- Run Away
2026 Simon Greene
- Missing You
2025 Dominic Calligan
- The Heist Before Christmas
2023 Bank Robber
- Suspect
2022 Danny Frater
- Bloodlands
2021 DCI Tom Brannick
- Stay Close
2021 DS Michael Broome
- James Nesbit: A Game of Two Halves
2020 Himself
- Stan Lee's Lucky Man: The Bracelet Chronicles
2017 Harry Clayton
- Stan Lee's Lucky Man
2016 Harry Clayton
- The Secret
2016 Colin Howell
- Gold
2014 Frank McGunn
- The Missing
2014 Tony Hughes
- Babylon
2014 Commissioner Richard Miller
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 Bofur
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 Bofur
- Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story
2012 Narrator
- Coriolanus
2011 Tribune Sicinius
- Monroe
2011 Gabriel Monroe
- Matching Jack
2010 Connor
- The Way
2010 Jack
- Outcast
2010 Cathal
- Alex Higgins: The People's Champion
2010 Narrator
- The Deep
2010 Clem Donnelly
- Cherrybomb
2009 Crilly
- Five Minutes of Heaven
2009 Joe Griffin
- Occupation
2009 Mike Swift
- Occupation
2009 Mike Swift
- Blessed
2008 Peter
- The Passion
2008 Pilate
- Midnight Man
2008 Max Raban
- Fairy Tales
2008 Hans M. Prince
- James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007 Himself
- Jekyll
2007 Dr. Tom Jackman
- Soccer Aid
2006
- Millions
2005 Ronnie
- Big Dippers
2005 Ray
- Match Point
2005 Detective Banner
- OFI Sunday
2005
- Quite Ugly One Morning
2004 Jack Parlabane
- Wall of Silence
2004 Stuart Robe
- James Nesbitt Presents Eat My Goal
2004 Presenter
- Passer By
2004 Joe Keyes
- Canterbury Tales
2003 Nick Zakian
- Bloody Sunday
2002 Ivan Cooper
- Tractor Tom
2002 Matt (voice)
- Lucky Break
2001 James 'Jimmy' Hands
- Women Talking Dirty
2001 Stanley
- Murphy's Law
2001 DS Tommy Murphy
- Wild About Harry
2000 Walter Adair
- The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
2000 'Mad Dog' Billy Wilson
- Resurrection Man
1998 Ryan
- Waking Ned
1998 Pig Finn
- Cold Feet
1998 Adam Williams
- Welcome to Sarajevo
1997 Gregg
- This Is the Sea
1997 Constable Hubert Porter
- The James Gang
1997 Graham Armstrong
- Jude
1996 Uncle Joe
- Ballykissangel
1996
- TFI Friday
1996
- Go Now
1995 Tony
- Searching
1995 Duncan
- Common As Muck
1994
- Love Lies Bleeding
1993 Niall
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 Yuri
- Hear My Song
1991 Fintan O'Donnell
- Soldier Soldier
1991 Corporal Bryan Casey
- Virtuoso
1989 Young Man
- The End of the World Man
1986 Policeman
- Lovejoy
1986 Jerry Boyle
- ScreenPlay
1986 Niall
- Boon
1986 Martin Mulholland
- Screen Two
1985 Young man
- The Cry
1984 B Special (uncredited)
- Ireland's Rugby Number 10
Narrator
- So You're Going to Die
Liam Gallagher
