Biography
Des McAleer is a Northern Irish actor. He was born on 25 May 1952 in Belfast.
McAleer has appeared in numerous film and television productions. His credits include Hunger (2008), My Week with Marilyn (2011), How I Live Now (2013) and The Children Act (2017). On television he has played Barry Pettigrew in Hope Street (2020–2024) and appeared in The Crown (2017), Silent Witness and Death and Nightingales (2018). He played Eddie in the 2023 BBC series Best Interests.
