Lorcan Cranitch
Biography
Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor born in Dublin on 28 August 1959. He is known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the television series Cracker.
Known For
Death in Paradise
2011
Rome
2005
Silent Witness
1996
Silent Witness
1996
The Crown
2016
Vera
2011
Lewis
2007
The Last Kingdom
2015
The Bill
1984
Spooks
2002
Screen Two
1985
Waking the Dead
2001
Filmography
Death in Paradise
as Tosh Walker · 2011
Rome
as Erastes Fulmen · 2005
Silent Witness
as Colin McGrath · 1996
Silent Witness
as D.S. Mansfield · 1996
The Crown
as Commissioner Stevens · 2016
Vera
as Roy Brewer · 2011
Lewis
as Liam Cullen · 2007
The Last Kingdom
as Father Selbix · 2015
The Bill
· 1984
Spooks
as Patrick McCann · 2002
Screen Two
as Leo Doyle · 1985
Waking the Dead
as Victor Coleridge · 2001
Law & Order: UK
· 2009
Hornblower
as Wolfe · 1998
Cracker
as DS Jimmy Beck · 1993
Fortitude
as DI Littlejohn · 2015
Atlantis
as Cilix · 2013
Ballykissangel
as Sean Dillon · 1996
Magpie Murders
as Sir Magnus Pye / Max Ryeland · 2022
Rebus
as Thomas Steele · 2000
Love, Rosie
as Dennis Dunne · 2014
Les Misérables
as Chief Inspector · 2018
Les Misérables
as Prefect of Police · 2018
Rig 45
as Adam · 2018
Bloodlands
as DCS Jackie Twomey · 2021
Cooper & Fry
as DI Paul Hitchens · 2025
Trespasses
as Sergeant Reid · 2025
The Crimson Field
as Sergeant Aloysius McCafferty · 2014
Code of a Killer
as DI Alan Madden · 2015
Shackleton
as Frank Wild · 2002
Acceptable Risk
as CS James Nulty · 2017
Leonard and Hungry Paul
as Peter · 2025
1916 Seachtar Dearmadta
as James Connolly · 2013
Paradox
as Simon Manning · 2009
The Palace
as Jonty Roberts · 2008
Rebel Heart
as Inspector Nelson · 2001
Herself
as Michael · 2020
Moonfleet
· 2013
Close Relations
as Stephen · 1998
Dancing at Lughnasa
as Danny Bradley · 1998
LOLA
as Major. General Norbury · 2023
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self · 2007
The Legend of Longwood
as Lance Wicklow · 2014
A Greyhound of a Girl
as Male Judge (voice) · 2023
McCready and Daughter
· 2001
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Chernov · 1991
Christmas at Castle Hart
as Patrick · 2021
The Three Urns
as Liam · 2026
God on Trial
as Blockaltester · 2008
The Food Guide to Love
as Eddie · 2013
National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
as Michael Flaherty · 2026
The Heart Surgeon
as Larry Duggan · 1997
The Play's the Thing
· 2006
The Heart Surgeon
as Larry Duggan · 1997
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
as Harold Bradley · 2004
Drifting
as Diarmuid · 2020
Titanic Town
as Tony · 1998
Kelly
Róise & Frank
as Donncha · 2022
Parnell & the Englishwoman
as Timothy Healy · 1991
Tarrac
as Bear · 2023
The Dead Peasants Society
as Patrick Cunningham · 2007
The Playboys
as Ryan / John Joe · 1992
Hornblower: Loyalty
as Wolfe · 2003
Summer of the Flying Saucer
as Ciaran · 2008
Empire State
as Richard · 1987
Best: His Mother's Son
as Dickie Best · 2009
Food of Love
as Luke · 1997
Aisha
as Peter Flood · 2022
Yield
as Eve's Dad
Omagh
as Chief Constable Sir Ronnie Flanagan · 2005
Flying Blind
as Duncan Morehouse · 2013
The Venus de Milo Instead
as Mr. Scott · 1987
Hornblower: Duty
as Wolfe · 2003
My Life for Ireland
as Pump man · 2016
Night Train
as Billy · 1998
Macbeth
as Macduff · 1998
Burn It All
as M. Barrett · 2022
Deacon Brodie
as George Smith · 1997
You, Me & Marley
as Father Tom · 1992
My Fragile Heart
as Bernard Cleve · 2000
Life After Life
as Leo Doyle · 1995
Lakelands
· 2023
Dah Dit Dah
· 1996
The Dig
as Sean McKenna · 2019
The Magic Toyshop
as Francie · 1987
Family
as Tutorial Teacher · 1994
Take Me Swimming
as Interviewer · 2017
Ghosts
as Jacob Engstrand · 2023