Jonjo O'Neill

Jonjo O'Neill is an actor from Northern Ireland known for his stage and television work. O'Neill was born in Belfast, grew up in the Whiterock Road area and was educated at St Mary's Grammar School. Growing up he was passionate about musical theatre and was a member of Ulster Youth Theatre and performed with the Ulster Theatre Company. In 1996 at the age of 18 he won a place and a full scholarship to the Guildford School of Acting, and moved to England. His first television role was the year he graduated from drama school, in Extremely Dangerous (1999). A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) 2009-2011 ensemble, his roles included Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Orlando in As You Like It, and Launcelot in Morte D'Arthur. His performances during the RSC's six-week residency at Park Avenue Armory in New York were hailed as "forceful" and "irresistible." At the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, O'Neill played the title role in Roxana Silbert's production of Richard III at the Swan Theatre. In 2012 he won praise for his performance in Lucy Prebble's play The Effect at the Royal National Theatre headlining alongside Billie Piper, whom he later appeared alongside in the 2013 fiftieth anniversary episode of Doctor Who: "The Day of the Doctor". He also appeared in "The Mortal Remains," the final vignette in the Coen brothers's film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018).

Bad Sugar (2012)

A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculiarly British take on telenovela style melodramas, played for laughs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Palmer
CAST:  Julia Davis  •  Sharon Horgan  •  Peter Serafinowicz  •  Reece Shearsmith

A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculiarly British take on telenovela style melodramas, played for laughs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Palmer
CAST:  Julia Davis  •  Sharon Horgan  •  Peter Serafinowicz  •  Reece Shearsmith

Defiance (2008)

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Jamie Bell  •  Mia Wasikowska

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Daniel Craig  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Jamie Bell  •  Mia Wasikowska

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)

When aspiring knight Gareth goes in search of a fallen comet rumored to contain gold, he is shocked to instead find the dragon Drago. After Drago saves Gareth's life the two become intricately bonded, and must work together to defeat an evil sorcerer and stop his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Teague
CAST:  Julian Morris  •  Tamzin Merchant  •  Jassa Ahluwalia  •  Ben Kingsley

When aspiring knight Gareth goes in search of a fallen comet rumored to contain gold, he is shocked to instead find the dragon Drago. After Drago saves Gareth's life the two become intricately bonded, and must work together to defeat an evil sorcerer and stop his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Teague
CAST:  Julian Morris  •  Tamzin Merchant  •  Jassa Ahluwalia  •  Ben Kingsley

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)

In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Hurran
CAST:  Matt Smith  •  David Tennant  •  John Hurt  •  Christopher Eccleston

In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Hurran
CAST:  Matt Smith  •  David Tennant  •  John Hurt  •  Christopher Eccleston

On Chesil Beach (2018)

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominic Cooke
CAST:  Saoirse Ronan  •  Billy Howle  •  Emily Watson  •  Anne-Marie Duff

In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominic Cooke
CAST:  Saoirse Ronan  •  Billy Howle  •  Emily Watson  •  Anne-Marie Duff

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

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Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  Tim Blake Nelson  •  James Franco  •  Liam Neeson  •  Tom Waits

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  Tim Blake Nelson  •  James Franco  •  Liam Neeson  •  Tom Waits

Rare Beasts (2021)

Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents' separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billie Piper
CAST:  Billie Piper  •  Lily James  •  David Thewlis  •  Kerry Fox

Mandy is a mother, a writer, a nihilist. Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents' separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billie Piper
CAST:  Billie Piper  •  Lily James  •  David Thewlis  •  Kerry Fox

The Year London Blew Up (2005)

Told through documentary, drama and first-hand accounts, this revealing film is a unique account of the most ruthless IRA bombing campaign ever to hit mainland Britain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Coulthard
CAST:  David Morrissey  •  Michael Colgan  •  Chris O'Dowd  •  Jonjo O'Neill

Told through documentary, drama and first-hand accounts, this revealing film is a unique account of the most ruthless IRA bombing campaign ever to hit mainland Britain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Coulthard
CAST:  David Morrissey  •  Michael Colgan  •  Chris O'Dowd  •  Jonjo O'Neill

As You Like It (2010)

As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous pastoral comedy of love and disguise, is reimagined here with darker, more sombre undertones. Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Delamere
CAST:  Charles Aitken  •  David Carr  •  Dyfan Dwyfor  •  Christine Entwisle

As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous pastoral comedy of love and disguise, is reimagined here with darker, more sombre undertones. Performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Delamere
CAST:  Charles Aitken  •  David Carr  •  Dyfan Dwyfor  •  Christine Entwisle

Oasis (2017)

A Scottish chaplain embarks on an epic journey through space. Based on Michel Faber's 'The Book Of Strange New Things'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Macdonald
CAST:  Richard Madden  •  Flora Spencer-Longhurst  •  Moshidi Motshegwa  •  Aislín McGuckin

A Scottish chaplain embarks on an epic journey through space. Based on Michel Faber's 'The Book Of Strange New Things'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Macdonald
CAST:  Richard Madden  •  Flora Spencer-Longhurst  •  Moshidi Motshegwa  •  Aislín McGuckin

All the Old Knives (2022)

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When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janus Metz
CAST:  Chris Pine  •  Thandiwe Newton  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Laurence Fishburne

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janus Metz
CAST:  Chris Pine  •  Thandiwe Newton  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Laurence Fishburne

Here Before (2022)

Haunted by the death of her young daughter, a distraught woman develops an all-consuming obsession with a girl she believes is her reincarnated child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stacey Gregg
CAST:  Andrea Riseborough  •  Martin McCann  •  Jonjo O'Neill  •  Eileen O'Higgins

Haunted by the death of her young daughter, a distraught woman develops an all-consuming obsession with a girl she believes is her reincarnated child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stacey Gregg
CAST:  Andrea Riseborough  •  Martin McCann  •  Jonjo O'Neill  •  Eileen O'Higgins

Operation Mincemeat (2022)

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Kelly Macdonald  •  Colin Firth  •  Matthew Macfadyen  •  Johnny Flynn

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Madden
CAST:  Kelly Macdonald  •  Colin Firth  •  Matthew Macfadyen  •  Johnny Flynn

RSC Live: The Comedy of Errors (2009)

One of Shakespeare’s early comedies, The Comedy of Errors is a fast-paced farce exploring mistaken identities and relations lost and found. This production was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Clapham Community Project. It was devised specifically for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Hunter
CAST:  David Carr  •  Dyfan Dwyfor  •  Christine Entwisle  •  Mariah Gale

One of Shakespeare’s early comedies, The Comedy of Errors is a fast-paced farce exploring mistaken identities and relations lost and found. This production was captured by Digital Theatre live at the Clapham Community Project. It was devised specifically for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Hunter
CAST:  David Carr  •  Dyfan Dwyfor  •  Christine Entwisle  •  Mariah Gale

The Octopus Nest (2019)

When a family discover a mysterious woman in the back of seven years' worth of their photos, the wife's search for the truth leads her to question the life she's been living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Michell
CAST:  Emily Beecham  •  Kate O'Flynn  •  Jonjo O'Neill  •  Christina Tam

When a family discover a mysterious woman in the back of seven years' worth of their photos, the wife's search for the truth leads her to question the life she's been living.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Michell
CAST:  Emily Beecham  •  Kate O'Flynn  •  Jonjo O'Neill  •  Christina Tam