Peter McDonald Filmography

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Shadow of the Sword

Actors: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter McDonald, Anastasia Griffith, Steven Berkoff, Eddie Marsan

Synopsis: Also (and more pointedly) entitled The Headsman, Simon Aeby's scope period drama Shadow of the Sword uses its narrative to explore conflicts and tensions during the notorious 16th century Inquisition. Nikolaj Coster Waldau and Peter McDonald play Martin and Georg, two men who meet and bond as Read More

2005
Don't Tempt Me

Actors: Victoria Abril, Penélope Cruz, Damián Bechir, Fanny Ardant, Gael García Bernal

Synopsis: Two of Spain's biggest female stars headline this offbeat comedy about the battle of wills between good and evil. Heaven is not getting its fair share of business for the afterlife, so Lola (Victoria Abril), an angel who sings in a nightclub located beyond the pearly gates, is sent to Earth to Read More

11/28/01
Blow Dry

Actors: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett

Synopsis: When the tiny burgh of Keighley lands the rights to host the annual British hairdressing championships, practically every city in the United Kingdom is represented in the competition -- except Keighley itself. It seems the event is team-oriented, and the only suitable local contestants had a huge Read More

3/9/01
When Brendan Met Trudy

Actors: Peter McDonald, Marie Mullen, Pauline McLynn

Synopsis: Brendan (Peter McDonald) is an anal retentive teacher and film buff. One night he goes to a pub and meets Trudy (Flora Montgomery), an outgoing, lively woman who is his complete and utter opposite. Against all odds, Brendan asks her out, and although their first date is disastrous, they gradually Read More

3/9/01
The Opportunists

Actors: Vera Farmiga, Cyndi Lauper, Donal Logue, Peter McDonald, Anne Pitoniak

Synopsis: In this downbeat drama, a reformed criminal finds himself led back to a life of crime. Fresh out of prison, former safecracker Victor Kelly (Christopher Walken) wants to support his daughter Miriam (Vera Farmiga) and Aunt Dierdre (Anne Pitoniak) with his new career in auto repair. But Victor's Read More

8/11/00
Nora

Actors: Roberto Citran, Susan Lynch, Peter McDonald, Ewan McGregor, Aedin Moloney

Synopsis: This period drama is based on the real-life relationship of the great Irish novelist James Joyce and his longtime lover, Nora Barnacle. Aspiring writer James (Ewan McGregor) meets Nora (Susan Lynch) in Dublin in 1904. While she lacks James' interest in literature, she shares his frustrations about Read More

5/19/00
Some Voices

Actors: Daniel Craig, David Morrissey, Kelly MacDonald, Julie Graham, Peter McDonald

2000
Saltwater

Actors: Peter McDonald, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis: Trendy young playwright and screenwriter Conor McPherson (I Went Down, 1997) makes his directing debut with this understated comedy. Widowed fish-and-chips shop owner George Beneventi (Brian Cox) lives in a sleepy coastal town along with his three children. Eldest son Frank (Peter McDonald) helps Read More

2000
Felicia's Journey

Actors: Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian, Peter McDonald, Gerard McSorley

Synopsis: Directed by Atom Egoyan, Felicia's Journey is a low-key psychological thriller about the relationship between a lovesick young woman and an older man with an ugly secret. Felicia (Elaine Cassidy) has lived all of her life in a small village in rural Ireland. She has fallen in love with a boy named Read More

11/12/99
I Went Down

Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Peter Caffrey, Tony Doyle, Antoine Byrne

Synopsis: This Irish-British road movie follows the misadventures of some Irish ex-cons. When Dublin hood Tom French (Tony Doyle) comes down hard on slow-witted Anto (David Wilmot), Git (Peter McDonald) intervenes and then is assigned a mission. He is ordered to travel to Cork to bring back French's friend Read More

6/24/98
Captain Jack

Actors: Bob Hoskins, Peter McDonald, Sadie Frost, Gemma Jones

Synopsis: Robert Young directed this fact-based British comedy-adventure. In 1791, Captain Scoresby sailed from Whitby in northern England to the Arctic. Mariner Captain Jack (Bob Hoskins), obsessed with Scoresby, is troubled by the fact that Scoresby has not been adequately acknowledged and honored in his Read More

1998
Wings: Burnin' Down the House, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Wings' two-part season seven opener, Joe (Tim Daly) has responded to the news that Brian (Steven Weber) has burned down Helen's house by firing Brian from Sandpiper Air -- and further taking legal action against his brother. At the same time, Joe's bride Helen (Crystal Read More

1995
ER: Home

Synopsis: Rushing to Milwaukee after his wife, Jenn (Christine Harnos), and daughter, Rachel (Yvonne Zima), are injured in a car accident, Greene (Anthony Edwards) is relieved to learn that they're all right -- but none too happy with the news that Jenn has been withholding from him. Back in Chicago, Carol (Julianna Margulies Read More

1995