Lorcan Cranitch

Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor who took up drama while a student in Dublin and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he moved in 1980. His first television part was Tim Healy in the 1991 BBC drama Parnell and the Englishwoman, and he became a familiar face to viewers through his portrayal of the troubled DS Jimmy Beck in Cracker from 1993 to 1995. A return to the BBC followed as Sean Dillon in Ballykissangel, a role written for him, and in 2001 he led the drama series McCready and Daughter. He also played the underworld baron Erastes Fulmen in Rome and took a leading role as Detective Chief Superintendent Jackie Twomey in the 2021 crime drama Bloodlands. His films include Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) and The Playboys (1992), and his stage work has taken him to the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.