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Name : Niall O'Brien
Playing Age : 55 - 65
Height : 6'
Hair : Fair
Eyes : Blue
Darling Lilli     Dir: Blake Edwards
Ryans Daughter Dir: David Lean
The Flight of the Doves Dir: Ralph Nelson
The Red Baron Dir: Roger Corman
Excalibur Dir: John Boorman
Gorky Park Dir: Michael Apted
Half Moon Street Dir: Bob Swain
Black Beauty Dir: Caroline Thompson
King Ralph Dir: David S Ward
The Legend of The Pianist on the Ocean Dir: Guiseppi Tornatore
The Emperor's New Clothes Dir: Umberto Passolini, Alan Taylor
Lock up your Daughters Dir: Peter Coe
   
Niall has appeared in innumerable teleplays and drama documentaries as well as several TV series; these include:
The Year of the French Dir: Michael Garvey
Mother Courage Dir: Louis Lenton
Brond Dir: Mike Coeton Jones
Echoes Dir: Maeve Binchy
Night of the Fox Dir: Charles Jarrett
Class of '61 Dir: Gregory Hoblit
18 Months to Balcome Street Dir: Stephen Frears
Langrishe Go Down Dir: David Jones
Lovejoy Dir: Emma Hayter
Investigation Dir: Mike Beckham
The Life and Times of Henry Pratt Dir: Adrian Shergold
A Touch of Frost Dir: Alan Dossor
 
As an Abbey actor of many years standing, Niall has appeared in probably as many as one hundred and fifty productions, these obviously have included the full canon of great Irish plays, and a large number of the international classics. During his years as an actor, he has played all 32 counties of Ireland, 23 states of the Union, and at many of the world's most prestigious venues such as the Moscow Art, The Kennedy Centre and at the British, German and Finnish national theatres and in most of Europe's capital cities. Favourite roles include: Eben ("Desire under the Elms" - Eugene O'Neill), Truffaldino ("The Servant of Two Masters" - Goldoni), Peter ("The Birthday Party" - Pinter), and Banjo ("The Man who came to Dinner" - Kaufman and Hart) Slim ("Of Mice And Men"- Steinbeck).