---
name: "Phelim Drew"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phelim-drew"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T06:58:34.369901+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."
---

# Phelim Drew

Actor. Born 1 January 1969 in Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, Ireland
- **Active:** 1989–1991
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (1), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phelim_Drew, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2085457, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0237699/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/559208

## Biography

Phelim Drew is an Irish actor. He trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, graduating in 1988, and made his screen debut the following year as Brian in *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989).

His other film credits include *The Commitments* (1991), *Angela's Ashes* (1999) and *King Arthur* (2004). He has also appeared in television series such as *Ripper Street* (2014), *Hidden Assets* (2021) and *The Tourist* (2022). Drew is the son of folk singer Ronnie Drew.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Commitments* (1991), Fi1m 82, as Roddy the Reporter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Fi1m 85, as Brian — [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Anniversary* (2025), as Senator Hunt
- *A Short Horror Film* (2022), as The Narrator
- *The Tourist* (2022), series, as Cassidy's Barman
- *Hidden Assets* (2021), series, as DS Paul Clarke
- *Bless Me Father* (2017), as Fr. William
- *The Drummer and the Keeper* (2017), as Jeremy
- *Clean Break* (2015), series, as Detective Tom Burke
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Serenader
- *Val Falvey, TD* (2009), series, as John Brolly
- *Ronnie Drew: September Song* (2008), Actor
- *The Catalpa Rescue* (2007), as Narrator
- *Speed Dating* (2007), as Dr. Jack Goldenberg
- *Studs* (2006), as Referee Mr. Duffy
- *The Explosive 80s: How Heysel Changed Football* (2005), as Narrator
- *King Arthur* (2004), as Obnoxius Monk
- *Bloom* (2004), as Martin Cunningham
- *Chaos* (2002), as Aspro
- *How Proust Can Change Your Life* (2000), as James Joyce
- *Angela's Ashes* (1999), as Rent Man
- *With or Without You* (1999), as Drinker
- *The Nephew* (1998), as Patsy
- *Sharpe's Battle* (1995), as Donaju
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Donaju
- *Fatal Inheritance* (1991), as Sean
- *The Commitments* (1991), as Roddy the Reporter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), as Brian — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)

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