Don Wycherley

Don Wycherley is an Irish actor. He played Father Cyril MacDuff in Father Ted, Father Aidan O'Connell in Ballykissangel, and Raymond in Bachelors Walk.

Wycherley is a fluent Irish speaker. He is the brother-in-law of actress Tina Kellegher. His father was Florence Wycherley, an independent Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork West from 1957 to 1961.

Career A graduate of St Fachtna's in Skibbereen, Wycherley trained in the Gaiety School of Acting, He played leading man Raymond in RTÉ's Bachelors Walk. In 2001, he appeared in Gerry Stembridge's Black Day at Black Rock, and in Eugene O'Brien's Eden. In 2005, he starred in The Abbey's The Shaughraun. In 2011, he portrayed US Civil War soldier Thomas Francis Meagher in a docuseries "Fág an Bealach". On stage, he has played Paddy Armstrong of the Guildford Four. In 2014 he played a Dingle fisherman in After Sarah Miles by Michael Hilliard Mulcahy. He has performed in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer.

In 2021, he played Minnie Driver's husband in the second season of Modern Love.

In 2023, Wycherley was performing a scripted interaction with disabilities activist Rosaleen McDonagh, at an Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted Dying, when he was inadvertently interrupted by Senator Mary Seery Kearney who misunderstood the nature of the performance.

He is a qualified primary school teacher and, as of 2019, was working in Scoil Assaim, Raheny.

Personal life Wycherly is married to Deirdre. They have three children.

IFTA nominations Wycherley received a number of nominations for IFTA Film & Drama Awards, including: YearCategoryFilmResultLost to 2007 Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television The Running Mate Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) 2007 Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film Speed Dating Brendan Conroy (Kings)