Niall Buggy (born 3 October 1948) is an Irish actor. Buggy played Brian in Dead Funny for which he won an Olivier Award.
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.
Buggy enrolled at Dublin's Abbey Theatre School at 16.
Theatre In 1995, Buggy won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance for Dead Funny. In 2010, he starred alongside Brenda Blethyn in Edna O'Brien's play Haunted. The 6-date spring tour concluded with a run on the West End.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1971 Here Are Ladies Film debut1974 Zardoz Arthur Frayn / Zardoz1976 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! Ned1978 Farmers Television film1985 King David Nathan1987 Hellraiser Dinner Guest The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne Mr. Lenehan1988 Six Minutes with Ludwig Ludwig van Beethoven Short Once in a Life Time George Lewis Television film1991 The Pope Must Diet BBC Reporter Close My Eyes Geof1992 The Playboys Denzil Alien 3 Eric Buggy The Hummingbird Tree Priest1997 Anna Karenina Doctor The Butcher Boy Father Dom The Tale of Sweeney Todd Vicar Television film2000 That Time Listener2002 Cruise of the Gods Graham Television film The Reckoning Priest2004 The Libertine Chaplain2005 Malice Aforethought Rev. Hessary Torr Television film Casanova Bookseller/ Printer2006 Vicious Circle Seamus Short What If The Black Knight Television film2008 Mamma Mia! The Movie Father Alex Brideshead Revisited Father Mackay2009 Dental Breakdown The Professor2010 The Duel Samoylenko2012 Rufus Stone Flip Short2014 Mr Turner John Carew2019 A Girl from Mogadishu Michael D. Higgins2021 As Luck Would Have It Alroy Television film2023 The Miracle Club Tommy Fox
Television Year Title Role Notes1971 Me Mammy Willie Canaan Television debut The Sinners Chris, Dwyer 1974 2nd House Actor in The Blood Knot 1975 Thursday Play Date O'Toole1980 The Professionals Gorky1981 Nanny Jack Perse1983 The Citadel Con Boland The Gathering Speed Father Healy 1984 Crown Court Dr. Ronald Monk1986 Galloping Galaxies! Space Pirate Chief Murphy1988 Bad Boyes Dr. Watson1989 Screenplay Kenny Ruth Rendell Mysteries Victor Vivian1991 Chancer Randall1994 Little Napoleons Angus Laker Television mini series1994–95 99-1 Elbow1995 The Bill Des Riley Father Ted Henry Sellers "Competition Time" Agony Again Richard1996–98 Upwardly Mobile Anthony Moriarty1999 Kavanagh QC Francis Durden 1999–00 Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married Mr. Sullivan2001 Monarch of the Glen Kieran Conway 2002 Family Affairs Dougie Kendall2004 Grease Monkeys Father Brennan2005 The Afternoon Play Father Gartside2006 Dalziel and Pascoe Drummond Sachs 2 episodes: "Fallen Angel"2008 Lewis R.G. Cole2010 Jack Taylor Professor Gorman2016 My Mother and Other Strangers Clarrie Marsden Television mini series2017 Will Dr. John Dee2018 Extreme Physics Isaac Neutron Voice, Television mini series2021 COBRA Lord Allan Singer
Podcast Year Title Role2017 The Trials of Saint Patrick King Laoghaire
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