Ardal O'Hanlon was born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Father Ted (1995), My Hero (2000) and Val Falvey TD (2009). He is married to Melanie. They have three children.

Filmography

• How to Get to Heaven from Belfast — Séamus
• 2026You'll Never Believe Who's Dead — John Cosgrove Jr.
• 2025Fran the Man — Jim O'Dea
• Sherlock & Daughter — Mr. Halligan
• Showkids — Charley
• 2024My Freaky Family — Nerlin Flood (voice)
• Return to Paradise — DI Jack Mooney
• The Emerald Isles with Ardal O'Hanlon — Creator
• Extraordinary — Martin (voice)
• 2023The Ghastly Ghoul — Gary
• The Woman in the Wall — Dara
• 2022Nazis, Treasures, and the Quest For Celts — Host
• Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything — Conall Molloy
• Irish Pickers — Narrator
• Derry Girls — Eammon
• 2017Handsome Devil — Donal Roche
• 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves — Father Dougal McGuire (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2016Twice Shy — Brendan O'Meara
• After Hours — Peter Hannigan
• Cucumber — Brian McCoy
• Nelly & Nora — Dad
• Lily's Driftwood Bay — Bull Dozer (voice)
• London Irish — Da
• Death in Paradise — Jack Mooney
• Val Falvey, TD — Val Falvey
• 2009Wide Open Spaces — Myles
• 2008Graham Linehan: Funny Business
• 2008Tales of the Riverbank — Hammy Hamster (voice)
• 2007Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind — Robbie (voice)
• Skins — Kieran
• Blessed
• 2005Comic Aid
• Doctor Who — Brannigan
• 2005The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby — Coconut Tam
• Live at the Apollo
• 2004Stop! You're Killing Me
• Celebrity Mastermind
• 2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe — Robbie (voice)
• My Hero — George Sunday / Thermoman
• Big Bad World
• 1999Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire — Robbie the Reindeer (voice)
• 1998The Butcher Boy — Mr Purcell
• 1997Ardal O'Hanlon - Live from Dublin's Gaiety Theatre
• 1997Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll — Eddie Johnny
• Father Ted — Father Dougal McGuire
• Comic Relief — Father Dougal McGuire
• The Stand Up Show

Appearances as themselves (27)

• Six Nations Greatest Moments — Self
• Pitch Invasion: How the Scottish and Irish Changed Football — Self
• 2024The Geneva Window: Through a Glass Darkly — Self - Presenter
• 2024The Last Priests in Ireland — Self
• 2023Blackadder: A Cunning Story — Self - Contributor
• 2022Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider — Self - Presenter
• 2019Border Country: When Ireland Was Divided — Himself
• 2019Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party — Himself - Presenter
• Six Nations Sin Bin — Self
• Celebrity Catchphrase — Self - Contestant
• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Panellist
• Ireland with Ardal O'Hanlon — Himself
• Taskmaster — Self
• Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled — Self
• 2013Dermot Morgan: Fearless Funnyman — Self
• 2011Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Himself
• 2007Ardal O'Hanlon - Live in Dublin — Himself
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The One Show — Self
• 2005Jack Charlton: The Irish Years — Self
• 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• Parkinson — Self
• Shooting Stars — Self
• Top of the Pops — Self - Host
• The Late Late Show — Self