John Kavanagh

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Acting

John Kavanagh (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish character actor who was a member of the Abbey Theatre company for ten years (1967–1977) before going freelance. He has worked in over 20 films and numerous TV series since 1970. His film credits include Braveheart (1995), The Butcher Boy (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and The Last Duel (2021). On television he is best known for playing The Seer / Pope Leo IV in Vikings (2013–2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), and Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio in The Tudors (2007–2008). He received a Drama Desk Award nomination (1989) for Juno and the Paycock. He is also a singer, having played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s. No other personal details are publicly confirmed.

Filmography

• Bucking Fastard (2026)
• Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen (2024)
• Baltimore (2024)
• The Last Duel (2021)
• Riverdance: The Animated Adventure (2021)
• Supervized (2019)
• Deposits (2017)
• Lost Memories (2017)
• Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
• Horse (2014)
• In Secret (2014)
• The Invisible Woman (2013)
• The Stag (2013)
• The Runway (2010)
• Closing the Ring (2007)
• The Tiger's Tail (2006)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• Alexander (2004)
• The Halo Effect (2004)
• The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind (2004)
• Mystics (2003)
• Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
• Pete's Meteor (2002)
• Sinners (2002)
• Puckoon (2002)
• Last Days in Dublin (2001)
• Vicious Circle (1999)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
• The Butcher Boy (1998)
• The Informant (1997)
• Some Mother's Son (1996)
• Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told (1996)
• Shadow of a Gunman (1995)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Sharpe's Sword (1995)
• Circle of Friends (1995)
• Widows' Peak (1994)
• Love Lies Bleeding (1993)
• Bad Company (1993)
• Into the West (1992)
• Children of the North (1991)
• Arise and Go Now (1991)
• Events at Drimaghleen (1991)
• August Saturday (1990)
• Fools of Fortune (1990)
• Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)
• Joyriders (1988)
• The Storyteller: A Story Short (1988)
• Bellman and True (1987)
• The Fantasist (1986)
• The Price (1985)
• Children in the Crossfire (1984)
• Cal (1984)
• The Country Girls (1983)
• Attracta (1983)
• The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
• Revival: Pearse's Concept of Ireland (1980)
• A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971)
• The McKenzie Break (1970)
• Weeks
• One Sweet Hour