Bosco Hogan
Born1949 (age 74–75)
Ireland

John Bosco Hogan (born March 1949) is an Irish stage, film, and television actor.

He is well known as the character Dr. Michael Ryan on the television programme Ballykissangel.[1] He appeared in a minor role as convicted felon George Saden in John Boorman's film Zardoz (1974), but his first major film role was as Stephen Dedalus in Joseph Strick's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977), a film adaptation of James Joyce's novel of the same name.[2] His later film credits include roles in The Outsider (1979), Screamtime (1983), In the Name of the Father (1993), Evelyn (2002) and King Arthur (2004).[3] On television he played Jonathan Harker in the 1977 TV version of Count Dracula with Louis Jourdan; Frederick, Duke of York in Prince Regent in 1979; and Edward Ferrars in the 1981 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility.[4] He was a senior policeman for several episodes of the television programme, The Chief (1995).[2]

Hogan appeared in the play A Cry from Heaven by Vincent Woods at the Abbey Theatre in the summer of 2005.[5] He portrayed St. John Fisher in the 2007 season of The Tudors television programme on the Showtime channel.[6] He played a cardinal once again in The Borgias (2011), as Cardinal Piccolomini.[1] Hogan also appears in Season 5 of the television series Vikings (History Channel, 2017) as Lord Abbot at Lindisfarne monastery and in its sequel series Vikings: Valhalla as Aethelred the Unready.[7] Hogan also appears in an episode of Tales of the Unexpected.

His distinctive voice has him regularly working on voiceovers for both advertising and corporate clients in Ireland.[8]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1974ZardozGeorge Saden
1977A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManStephen Dedalus
1978ExposureEugene
1979The OutsiderFinbar Donovan
1983ScreamtimeDoctor
1984Anne DevlinRobert Emmett
1988TaffinThe Builder
1993In the Name of the FatherDefense Counsel
1996Some Mother's SonBritish Captain
1997How to Cheat in the Leaving CertificateNews Reader
2002EvelynFather O'Malley
2004King ArthurBishop Decoy
2005Tara RoadAccountant
2014The InquiryWilliam Martin Murphy
2016The FlagFlint
2018Citizen LaneReverend James Lane
2018We Have Always Lived in the CastleOld Ned
2019The Professor and the MadmanLord Chief Justice
2020The LegionSaul
2021The Last DuelPriest at Duel

References

  1. 1 2 "A beginning full of drama". Independent.ie.
  2. 1 2 "Bosco Hogan". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bosco Hogan | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  4. ↑ "Bosco Hogan". www.aveleyman.com.
  5. ↑ "A Cry From Heaven 2005 (Abbey) | Abbey Archives | Abbey Theatre - Amharclann na Mainistreach". Abbey Theatre.
  6. ↑ "Bosco Hogan | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances". AllMovie.
  7. ↑ "Season 5, Episode 7 of Vikings | MySeries.tv | Series | MySeries". www.myseries.tv.
  8. ↑ "Bosco Hogan". Voicebank Dublin.
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