---
name: "Ciarán Griffiths"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ciaran-griffiths"
fi1m_id: "ciaran-griffiths"
imdb_id: "nm0341647"
tmdb_id: 18027
wikidata_id: "Q2599948"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 March 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.259907+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ciarán Griffiths

## Identity

Ciarán Griffiths

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ciaran-griffiths
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ciaran-griffiths
- **IMDb ID:** nm0341647
- **TMDB ID:** 18027
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2599948
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Griffiths, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2599948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341647/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18027

Actor. Born 3 March 1983 in Manchester, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 March 1983, Manchester, England
- **Active:** 1984–2006
- **Also known as:** Ciaran Griffiths, Ciaran Griffith
- **Frequently works with:** [Catherine Morshead](https://film.one/person/catherine-morshead.md), [Jonny Campbell](https://film.one/person/jonny-campbell.md), [Michael Keillor](https://film.one/person/michael-keillor.md), [Paul Unwin](https://film.one/person/paul-unwin.md), [Paul Walker](https://film.one/person/paul-walker.md), [Peter Lydon](https://film.one/person/peter-lydon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Griffiths, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2599948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341647/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18027

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

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## Biography

Ciarán Griffiths is a British actor born on 3 March 1983 in Manchester, England. He began acting as a teenager, appearing in the children's series *Children's Ward* while attending St Mary's RC High School in Astley near Leigh.

Griffiths is known for his long-running television roles as PC Gary Best in *The Bill* (2002–2005) and Mickey Maguire in *Shameless* (2007–2012). He has also appeared as Damon Hay (and earlier as Dean Sykes) in *Coronation Street*, as well as in *Waterloo Road*, *Vera*, *Atlantis* and *Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators*. Film credits include *There's Only One Jimmy Grimble* (2000).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Street* (2006), Fi1m 74, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-street.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, as Mickey Maguire — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bad Grammar* (2025), as Ned
- *Ten Pound Poms* (2023), series, as Harry Brewis
- *Riptide* (2022), series, as Michael Lane
- *Colin from Accounts* (2022), series, as Nigel — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/colin-from-accounts.md)
- *The Bay* (2019), series, as Lee Ward
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Billy 'The Brick' Porter
- *Atlantis* (2013), series, as Cyrus
- *The Mill* (2013), series, as Matthew Boon
- *Sea View* (2013), as Jason
- *Big Fat Gypsy Gangster* (2011), as Carl Thompson
- *Billy* (2011), Actor
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Steve Stonnall — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Dead Cert* (2010), as Skender
- *CGI-Brows* (2009), as Acolyte
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Kev
- *Svengali* (2009), as Burnsey
- *Act of Grace* (2008), as Robbie
- *The Street* (2006), series, Actor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-street.md)
- *Mayo* (2006), series, as Damien
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Dylan Hodge
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Mickey Maguire — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Blue Murder* (2003), series, as Kevin Robertson
- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as PC Gary Best (uncredited)
- *There's Only One Jimmy Grimble* (2000), as Psycho
- *At Home with the Braithwaites* (2000), series, as Tel the Fitter — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/at-home-with-the-braithwaites.md)
- *Always and Everyone* (1999), series, as Gary Manley
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Vic Sands
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as Gary Best
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Actor

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