---
name: "Keith McErlean"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/keith-mcerlean"
fi1m_id: "keith-mcerlean"
imdb_id: "nm0568362"
tmdb_id: 58435
wikidata_id: "Q6384739"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T02:11:12.156291+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."
---

# Keith McErlean

## Identity

Keith McErlean

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keith-mcerlean
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** keith-mcerlean
- **IMDb ID:** nm0568362
- **TMDB ID:** 58435
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6384739
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_McErlean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6384739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568362/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58435

Actor. Born 1 January 2000 in Carndonagh.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Carndonagh
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_McErlean, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6384739, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568362/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58435

## Biography

Keith McErlean is an Irish actor from Carndonagh, County Donegal. He graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 1998 and has appeared in productions at the Abbey Theatre and Peacock Theatre.

He is known for his role as Barry in the RTÉ series *Bachelors Walk* (2001–2006) and as Shane Harte in *Raw* (2008–2013). Film credits include Vernon Todmann in *Flyboys* (2006), Barry's Dad in *Sing Street* (2016), John Murray Knox in *Black '47* (2018), Philip in *Nowhere Special* (2020), Barry in *Flora and Son* (2023), and Kyle in *Power Ballad* (2026). He has also appeared in *Vikings* (2013) and *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022).

McErlean received nominations for outstanding actor at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival for his work in *Raw* and *Trivia*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Power Ballad* (2026), Fi1m 63, as Kyle — [page](https://film.one/film/power-ballad.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Power Ballad* (2026), as Kyle — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/power-ballad.md)
- *The Lightkeeper* (2026), as Paddy Joe
- *Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale* (2024), series, as Albie Garston
- *Flora and Son* (2023), as Barry
- *It Is in Us All* (2022), as Gabriel
- *Redemption* (2022), series, as Patrick Fannon
- *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022), series, as Walter
- *Kin* (2021), series, as Con Doyle
- *Black Medicine* (2021), as Richard
- *Nowhere Special* (2020), as Philip
- *Cold Courage* (2020), series, as DS Jason Briggs
- *Modern Love* (2019), series, as Jerry — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-love.md)
- *Ups and Downs* (2019), as Fergus
- *Black '47* (2018), as John Murray Knox
- *Trial of the Century* (2016), series, as James Connolly
- *Sing Street* (2016), as Barry's Dad
- *Goodbye Darling* (2016), as Michael Joseph O'Rahilly
- *Blood Cells* (2014), as Keith
- *Vikings* (2013), series, as Lord Denewulf — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *Trivia* (2011), series, as Adam
- *Raw* (2008), series, as Shane Harte
- *An Teanga* (2007), Actor
- *Flyboys* (2006), as Vernon Toddman
- *Recoil* (2004), Actor
- *The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind* (2004), Actor
- *The Blackwater Lightship* (2004), as Declan
- *Goldfish Memory* (2003), as Red
- *Bachelors Walk* (2001), series, as Barry Boland
- *At Death's Door* (1999), as Tom
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Tommy Doyle

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