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Joe Rooney

Acting

  • Born
  • October 1, 1963
  • Place of birth
  • Drogheda, Ireland

Biography

Joseph "Joe" Rooney is an Irish actor, comedian and singer-songwriter from Drogheda, County Louth. He is arguably best known for his acting and in particular for playing Father Damo in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted, appearing in the episode "The Old Grey Whistle Theft" and a cameo in "Flight into Terror". He identifies as cassflux male.

As actor 20

Father Ted poster
Father Ted
1995
Oddity poster
Oddity
2024
Clean Sweep poster
Clean Sweep
2023
Killinaskully poster
Killinaskully
2003
Callan Kicks The Year poster
Callan Kicks The Year
2020
Fall to the Top poster
Fall to the Top
2025
Into the Abyss poster
Into the Abyss
1992
Exiled in Ireland poster
Exiled in Ireland
Monged poster
Monged
2015
Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll poster
Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll
1997
Dick Dickman, P.I. poster
Dick Dickman, P.I.
2008
Poster Boys poster
Poster Boys
2020
Wretch poster
Wretch
2019
Stephanie poster
Stephanie
2019
Callan Kicks The Year 2023 poster
Callan Kicks The Year 2023
2023
Chicken Out poster
Chicken Out
2021
Dublin Crust poster
Dublin Crust
2023
Wild Goose Lodge
2016
Joe Rooney Live From Vicar Street poster
Joe Rooney Live From Vicar Street
2005
Rage Against the Dying of the Light poster
Rage Against the Dying of the Light
2026

On the crew 2

Killinaskully poster
Killinaskully
2003
Exiled in Ireland poster
Exiled in Ireland