
Peter McDonald
Biography
Peter McDonald (born 28 January 1972 in Dublin) is an Irish stage and screen actor. He grew up in Mount Merrion in South County Dublin. His mother, Brenda Costigan is a cookery writer and his father, Richard McDonald sells bailer twine. He is related to Leigh McDonald of Australia. He was educated at St Michael's College on Ailesbury Road in Dublin and graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts, English and a Master of Fine Arts, English in 1994.…
Filmography

Kings in Grass Castles
1998 · 9.0

The Penguin
2024 · 8.4

The Last Kingdom
2015 · 8.3

Sea of Souls
2004 · 8.0

Green Wing
2004 · 7.9

A Discovery of Witches
2018 · 7.8

Spooks
2002 · 7.7

The Batman
2022 · 7.7

No Offence
2015 · 7.5

Mandy
2020 · 7.5

Moone Boy
2012 · 7.5

Paths to Freedom
2000 · 7.5

Guy's Dog
1999 · 7.5

Ripper Street
2012 · 7.4

The Damned United
2009 · 7.2

Power Ballad
2026 · 7.1

Saltwater
2000 · 7.1

Dublin Murders
2019 · 7.0

The Dig
2021 · 6.9

Thirteen
2016 · 6.7

Gone
2026 · 6.6

Hollington Drive
2021 · 6.6

Spin the Bottle
2003 · 6.6

This Town
2024 · 6.5

Killing Hitler
2003 · 6.5

Fanny Lye Deliver'd
2019 · 6.3

Felicia's Journey
1999 · 6.3

Mayday
2013 · 6.2

Bagman
2024 · 6.1

Some Voices
2000 · 6.1

Saipan
2025 · 6.0

Festival
2005 · 6.0

I Went Down
1997 · 6.0

Titanic
2012 · 5.9

Blow Dry
2001 · 5.9

England Is Mine
2017 · 5.8

The Stag
2013 · 5.8

Shadow of the Sword
2005 · 5.8

The Opportunists
2000 · 5.7

Don't Tempt Me
2001 · 5.6

Captain Jack
1999 · 5.5

Woken
2024 · 5.4

Wreckers
2011 · 5.2

Nora
2000 · 5.2

Finding Joy
2018 · 5.0

Murder
2016 · 4.8

When Brendan Met Trudy
2000 · 4.4

City of Vice
2008 · 2.7
Murder: The Third Voice
2016 · 1.8
The Family Man
2006 · 0.0
God's Early Work
2004 · 0.0

Spacemen Three
2008 · 0.0
Older Normal People
2020 · 0.0