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