
Interprétation · Né(e) en 1946 · Dublin, Ireland
John Kavanagh (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish character actor who was a member of the Abbey Theatre company for ten years (1967–1977) before going freelance. He has worked in over 20 films and numerous TV series since 1970. His film credits include Braveheart (1995), The Butcher Boy (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and The Last Duel (2021). On television he is best known for playing The Seer / Pope Leo IV in Vikings (2013–2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), and Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio in The Tudors (2007–2008). He received a Drama Desk Award nomination (1989) for Juno and the Paycock. He is also a singer, having played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s. No other personal details are publicly confirmed.

One Sweet Hour
2026
2026 · Tommy

Bucking Fastard
2026
2026 · Mr. Westmoreland

Rose's War
2024
2024 · Sir Alfred Beit

Peacock
2022
2022 · Georgia's Boss

Vikings : Valhalla
2022
2022 · The Seer

Le Dernier Duel
2021
2021 · Le Gris' Priest

Riverdance : L'aventure animée
2021
2021 · Gatekeeper (voice)

Supervized
2019
2019 · Windsor

Lost Memories
2017
2017 · Dad

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
2016 · Arturo Toscanini

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal
2015
2015 · The Seer (archive footage)

Horse
2014
2014 · Junior

En secret
2014
2014 · Inspector Michaud

La femme invisible
2013
2013 · Reverend Benham

Week-end de débauche
2013
2013 · Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad

Vikings
2013
2013 · Pope Leo IV

Titanic : De sang et d'acier
2012
2012 · Edward Carson

Father & Son
2009
2009 · John O'Connor

La guerre et le destin
2007
2007 · Reverend Smith

Les Tudors
2007
2007 · Cardinal Campeggio

The Tiger's Tail
2006
2006 · Harry

Le Dahlia noir
2006
2006 · Emmett Linscott

Alexandre
2004
2004 · Parmenion

The Halo Effect
2004
2004 · Stan

Mystics
2003
2003 · Gerry the Barman

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
2003
2003 · Judge Shippen

Pete's Meteor
2002
2002 · Sergeant Maloney

Sinners
2002
2002 · Frank

Puckoon
2002
2002 · Haggerty

Rebel Heart
2001
2001 · Eugene O'Brien

Vicious Circle
1999
1999 · Charlie Rice

Dancing at Lughnasa
1998
1998 · Father Carlin

Le Garçon boucher
1998
1998 · Dr. Boyd

L'informateur
1997
1997 · IRA Chief

Some Mother's Son
1996
1996 · Cardinal

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
1996 · Voice

Shadow of a Gunman
1995
1995 · Adolphus Grigson

Braveheart
1995
1995 · Craig

Sharpe's Sword
1995
1995 · Father Patrick Curtis

Le cercle des amies
1995
1995 · Brian Mahon

Scarlett
1994
1994 · Jamie O'Hara

Parfum de scandale
1994
1994 · Canon Murtagh

L'Inconnue de Belfast
1993
1993 · Sean Kerrigan

Bad Company
1993
1993 · Patrick Molloy

Sharpe
1993
1993 · Father Curtis

Le Cheval venu de la mer
1992
1992 · Hartnett

Children of the North
1991
1991 · Seamus Reilly

Performance
1991
1991 · Adolphus Grigson

Arise and Go Now
1991
1991 · Father Dade

Events at Drimaghleen
1991
1991 · Superintendent O'Kelly

August Saturday
1990
1990 · Tom Crosbie

Fools of Fortune
1990
1990 · Johnny Lacy

Who Bombed Birmingham?
1990
1990 · Z

Joyriders
1988
1988 · Manager

The Storyteller: A Story Short
1988
1988 · Beggar

Monstres et merveilles
1988
1988 · Beggar

Bellman and True
1987
1987 · Donkey

The Fantasist
1986
1986 · Robert Foxley

ScreenPlay
1986
1986 · Tom Crosbie

Lovejoy
1986
1986 · Hennessey

The Price
1985
1985 · Kearney

The Price
1985
1985 · Kearney

Cal
1984
1984 · Skeffington

The Country Girls
1983
1983 · James
Attracta
1983
1983 · Mr. Devereux

The Ballroom of Romance
1982
1982 · Bowser Egan
Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland
1980
1980 · Patrick Pearse

A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton
1971
1971 · Priest
Vikings : Valhalla
2022