Biography
Brendan Dempsey is an Irish actor, also credited as Brendan F. Dempsey. He is known for his role as Jim Kelly in the 1998 film Waking Ned (also known as Waking Ned Devine).
His other film credits include the Provost Marshal Registrar in Gangs of New York (2002), Martin Rooney in About Adam (2001) and Victor in Perrier's Bounty (2010). Dempsey has appeared in television series such as Val Falvey TD (2009) as Councillor Dessie Clinch and The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury (2008) as Sean Fury. He has also worked as a writer and producer, including on the 2019 short film If at first....
On stage, he played Chief Bromden in a production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Garrick Theatre in London.
