---
name: "Des McAleer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/des-mcaleer-3859118"
fi1m_id: "des-mcaleer-3859118"
tmdb_id: 3859118
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 May 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T20:01:33.663539+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."
---

# Des McAleer

## Identity

Des McAleer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/des-mcaleer-3859118
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** des-mcaleer-3859118
- **TMDB ID:** 3859118
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3859118

Actor. Born 25 May 1952 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 May 1952, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3859118

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Best Interests*](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md) (76)

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## 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*.

*Sources: imdb.com, theartistspartnership.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Best Interests* (2023), Fi1m 76, as Eddie — [page](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Best Interests* (2023), series, as Eddie — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md)

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