Paul Kennedy

Paul Kennedy

Paul Kennedy is a Belfast-based actor, writer and director working in television, film and stage.

Movies for Paul Kennedy...

Title: Ancient Empires
Character: Auletes
Released: September 4, 2023
Type: TV
This seven-hour miniseries explores the foundations of the greatest empires of all time and the incredible stories of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
bee
Tell Me a Creepy Story
Title: Tell Me a Creepy Story
Character: Ivan Cutler ("The Good Word")
Released: May 9, 2023
Type: Movie
The beekeeper who accidentally kills his wife before nervously burying her body under his vegetable patch, the child born with an insatiable and increasingly inhuman appetite, the seemingly harmless couple who are serial killers, and the home-alone woman who is petrified someone is out to kill her. These terrifying tales come together in one anthology.
bee
Title: House of the Dragon
Character: Lord Jasper Wylde
Released: August 21, 2022
Type: TV
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.
bee
Mandrake
Title: Mandrake
Character: Jason Reid
Released: March 12, 2022
Type: Movie
A probation officer, Cathy Madden, is tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer named 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence.
bee
Nightride
Title: Nightride
Character: Graham (voice)
Released: March 4, 2022
Type: Movie
In this single shot thriller, we're in the driver's seat with small-time dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes catastrophically wrong, Budge finds himself in a race against time to find his missing product and get a new buyer before the loan shark tracks him down.
bee
Sins of a Werewolf
Title: Sins of a Werewolf
Character: Fr. Donovan
Released: November 9, 2020
Type: Movie
When a seasoned parish priest is bitten on the arse by a mysterious animal, he begins transforming into a werewolf every full moon. The ensuing bloodshed leads to a resurgence in Mass attendances from fearful locals, much to the delight of his senior colleagues.
bee
Title: Krypton
Character: Tovis-Fen
Released: March 21, 2018
Type: TV
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
bee
A Patch of Fog
Title: A Patch of Fog
Character: Duty Officer
Released: September 11, 2015
Type: Movie
A university teacher gets caught shoplifting by a security guard, who won’t let him go. He becomes his new best friend and says ‘I won’t call the cops if you come and have a pint with me’. From there a twisted romance of sorts unfolds.
bee
'71
Title: '71
Character: Johnny
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
bee
Title: Outlander
Character: Herman Husband
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
bee
Boogaloo and Graham
Title: Boogaloo and Graham
Released: August 1, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1970's Belfast two young boys discover the facts of life aided by the help of their pet chickens.
bee
Shooting for Socrates
Title: Shooting for Socrates
Character: Pat Jennings
Released: July 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup, Shooting for Socrates tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also follows the lives of passionate football supporter Arthur and his son Tommy from East Belfast. The lead up to a momentous day in the life of a young boy (his 10th birthday) mirrors the build up to the big day for the Northern Ireland football team as they play the greatest match of their lives.
bee
Magpie
Title: Magpie
Character: Forest Man
Released: June 9, 2014
Type: Movie
A man lives in a forest, surviving through murder and deceit. When he finds himself drawn to two strangers, his strict code of self-preservation is put to the test.
bee
Halo: Nightfall
Title: Halo: Nightfall
Character: Rowan Douard (uncredited)
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: Movie
Set between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians… Halo: Nightfall tells the dramatic story of legendary man hunter and Naval Intelligence Officer Jameson Locke and his team as they are caught in a horrific biological attack while investigating terrorist activity on the distant colony world of Sedra. As they unravel a plot that draws them to an ancient, hellish artifact, they will be forced to fight for their survival, question everything and ultimately choose between their loyalty and their lives.
bee
The Good Word
Title: The Good Word
Character: Ivan Cutler
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Ivan Cutler is a man on a mission - he spreads the good word throughout the town lands of Ireland in the 1950s. But he hides a sinister secret - he has a penchant for murdering those who are kind enough to invite him into their homes. However, when he calls to the rural farmhouse of Ma and Da Taggart, he meets two people who prove more than a match for him.
bee
The Wipers Times
Title: The Wipers Times
Character: Winston Churchill
Released: September 11, 2013
Type: Movie
When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.
bee
Title: The Fall
Character: Stephen Jennings
Released: May 12, 2013
Type: TV
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
bee
Made in Belfast
Title: Made in Belfast
Character: Matty
Released: April 11, 2013
Type: Movie
Jack Kelly is a successful novelist who leads a reclusive life in his apartment in Paris. His first novel, Made in Belfast, was a critical and commercial success – there was only one problem: it exposed the private lives and innermost secrets of his close friends and family, and none of them have spoken to him since he ran away. But when circumstances conspire to bring him back to his hometown for a few days, he decides to spend that time putting things right with the friends he betrayed, the brother he abandoned, and the fiancée he jilted.
bee
Title: Ripper Street
Character: Emcee
Released: December 30, 2012
Type: TV
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
bee
Saving the Titanic
Title: Saving the Titanic
Character: Assistant Engineer Herbert Harvey
Released: April 15, 2012
Type: Movie
In the hours after the Titanic struck an iceberg 100 years ago, a team of shipbuilders and engineers raced against time to save the stricken vessel. Based on eye-witness accounts, this film reveals what went on below decks in the hours before the Titanic sank, telling the previously relatively unheralded stories of engineers who fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. Most of these men died but their actions bought enough time to save many lives. This drama-documentary tells a poignant story of self-sacrifice by the Titanic's engineers, stokers and firemen in the face of impending death.
bee
Title: Game of Thrones
Character: Eyrie Guard
Released: April 17, 2011
Type: TV
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
bee
Cup Cake
Title: Cup Cake
Character: Paul Duffy
Released: March 1, 2010
Type: Movie
P.J`s in a pickle, his parents are missing, he is a spectacular failure at running their bakery, 'Cup Cake', and he is up to his neck in debt with the local loan-Sharks. To add to his misery, he has been duped into marriage by their impossibly tanned and serially jilted sister, Kitty. Enter Gala, a mysterious, beautiful artist with a few tricks of her own. P.J. , a robot-obsessed dreamer and his hapless friends, aided by the ever resourceful Gala, set about cooking up the revival of 'Cup Cake's' fortunes, and spicing up P.J`s love life along the way.
bee
Best: His Mother's Son
Title: Best: His Mother's Son
Character: Reporter
Released: April 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Best – His Mother’s Son (BBC Two) was a gloomy drama about Ann Best, mother of George, who was strictly teetotal until her mid-40s, when she had her first sip of sherry to celebrate her son’s footballing success. Ten years later, she was dead from alcoholism-related heart disease. The recreation of late-Sixties Belfast was accurate and, thank goodness, intelligently subdued: no comedy Ulster accents and no point-scoring subplot about the Troubles.
bee
Cherrybomb
Title: Cherrybomb
Character: Chris
Released: February 8, 2009
Type: Movie
Teenagers Luke, Malachy, and Michelle embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns deadly serious when the three discover that they can't get off the wild ride they've set in motion.
bee
Five Minutes of Heaven
Title: Five Minutes of Heaven
Character: Sound Recordist
Released: January 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
bee
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Title: Fifty Dead Men Walking
Character: RUC Officer
Released: September 10, 2008
Type: Movie
It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.