David Patrick O'HaraFilmography

The Departed

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Legendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized crime scene and inspired by the wildly popular 2002 Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs. As the police force attempts to reign in the increasingly Read More

Tristan & Isolde

Actors: James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, David Patrick O'Hara, Mark Strong

Synopsis: One of the great stories of doomed love is given a new screen interpretation in this historical drama. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, King Donnchadh (David O'Hara) of Ireland has become the de facto ruler of England, but one of his underlings, Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell), dreams of Read More

Stander

Actors: Thomas Jane, Dexter Fletcher, David Patrick O'Hara, Deborah Kara Unger, Ashley Taylor

Synopsis: A lawman fed up with the corruption in Apartheid-era South Africa takes to robbing banks in this gritty crime drama from writer/director Bronwen Hughes. The title Stander refers to Andre Stander (Thomas Jane), an ambitious second-generation policeman whose strategies and experience make him the Read More

Den of Lions

Actors: Stephen Dorff, Bob Hoskins, Laura Fraser

Synopsis: Den of Lions stars Stephen Dorff as an undercover agent who infiltrates the criminal empire of Darius Paskevic (Bob Hoskins), a kingpin in the Russian mafia. Complicating the agent's work is his romantic relationship with the criminal mastermind's daughter. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Made

Actors: Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Sean Combs, Famke Janssen, Peter Falk, Faizon Love

Synopsis: In this reunion of Swingers co-stars Jon Favreau (making his feature directorial debut) and Vince Vaughn, the two star in a new Mob comedy set in the underbelly of New York City. Favreau plays Bobby, an aspiring boxer who has a lackluster record but refuses to give up his lifelong dream. Ricky Read More

Fever

Actors: Henry Thomas, David Patrick O'Hara, Bill Duke, Teri Hatcher, Sandor Tecsy

Synopsis: An alienated young man begins to question his own sanity in the wake of a horrible crime in the psychological thriller Fever. Nick Parker (Henry Thomas) is an aspiring artist who spends his evenings working on paintings and teaches art at the local YMCA to make ends meet. Nick has an apartment in Read More

Jesus

Actors: Jeremy Sisto, Jacqueline Bisset, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Debra Messing, Gary Oldman

Synopsis: He was a poor carpenter who never traveled further than 50 miles from his home and died at the age of 33, but his teachings changed the world and he's still followed by hundreds of millions of people around the world, 2,000 years after his death. Jesus, originally produced as a television Read More

Donovan Quick

Actors: Colin Firth, David Patrick O'Hara, Liz Smith, David Westhead

Synopsis: It's said that you can't take on City Hall, but one man takes a game stab at the bus company in this comedy-drama from the U.K. Donovan (Colin Firth) is a genial eccentric who arrives in the small Scottish town of Port Clyde and rents a room in the home of a woman named Lucy (Katy Murphy). Life Read More

The District [TV Series]

Actors: Craig T. Nelson, Jayne Brook, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Synopsis: Craig T. Nelson stars as Jack Mannion, a policeman brought in to fight crime in the nation's capital in this television drama series. After a controversial but successful stint as chief of police in Newark, NJ, Mannion makes a positive impression on Deputy Mayor Mary Ann Mitchell (Jayne Brook) and Read More

Janice Beard 45 W.P.M.

Actors: Eileen Walsh, Rhys Ifans, Patsy Kensit, David Patrick O'Hara, Sandra Voe

Synopsis: In Janice Beard 45 WPM, an eccentric Scottish woman dives headfirst into London's work force, which may or may not be ready for her. Janice (Eileen Walsh) began dealing with an unusual home life from birth; her dad died of a heart attack as she was being born, sending her mother into a funk from Read More

The Match

Actors: Max Beesley, Isla Blair, James Cosmo, Samantha Fox

Synopsis: The first film by {$Mick Davis), The Match is a contemporary romantic comedy set in the idyllic village of Inverdoune nestling in the Scottish Highlands. Wullie Smith is the shy milkman who carries the physical and emotional scars of a childhood tragedy and who is in love with Rosemary, the Read More

The Matchmaker

Actors: Janeane Garofalo, David Patrick O'Hara, Milo O'Shea, Jay O. Sanders, Rosaleen Linehan

Synopsis: An American woman on a business trip in Ireland finds love knocking at her door, no matter how sternly she refuses to answer, in this romantic comedy. Marcy Tizard (Janeane Garofalo) is an assistant to Senator John McGlory (Jay O. Sanders), a congressman from Boston in the midst of a hard-fought Read More

The Devil's Own

Actors: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams

Synopsis: A policeman plays Good Samaritan to a visitor from Ireland, only to discover that he has a potentially deadly secret. Belfast-born Frankie McGuire (Brad Pitt) saw his father gunned down by enemy soldiers at the age of eight, and when he grew up he joined the Irish Republican Army, determined that Read More

The Slab Boys

Synopsis: Screenwriter and director John Byrne transformed his own 1983 off-Broadway play into this coming-of-age comedy-drama that is divided into six segments, each one a different day during one week in the lives of its main characters. Spanky Farrell (Russell Barr), Hector McKenzie (Bill Gardiner), and Read More

Some Mother's Son

Actors: Helen Mirren, Fionnula Flanagan, Aidan Gillen, David Patrick O'Hara, John Lynch

Synopsis: A 1981 hunger strike in a Belfast prison is the historical inspiration for the drama Some Mother's Son, which attempts to focus on the personal dimensions of the event through its portrayal of the families of the striking prisoners. Directed by Terry George, co-author of In the Name of the Father Read More

Braveheart

Actors: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis: Mel Gibson, long-time heartthrob of the silver screen, came into his own as a director with Braveheart, an account of the life and times of medieval Scottish patriot William Wallace and, to a lesser degree, Robert the Bruce's struggle to unify his nation against its English oppressors. The story Read More

The Near Room

Actors: Adrian Dunbar, David Hayman, Peter McDougall

Synopsis: The Near Room, a British crime drama in the noir tradition, tells the story of reporter Charlie Colquhoun (Adrian Dunbar), a man who finds himself the prime suspect in both a kiddie porn ring and a murder. Hired by his ex-wife, Charlie begins his own investigation looking for his daughter, Tommy Read More

Maria's Child

Actors: Yolanda Vasquez, David Patrick O'Hara, Fiona Shaw, Alec McCowen, Sophie Okonedo, Rudi Davies

Synopsis: Written by British TV screenwriter, Malcolm McKay, this is the second of three movies that revolve around the concept of forgiveness. In this comedy, a dancer becomes pregnant. Discovering that her live-in boyfriend has been cheating on her, she kicks him out, but since he is not the Father of Read More

Chimera

Actors: John Lynch, Douglas Mann

Synopsis: Chimera was originally produced for Britain's BBC television network. The title creature is a half man, half ape (Douglas Mann), the product of a hush-hush government project. Journalist John Lynch gets wind of the experiment when his girlfriend dies in a fertility clinic explosion. At the center Read More

The Bridge

Actors: Saskia Reeves, David Patrick O'Hara, Joss Ackland, Anthony Higgins, Rosemary Harris

Synopsis: Middle class Victorians tended to get a lot of mileage out of their peccadillos -- first, by having scruples before engaging in them, then by feeling guilty during the act itself, and finally by endless self-castigation and self-analysis afterward. In this costume romance, Isobel Heatherington has Read More

Fellow Traveler

Actors: Ron Silver, Hart Bochner, Imogen Stubbs, Daniel J. Travanti, Katherine Borowitz

Synopsis: Filmed in Britain, Fellow Traveller is set during the waning days of Hollywood's Communist "witchhunt". The film begins with the suicide of "unfriendly" movie star Hart Bochner; we then briefly flash back to the friendship between Bochner and his close friend, blacklisted writer Ron Silver. Read More

Star Worms II: Attack of the Pleasure Pods

Resurrected

Actors: David Thewlis, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Michael Pollitt, Rudi Davies

Synopsis: The first directorial effort of British screenwriter Paul Greengrass, Resurrected is based on a true story that came to light during the Falklands War. David Thewlis plays an Army private who, after being listed as missing and presumed dead, wanders back into camp, a victim of amnesia. The army Read More

Warcat

Actors: Jannina Poynter, David Patrick O'Hara, Macka Foley, Carl Irwin, Jeffrey C. Hogue

Synopsis: Also released under the title Angel of Vengeance, this film follows the struggle of a young woman as she draws upon her father's experience as a Green Beret to fight off the attacks of an evil gang. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Link

Actors: Terence Stamp, Elisabeth Shue, Steven Pinner, Richard Garnett, David Patrick O'Hara

Synopsis: Richard Franklin directed this horror film that plays like Jane Goodall in Gaslight. Elisabeth Shue is Jane Chase, a graduate student in zoology who volunteers to help Dr. Steven Phillip (Terence Stamp), a professor at the university, with his animal studies. Arriving at his mansion, she is Read More

Armed Response

Actors: David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako

Synopsis: Fred Olen Ray always manages to attract major names to his bargain-basement actioners, and Armed Response is no exception. The scene is Chinatown, where Yakuza boss Mako yearns to get his hands on a stolen jade statue. David Goss, son of retired cop Lee van Cleef and the brother of Vietnam Read More

Comfort and Joy

Actors: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide

Synopsis: Writer/director Bill Forsyth's follow-up to his best film, Local Hero, is another comic exploration of a man undergoing a personal crisis. In Local Hero, the American played by Peter Riegert finds himself enchanted by the people and ambience of a Scottish village he has been dispatched to purchase Read More