Tommy Tiernan

Known for Acting

6/16/1969(Age 56)

Carndonagh, Donegal, Ireland

Biography

Tommy Tiernan is an Irish comedian, actor, and writer. He is best known for his stand-up career, hosting The Tommy Tiernan Show (2017–present) and playing Gerry in the sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022).

Known For (37 credits)

7.0

Movie

Tommy Tiernan: Tomfoolery

2024

Most recently playing the father on hit show, "Derry Girls," Tommy Tiernan is a whole different breed of comic. This Irishman riffs on the duality of human existence, being two opposites at the same time. He was almost a priest, but his mind was too dirty.

6.0

Tommy Tiernan's Epic West

2022

Tommy Tiernan tells the story of the West of Ireland through the rich body of culture it has inspired in this two part series.

5.9

Movie

Joyride

2022

12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, Mully steals a taxi and is shocked to find a woman, Joy, in the back seat with a baby. A straight-talking solicitor who didn't expect to get pregnant, Joy is struggling with motherhood and planning to give her baby to a friend who will raise the child as her own. She joins Mully on a wild journey across Ireland, stealing cars, hitch-hiking, catching ferries and breaking police barricades.

7.1

Conversations with Friends

2022

Two college students, Frances and Bobbi, forge a strange and unexpected relationship with a married couple.

8.2

Movie

Wolfwalkers

2020

In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when she saves a wild native girl, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

6.7

Movie

Dark Lies the Island

2019

A long standing family feud rocks a small town that comes to a head when the Patriarch of the ruling family decides to upend the status quo. Married to a much younger woman who calls him Daddy, she loves his power but is still in love with her first love, Doggy who is Daddy’s estranged son! Doggy is a criminal running various shady businesses with his dimwit brother, Martin when a mysterious newcomer Richie arrives in town to shake things up. Now watch the fireworks start in this Fargo-esque delight!

4.0

Movie

Tommy Tiernan: Under the Influence

2018

As if receiving instructions from a strange and distant star, Tommy Tiernan takes to the stage refusing to take anything seriously. Let our struggles be mocked and our cares abandoned. Allow yourself be guided by a language loving and theatrical performer with a half thought out plan, no professional qualifications and a mouth with a mind of its own. If anything the glint in his eye is more mischievous than ever and his delight in making people laugh has increased. This new show is all about the heroism of everyday life and the huge effort it takes just to survive the ordinary.

4.4

Movie

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

2018

Morten, a ten-year-old boy, is shrunk to the size of an insect due to a magical fog gun. Soon, he finds himself on his makeshift model ship sailing through a flooded cafe.

4.4

Movie

Dave Allen at Peace

2018

Filmed in homage to his original TV series, this fictionalised account follows Dave Allen from childhood to becoming one of the UK and Ireland's comedy greats, with just a whiskey, a cigarette and nine-and-a-half fingers. Dave Allen is played by Aidan Gillen

7.5

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

2018

Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.

8.1

Derry Girls

2018

Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.

7.0

Movie

The Poor Mouth

2017

An animated adaptation of Flann O’ Brien’s acclaimed 1941 novel in Irish. A biting satire on the highly popular Gaeltacht autobiographies of the time and widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century.