Acting
Joe Rooney
Also Known As: Joseph Joe Rooney
Birth Date
October 1, 1963
(62 years old)
Place of Birth
Drogheda, Ireland
Popularity
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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.
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TV Show
Father Ted
Father Damien Lennon
1995 • 1 episode
star6.7
Movie
Oddity
Bernie
2024
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TV Show
Clean Sweep
Mr. Sweeney (Bus Driver)
2023 • 3 episodes
star7.8
TV Show
Killinaskully
2003 • 36 episodes
TV Show
Callan Kicks The Year
2020 • 1 episode
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Movie
Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll
Loco McCann
1997
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Movie
Into the Abyss
Brother
1992
Movie
Exiled in Ireland
Father Doolin
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Movie
Fall to the Top
Little Joe
2025
Movie
Dick Dickman, P.I.
2008
Movie
Callan Kicks The Year 2023
2023
Movie
Monged
Corkfella
2015
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Movie
Wretch
Peter Pringle
2019
star5.8
Movie
Poster Boys
Joe
2020
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Movie
Chicken Out
Mick
2021
Movie
Stephanie
2019
Movie
Wild Goose Lodge
Ribbonman
2016
Movie
Joe Rooney Live From Vicar Street
2005
Movie
Dublin Crust
Terrence
2023
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Movie
Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Self
2026