Tony Guilfoyle

Tony Guilfoyle (born 30 March 1960) is an Irish actor. He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, and was educated at the Drama Centre from 1970 to 1973. He is best known for his recurring role as the accident-prone Father Larry Duff, in the TV comedy series Father Ted.

In theatre, he is best known for his long collaboration with Quebecois theatre director Robert Lepage and the latter's production company Ex Machina. Included in that association are a staging of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder at the Lincoln Center and world tour, The Geometry Of Miracles performed at the Royal National Theatre and worldwide, The Dragons' Trilogy performed at the Barbican Theatre in London and internationally, and their latest collaboration, Playing Cards: SPADES, the first in a planned tetralogy covering the four suits of deck of playing cards, which played at the Roundhouse in London and internationally. He has other numerous and varied theatre credits, from Shopping and F**king at the Royal Court Theatre in the West End, to The Iceman Cometh at the Almeida Theatre in London, with Kevin Spacey, and Hanif Kureshi's play Outskirts with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

In cinema, Guilfoyle played the lead, Rory, in The Return (1986), for Film Four, and the Magistrate in The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, written and directed by Paul Greengrass. On TV, in addition to playing Father Larry Duff on Father Ted, he starred in the HBO/BBC historical drama Rome, playing Pothinus, an Egyptian eunuch and pharaoh's aide. Other TV credits include a role in a 1985 episode of Juliet Bravo, as unhinged hostage taker Moll Kelly, and brief roles in The Musketeers, Merlin, The Virgin Queen, Fanny Hill, and Bleak House. In 2016, he appeared as the Bishop of Durham, in the Netflix series The Crown. In October 2019, he appeared as Jack Dacre in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1981 Spearhead Sergeant Brawne TV series, episode "Loyalties" 1982 Squadron Flt. Lt. Tony Jackson TV series, episode "The Veteran" 1984 Tucker's Luck Frank TV series, 2 episodes 1985 Juliet Bravo Moll Kelly TV series, episode "Hostage to Fortune" 1985 Black Silk Terry Reed TV series, episode "Winner Stays On" 1986 First Among Equals Shadow Irish Minister TV miniseries, episode "#1.8" 1986 The Return Rory TV movie 1986–2002 Casualty Lyndsey, Watch Commander TV series, 6 episodes 1987 Knights of God Sergeant TV series, 2 episodes 1991–2002 The Bill Reporter, Terry Downey, Security Manager, John Goulding, Mr. Bailey TV series, 5 episodes 1992 Inspector Morse Journalist One TV series, episode "Happy Families" 1992 Between the Lines Dr. Owen-Smith TV series, episode "Nothing Personal" 1994 Wycliffe Bill Clark TV series, episode "The Pea Green Boat" 1995 99-1 Smith TV series, episode "A Game of Two Halves" 1995 Boon Clerk, receptionist TV series, episode "Thieves Like Us" 1995 Shine on Harvey Moon RAF Sergeant TV series, episode "#5.6" 1996 Father Ted Father Larry Duff TV series, 8 episodes 1997 Gobble Mr. George Henderson, Colin's boss TV movie 1997 Birds of a Feather Prison Officer TV series, 2 episodes 1999 The Murder of Stephen Lawrence Magistrate TV movie 2001 Todesstrafe – Ein Deutscher hinter Gittern Officer Henderson TV movie 2002 NCS: Manhunt Patsy O'Brien TV series, episode "Collision Course: Part 1" 2005 The Golden Hour Deacon TV miniseries, episode "#1.2" 2005 Rome Pothinus TV series, episode "Caesarion" 2005 Bleak House Lawyer TV miniseries, episode "#1.15" 2006 The Virgin Queen Sir John Brydges TV miniseries, episode "#1.1" 2006 The Best Man Baxter TV movie 2006 Murder City Dr. Simon Kramer TV series, episode "Death of a Ladies' Man" 2007 Fanny Hill Old Clergyman TV miniseries, episode "#1.1" 2009 The Conservatory (voice) TV short 2009 Wolves The Man TV short 2010 The Eagleman Stag Philip TV short 2010 Traumdeutung (voice) TV short 2012 Merlin Sindri TV series, episode "A Lesson in Vengeance" 2015 The Musketeers Chancellor Dupre TV series, episode "A Marriage of Inconvenience" 2016 The Crown Michael Ramsey, Bishop of Durham TV series, 2 episodes 2017 Decline and Fall Vicar TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2017 Broken Father Patrick TV series, episode "Christina" 2019 Doctors Jack Dacre TV series, episode "Heart to Heart"