---
name: "Neil Hannon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/neil-hannon"
fi1m_id: "neil-hannon"
imdb_id: "nm0973252"
tmdb_id: 1227311
wikidata_id: "Q2916110"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "7 November 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T08:45:37.911845+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."
---

# Neil Hannon

## Identity

Neil Hannon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neil-hannon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** neil-hannon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0973252
- **TMDB ID:** 1227311
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2916110
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hannon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2916110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973252/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227311

Composer. Born 7 November 1970 in Derry, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 7 November 1970, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** The Divine Comedy
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 89 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hannon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2916110, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973252/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227311

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Father Ted*](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md) (89)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Holy Motors*](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md) (84)

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## Biography

Neil Hannon is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter and composer. He is the founder and sole constant member of the chamber pop band The Divine Comedy, which he formed in 1989.

Hannon wrote the theme tunes for the television sitcoms *Father Ted* (1995) and *The IT Crowd*. He composed the original music for the film *Holy Motors* (2012) and contributed songs to *LOLA* (2023) and *Wonka* (2023).

Born Edward Neil Anthony Hannon on 7 November 1970 in Derry, he has released numerous albums with The Divine Comedy and received an IFTA Award for his work on *LOLA*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, kids.kiddle.co.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Father Ted* (1995), Fi1m 89, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Holy Motors* (2012), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *The Divine Comedy @ Cirque Royal, Brussels* (2026), Actor
- *Wonka* (2023), as Songs — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonka.md)
- *LOLA* (2023), as Reginald Watson (voice) · Original Music Composer, Songs
- *Neil Hannon: 30 Years of the Divine Comedy* (2021), Director, Writer
- *L'Amie du dimanche* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Divine Comedy - La Maroquinerie acoustic 2016* (2016), Actor
- *The Divine Comedy - Arte Concert* (2016), Actor
- *The Divine Comedy - This is not a Love Song* (2016), Actor
- *The Divine Comedy - Philharmonie de Paris 2015.* (2015), Actor
- *Tindersticks & The Divine Comedy Live.* (2015), Actor
- *Holy Motors* (2012), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/holy-motors.md)
- *The Divine Comedy - Live à Nantes* (2012), Actor
- *Wide Open Spaces* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Divine Comedy Live at the Palladium* (2006), Actor
- *The Divine Comedy's Mysterious World* (2006), Actor
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *The Divine Comedy: A Short Film About A Short Album About Love* (1997), Actor
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Father Ted* (1995), series, as Father Ted Crilly (singing voice) · Writer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *The Divine Comedy- Office Politics Release Party*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![A photograph of Neil Hannon performing with The Divine Comedy at the O2 Academy Bristol, 14 October 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/60274/gallery-e06a106ac797.jpg) A photograph of Neil Hannon performing with The Divine Comedy at the O2 Academy Bristol, 14 October 2019. — Humbledaisy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Neil_1.jpg/1280px-Neil_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Neil Hannon](https://film.one/media/person/60274/gallery-4f4f06e7e224.jpg) Neil Hannon — Chris Barber from Dartford, Kent., UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Neil_Hannon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Choice Music Prize 2007: Choice Music Prize (won), for *Victory for the Comic Muse*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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