Peter McDonald
Biography
Peter McDonald (born 28 January 1972 in Dublin) is an Irish stage and screen actor. He grew up in Mount Merrion in South County Dublin. His mother, Brenda Costigan is a cookery writer and his father, Richard McDonald sells bailer twine. He is related to Leigh McDonald of Australia. He was educated at St Michael's College on Ailesbury Road in Dublin and graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts, English and a Master of Fine Arts, English in 1994. He got his start in theatre while at University. He was part of UCD's very active Drama Society and was a member of Fly by night theatre company. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter McDonald (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Peter McDonald
The Batman
The Last Kingdom
The Penguin
The Dig
A Discovery of Witches
The Damned United
Bagman
Spooks
Ripper Street
No Offence
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (58 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Power Ballad | Sandy | Movie | 2026 |
| Power Ballad | Writer | Movie | 2026 |
 | Saipan | Mick Byrne | Movie | 2025 |
 | Bagman | Jake McKee Sr. | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Penguin | William Kenzie | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Woken | Doctor Henry | Movie | 2024 |
 | This Town | Eamonn Quinn | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The Batman | Kenzie | Movie | 2022 |
 | Hollington Drive | David | TV Series | 2021 |
 | The Dig | Guy Maynard | Movie | 2021 |
 | Mandy | Dr. Gould | TV Series | 2020 |
| Older Normal People | Connell Waldron | Movie | 2020 | |
 | Dublin Murders | Jonathan Devlin | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Fanny Lye Deliver'd | High Sheriff for the Council of State | Movie | 2019 |
 | Finding Joy | Canine Aidan (voice) | TV Series | 2018 |
 | A Discovery of Witches | Baldwin Montclair | TV Series | 2018 |
 | England Is Mine | Peter Morrissey | Movie | 2017 |
| Murder: The Third Voice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2016 | |
 | Murder | Leo Durridge | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Thirteen | Mark White | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Last Kingdom | Brother Trew | TV Series | 2015 |
 | No Offence | Patrick Llewellyn | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Stag | The Machine | Movie | 2013 |
| The Stag | Screenplay | Movie | 2013 |
 | Mayday | Alan Hill | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Ripper Street | Dr. Anthony Rolle | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Moone Boy | Liam Moone | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Titanic | Jim Maloney | TV Series | 2012 |
 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action | Director | Movie | 2012 |
 | Wreckers | Gary | Movie | 2011 |
 | Pentecost | Writer | Movie | 2010 |
| Pentecost | Director | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Damned United | Johnny Giles | Movie | 2009 |
 | Spacemen Three | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | City of Vice | Tom Jones | TV Series | 2008 |
| The Family Man | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 | |
 | Festival | Architect | Movie | 2005 |
 | Shadow of the Sword | Georg | Movie | 2005 |
| God's Early Work | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 | |
 | Green Wing | Director | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Sea of Souls | Dr. Andrew Gemmill | TV Series | 2004 |
| Ape | Writer | Movie | 2003 | |
 | Spin the Bottle | Tomo | Movie | 2003 |
 | Killing Hitler | MI Staff Officer L / BX | Movie | 2003 |
 | Spooks | Tim Prachett | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Don't Tempt Me | Henry | Movie | 2001 |
 | Blow Dry | Vincent | Movie | 2001 |
 | When Brendan Met Trudy | Brendan | Movie | 2000 |
 | Paths to Freedom | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Saltwater | Frank Beneventi | Movie | 2000 |
 | Some Voices | Dave | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Opportunists | Michael Lawler | Movie | 2000 |
 | Nora | Stanislaus Joyce | Movie | 2000 |
 | Felicia's Journey | Johnny Lysaght | Movie | 1999 |
 | Guy's Dog | Voice | Movie | 1999 |
 | Captain Jack | Andy Watts | Movie | 1999 |
 | Kings in Grass Castles | Game Keeper | TV Series | 1998 |
 | I Went Down | Git Hynes | Movie | 1997 |