Tom Hickey
Biography
Tom Hickey was an Irish actor who worked on stage and screen from the early 1960s. Born in Kildare, he trained in Stanislavski's system, studying from 1963 at the Dublin studio run by Deirdre O'Connell. He was best known as Benjy Riordan in the rural serial The Riordans, a part he played for sixteen years after joining the cast in 1965, and he later appeared as Granddad Joe in Moone Boy. On stage he favored modern Irish playwrights, and after Tom MacIntyre cast him in the lead of The Great Hunger, adapted from Patrick Kavanagh's poem, he won acclaim for interpreting MacIntyre's work in plays such as Rise Up Lovely Sweeney and The Gallant John Joe. His films included My Left Foot (1989), Gothic (1986) and Possession (2002), along with Fools of Fortune, Breakfast on Pluto, Garage and What Richard Did.
77years old at death
- Born Kildare
- Died
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 18 years1986 to 2004
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Big break
Tom MacIntyre, a playwright, cast Hickey as the lead in his version of Patrick Kavanagh's poem The Great Hunger in the early 1980s. That collaboration succeeded, and Hickey went on to be praised for interpreting MacIntyre's work.
A change of course
Hickey rarely appeared in television advertising, but in 2001 he was in a set of ads for Club, a soft drink. Declan Lowney, who directed Father Ted, directed the first one.
Tom Hickey movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Neil Jordan directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Neil Jordan
Also two films together1 more actor
- Marie ConmeeCircle of Friends (1995) and My Left Foot (1989)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Tom Hickey's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$95.3 million
8 of the 10 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 10 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$45M47.2% of the total
- 2$15M15.5% of the total
- 3$11M11.5% of the total
- 4$10M10.6% of the total
- 5$8.5M8.9% of the total
- 6$5.0M5.2% of the total
- 7$916K1.0% of the total
- 8$89K0.1% of the total
Online
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