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name: "Lalor Roddy"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T21:19:40.291001+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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# Lalor Roddy

Actor. Born 1 January 1954 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1954, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 2008–present

## Biography

Lalor Roddy is an Irish actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Primarily a theatre performer, he co-founded the Tinderbox Theatre Company in Belfast in 1988 and served as its co-artistic director. He began acting full time after working as a clinical psychologist, having studied psychology at the University of Ulster.

Roddy is known internationally for screen roles including William in *Hunger* (2008), the Catspaw Assassin in *Game of Thrones* (2011), Paddy Barrett in *Grabbers* (2012), and the Priest in *Kneecap* (2024). He has also appeared in *Five Minutes of Heaven* (2009), *Robot Overlords* (2015), *The Devil's Doorway* (2018) and *Unwelcome* (2023). He received an IFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor for *That They May Face the Rising Sun* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Trespasses* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Jimmy McKenna — [page](https://film.one/tv/trespasses.md)
- *Kneecap* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Priest — [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *Hunger* (2008), Fi1m 86, as William — [page](https://film.one/film/hunger.md)

## Also known for

- *Vikings* (2013), Fisherman
- *Grabbers* (2012), Paddy Barrett
- *Robot Overlords* (2015), Swann / Survivor
- *Five Minutes of Heaven* (2009), Landlord
- *Ripper Street* (2012), Birdseller
- *Unwelcome* (2023), Rory
- *The Devil's Doorway* (2018), Father Thomas Riley
- *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017), Leo McMahon

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