Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-01-01
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
John Kavanagh
Biography
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.
Known For
as The Seer
as Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio
as The Seer
as Emmett Linscott
as Inspector Michaud
as Parmenion
as Canon Murtagh
as Windsor
as Gatekeeper (voice)
as Jim
as Arturo Toscanini
as Brian Mahon
as Mr. Westmoreland
as Hartnett
as Junior
as Reverend Benham
as The Seer (archive footage)
as Tommy
as Sergeant Maloney
as Dad
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