot	Don	Short film
	Justice League	Ancient King of Men
	Bless Me Father	Michael	Short film
2018	The Dig	Murphy
	I Made This for You	Dad
	Winterlong	Francis
2019	Beasts	Arthur	Short film
	Extinction		Short film
2020	Pedro	Comandante Talbot
2021	Zack Snyder's Justice League	Ancient King of Men
	The Tide	Skipper	Short film
	As A Prelude to Fear	DCS Barnbrook
	My House	Don
2024	The Damned	Skuli
2025	Rose of Nevada	Liam

TV roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1995	EastEnders	Liam Tyler	19 episodes
1994	99-1	Balaclava	Episode: "The Cost of Living"
	Time After Time	Villain	Episode: "Working with Conviction"
	Moving Story	Scurve	Episode: "Last Stand at Laurel Way"
1996	A Touch of Frost	Rod Bainbridge	Episode: "Deep Waters"
1996–2005	Heartbeat	Ken Rawson / Stannard	2 episodes
1997	Where the Heart Is	Joe Bevan	Episodes: "Things Fall Apart"
	Drover's Gold	Irish
	Painted Lady	Driver
1997–2008	The Bill	David Crossley / Leo Durkin / Peter Lewis / Arty Shanks / Rod Tiernan / Clive Newton	6 episodes
1998–2014	Casualty	Frankie Lee / Jake Lincoln / Gavin /Tony Norris	5 episodes
1999	All the King's Men	Able Seaman	TV film
2000	Britannic	Reilly	TV film
	The Mrs Bradley Mysteries	Castries	Episode: "The Rising of the Moon"
	Don Quixote	Ginesillo de Parapilla	TV film
	The Knock	Davis	Episode: 5.1
2000–2011	Doctors	DI Lorenzo Morris / Ken Middlemiss / Arnie Lynch / Bobby Jones
2001	Cold Feet	Daz	Episode: 4.2
	In a Land of Plenty	Trevor Michaels	Episode: 1.1
	The Bombmaker	O'Keefe	TV film
2001–2008	Holby City	Barry Carter / Barry Hughes	2 episodes
2002	Stranded	Pickles	TV film
	Ultimate Force	Lofty	Episode: "The Killing House"
	Lenny Blue	Connor	TV film
2003	Buried	Felix 'Ronaldo' Carver	2 episodes
	Footballers' Wives	DC Simmonds	Episode: 2.3
	Down to Earth	Davey	Episode: "All Together Now"
	In Deep	Ronnie Sharkey	2 episodes
	Born and Bred	James Falkner	Episode: "The Miracle of Ormston"
	Alibi	Sgt. Powell	TV film
	Family	Pat Bishop	2 episodes
	Holy Cross	Flag Man	TV film
2004	Bad Girls	Rob Skelton	3 episodes
	Shadow Play	Mr. Trimby	2 episodes
	Hustle	Journalist	Episode: "The Last Gamble"
	The Royal	Alex Heath	Episode: "No Room for Ravers"
2004–2006	No Angels	Mr. Leslie McManus	24 episodes
2005	Trafalgar Battle Surgeon	Dr. William Beatty	TV film
	Waking the Dead	Gordon Christie	Episode: "Subterraneans: Part 1"
	The Slavery Business	Captain Rollins	Episode: "How to Make a Million from Slavery"
2006	Murphy's Law	Detective Chief Superintendent Warren	3 episodes
	A Harlot's Progress	James Dalton	TV film
	Pulling	Eileen's Bloke	Episode: 1.6
2006–2007	New Street Law	Frank Halcroft	5 episodes
2007	Peep Show	The Orgazoid	Episode: "Handyman"
	Gina's Laughing Gear	Trevor Mullet	Episode: "Trevor Island"
2008	Survivors	Callum Brown	Episode: 1.1
	City of Vice	Saunders Welch	5 episodes
	Honest	Quentin	2 episodes
2009	1066 The Battle for Middle Earth	Ordgar	2 episodes
	True Horror	Vlad the Impaler / Scribe	2 episodes
2010	Worried About the Boy	Jerry O'Dowd	TV film
	Inspector George Gently	Chief Constable Lilley	Episode: "Peace and Love"
2011	Zen	Giulio / Avel Vasko	Episode: "Vendetta"
	Midsomer Murders	Smudgepot	Episode: "The Night of the Stag"
	The Body Farm	Barney Quinn	Episode: 1.6
	The Fades	Dr. Tremlett	5 episodes
2011–2012	Game of Thrones	Yoren	7 episodes
2011–2013	House of Anubis	Victor Rodenmaar Jr.	144 episodes
2012	Misfits	Dan Woolaston
	DCI Banks	Arthur Jameson	2 episodes
2013	Touchstone of Ra	Victor Rodenmaar Jr.	TV special
	The Bible	King Saul	2 episodes
	Strike Back	O'Riordan	Episode: "Shadow Warfare: Part 5"
2014	Damo and Ivor	Bricko
	WPC 56	Brendan McCormack	Episode: "Cry, Cry, Cry"
	In The Flesh	Iain Monroe	2 episodes
	Ripper Street	Davies	Episode: "Whitechapel Terminus"
2015	A.D. The Bible Continues	Levi	6 episodes
	Death in Paradise	Stevie Smith	Episode: "Swimming in Murder"
	Outlander	Crenshaw	2 episodes
	X Company	Thierry	Episode: "Kiss of Death"
	No Offence	Shane Mercy	Episode: 1.6
	Casanova	Balbi	TV film
	The Bastard Executioner	Absolon	5 episodes
2016	Black Mirror	Parn Heidekker	Episode: "Men Against Fire"
	The Coroner	George James	Episode: "The Foxby Affair"
	Of Kings and Prophets	Lahmi	Episode: "Lest I Sleep the Sleep of Death"
	The Musketeers	Hubert	Episode: "The Hunger"
2017	The Frankenstein Chronicles	Spence	Season 2; 3 episodes
	Loaded	Rocky	Episode: "Leon's Teacher"
2017–2018	Witless	Willy Whelan	9 episodes
2017–2019	GameFace	Marcella's Dad	2 episodes
2018	Humans	Tex	Episode: 3.6
	Death and Nightingales	Mickey Dolphin	3 episodes
2019	The Witcher	Yurga	Episode: "Much More"
	Into the Badlands	Magnus	4 episodes
	Absentia	Lester Nowicki	3 episodes
	Brassic	Big Joe Blane	Episode: 1.3
	Britannia	Rork	3 episodes
2020	White Lines	Clint Collins	9 episodes
2022–2023	Kin	Bren Kinsella	9 episodes
2024	The Tourist	Frank McDonnell	Main role (series 2)

Video games

Year	Title	Voice Role	Notes
2015	Bloodborne: The Old Hunters	Befuddled Villager / Nightmare Hunters
2016	Dragon Quest Heroes II	Torneko	English version
2018	Sea of Thieves	Stitcher Jim
2022	Dying Light 2	Cillian	English version
2023	Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince	Torneko	English version

External links

• Francis Magee at IMDb