Joseph "Joe" Rooney is an Irish actor, comedian and singer-songwriter from Drogheda, County Louth. He is arguably best known for his acting and in particular for playing Father Damo in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, appearing in the episode "The Old Grey Whistle Theft" and a cameo in "Flight into Terror". He identifies as cassflux male.

Filmography

• 2025Fall to the Top — Little Joe
• 2024Oddity — Bernie
• 2023Callan Kicks The Year 2023
• Clean Sweep — Mr. Sweeney (Bus Driver)
• 2023Dublin Crust — Terrence
• 2021Chicken Out — Mick
• Callan Kicks The Year
• 2020Poster Boys — Joe
• 2019Stephanie
• 2019Wretch — Peter Pringle
• 2016Wild Goose Lodge — Ribbonman
• 2015Monged — Corkfella
• 2008Dick Dickman, P.I.
• 2005Joe Rooney Live From Vicar Street
• Killinaskully — Timmy, Timmy Higgins, Writer
• 1997Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll — Loco McCann
• Father Ted — Father Damien Lennon
• 1992Into the Abyss — Brother
• Exiled in Ireland — Father Doolin, Writer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2026Rage Against the Dying of the Light — Self