Arthur Riordan

Biography

Arthur Riordan is a prominent Irish playwright and actor, widely recognised as a founding member of the Rough Magic Theatre Company. Born in Fermoy, County Cork, in 1966, he has become a fixture in Irish theatre both as a writer of satirical musicals and a versatile stage and screen performer.

Known For

The Tudors

Ripper Street

Fair City

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

Rebel Heart

The Ambassador

On the Edge

Can't Cope, Won't Cope

All Movies (19)

• A Sunken Place2026 · as Hayes
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin2024 · as Publican
• Holy Island2024 · as Mammon
• Mob the Trench2024
• Debutante2021 · as Peter
• As Luck Would Have It2021 · as Seamus
• Out of Here2013 · as Dermot
• Stella Days2012 · as Architect
• The Enigma of Frank Ryan2012 · as Eamonn De Valera
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars2007 · as Policeman 1
• Showbands2005
• Prince William2002 · as Advisor 2
• On the Edge2001 · as Male Nurse
• Pitch ‘n’ Putt with Beckett ‘n’ Joyce2001 · as Samuel Beckett
• Borstal Boy2001 · as Liberian
• The Last September2000 · as Black and Tan Soldier
• Before I Sleep1997 · as Golfer 4
• My Dinner With Oswald1997
• Ink1988

All TV Shows (8)

• Louise Lives Large2024 · as Doctor Whelton
• Can't Cope, Won't Cope2016 · as Garda at Checkpoint
• Ripper Street2012 · as Pembury
• Who Do You Think You Are?2008 · as Narrator
• The Tudors2007 · as Priest in Confessional
• Rebel Heart2001 · as Vincent Smith
• The Ambassador1998 · as Brian Shaw
• Fair City1989 · as Shay Houlihan