Bosco Hogan

John Bosco Hogan (born February 1949) is an Irish stage, film, and television actor.

He is well known as the character Dr. Michael Ryan on the television programme Ballykissangel. He appeared in a minor role as convicted felon George Saden in John Boorman's film Zardoz (1974), but his first major film role was as Stephen Dedalus in Joseph Strick's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977), a film adaptation of James Joyce's novel of the same name. His later film credits include roles in The Outsider (1979), Screamtime (1983), In the Name of the Father (1993), Evelyn (2002) and King Arthur (2004). On television he played Jonathan Harker in the 1977 TV version of Count Dracula with Louis Jourdan; Frederick, Duke of York in Prince Regent in 1979; and Edward Ferrars in the 1981 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. He was a senior policeman for several episodes of the television programme, The Chief (1995). He portrayed St. John Fisher in the 2007 season of The Tudors television programme on the Showtime channel. He played a cardinal once again in The Borgias (2011), as Cardinal Piccolomini. Hogan also appeared in an episode of Tales of the Unexpected.

His distinctive voice has him regularly working on voiceovers for both advertising and corporate clients in Ireland.

Hogan attended secondary school at Terenure College, Dublin.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1974 Zardoz George Saden 1977 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Stephen Dedalus 1978 Exposure Eugene 1979 The Outsider Finbar Donovan 1983 Screamtime Doctor 1984 Anne Devlin Robert Emmett 1988 Taffin The Builder 1993 In the Name of the Father Defense Counsel 1996 Some Mother's Son British Captain 1997 How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate News Reader 2002 Evelyn Father O'Malley 2004 King Arthur Bishop Decoy 2005 Tara Road Accountant 2014 The Inquiry William Martin Murphy 2016 The Flag Flint 2018 Citizen Lane Reverend James Lane 2018 We Have Always Lived in the Castle Old Ned 2019 The Professor and the Madman Lord Chief Justice 2020 The Legion Saul 2021 The Last Duel Priest at Duel