Gary Lydon

Gary Lydon is a British-Irish stage and screen actor from Northolt in England.[1] He is known for playing the Garda Peadar Kearney in The Banshees of Inisherin.[1]

Lydon played Patrick Murray, the counsellor on RTÉ One's The Clinic, from 2003 to 2009,[2] a role for which he won an IFTA for Best Supporting Actor in 2007.[3] He also played Bomber in Pure Mule.[4]

He has performed on stage as Brendan in Borstal Boy and in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b McBride, Charlie (12 February 2015). "'I'm proud to have Connemara blood in me'". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ Pepper, Maria (6 May 2009). "Gary Lydon: From Theatre to TV star". Wicklow People. Retrieved 19 September 2023 – via Independent.ie.
  3. ^ "Winners 2007". IFTA.ie.
  4. ^ "Television: Liam Fay: The Midland Tribune". The Sunday Times. 11 September 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ Fennell, Hilary (21 February 2015). "This much I know: Gary Lydon, actor". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ Sweeney, Tanya (5 November 2021). "Mark O'Halloran: 'I can never retire. I can never afford to be sick, I can never falter'". Independent.ie. Retrieved 19 September 2023.