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name: "Daniel Berrigan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-berrigan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 May 1921"
died: "30 April 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:25.739623+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."
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# Daniel Berrigan

Actor. Born 9 May 1921 in Syracuse, New York, USA. Died 30 April 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 May 1921, Syracuse, New York, USA
- **Died:** 30 April 2016

## Biography

Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016) was an American Jesuit priest, playwright, poet and author who also worked as an actor. He appeared as Sebastian in the 1986 historical drama film *The Mission*.

Berrigan was born on 9 May 1921 in Virginia, Minnesota, and grew up in Syracuse, New York. He entered the Jesuits in 1939 and was ordained a priest in 1952. He is best known for his anti-war activism, including his role in the Catonsville Nine protests against the Vietnam War, and for co-founding the Plowshares anti-nuclear movement. He wrote the play *The Trial of the Catonsville Nine* (1972) and authored around 50 books.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Mission* (1986), Fi1m 64, as Sebastian — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mission-1986.md)

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