Joe Rooney

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Oct 01, 1963 (61 years old)

Joe Rooney

Known For

Callan Kicks The Year 2023
0h 49m
Movie 2023

Callan Kicks The Year 2023

The annual comedy review starring Oliver Callan looks back on the year Ireland flipped out over RTÉ scandals and flopped out of a Rugby World Cup.

Chicken Out
0h 14m
Movie 2021

Chicken Out

A cash-strapped dad gets a job as the mascot of a chicken takeaway to make ends meet for his young family. They need to fly the nest of his overbearing mother, but can the plucky dad make it even to his first payday, dressed as a giant chicken?

Poster Boys
1h 27m
Movie 2020

Poster Boys

When dysfunctional adult Al Clancy mistakenly agrees to mind his smart-ass 10-year-old nephew Karl for a week, his job and home are placed in jeopardy. In a bold bid to save Al’s job, they steal his mam’s camper van, become best friends, and embark on a criss cross adventure, putting up posters all over Ireland. When things go wrong and the lads get cranky, one of them realises that the other one needs to grow up.

Wretch
1h 30m
Movie 2019

Wretch

Under the tutelage of an eccentric hippie restaurateur and her messianic self-help guru, a young man sets out to master the occult magic of Enceladism in an effort to destroy the cancer that's killing his boyfriend.

Wild Goose Lodge
2h 15m
Movie 2016

Wild Goose Lodge

The historical true story of the Lynch Family, the Irish Ribbonmen and British who occupied the Irish territory in 1816. With the bicentennial of the burning of Wild Goose Lodge and the centennial of Michael Collins and the Rising upcoming, this historical feature is rich in Irish culture and explanation of some interesting history. Shot entirely in Ireland, the production value and cinematography on this film is truly award winning. Logline: The Lynch Family try to defend themselves against the British and their own Irish heritage when their home is broken into by local villagers and a report of the break in leads to the hanging of the culprits by the British magistrate, much to the surprise of the Lynch family and the local Irish neighbors. The local Ribbonmen vow revenge again Lynch, while the town priest tries to maintain peace within the village.

Monged
1h 22m
Movie 2015

Monged

Three very mismatched friends party from Friday to Monday in Dublin City in a riotous cocktail of drugs and alcohol while their personal problems - including a debt to a psychotic gangster, sexual confusion, and a lost phone number - remain in constant pursuit.

Killinaskully
0h 30m
TV Show 2003

Killinaskully

details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland

Biography

Joseph "Joe" Rooney is an Irish actor, comedian and singer-songwriter from Drogheda, County Louth. He is arguably best known for his acting and in particular for playing Father Damo in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, appearing in the episode "The Old Grey Whistle Theft" and a cameo in "Flight into Terror".

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