John Kavanagh

Known for ActingBorn 1946-01-01 (age 80)Dublin, Ireland

John Kavanagh (born 1946, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish character actor who was a member of the Abbey Theatre company for ten years (1967–1977) before going freelance. He has worked in over 20 films and numerous TV series since 1970. His film credits include Braveheart (1995), The Butcher Boy (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and The Last Duel (2021). On television he is best known for playing The Seer / Pope Leo IV in Vikings (2013–2020) and Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024), and Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio in The Tudors (2007–2008). He received a Drama Desk Award nomination (1989) for Juno and the Paycock. He is also a singer, having played the lead in the Irish stage production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris in the 1970s. No other personal details are publicly confirmed.Read more

Movies & web series

Love Lies Bleeding

August Saturday

Joyriders

The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind

Events at Drimaghleen

Attracta

Vicious Circle

Who Bombed Birmingham?

Vikings

The Storyteller

The Halo Effect

Last Days in Dublin

Sharpe

Braveheart

The Tudors

Vikings: Valhalla

Children of the North

The Last Duel

Sinners

Father & Son

The Price

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Rebel Heart

Lovejoy

Sharpe's Sword

The Ballroom of Romance

Vikings: Athelstan's Journal

Shadow of a Gunman

Children in the Crossfire

The Country Girls

Florence Foster Jenkins

The Butcher Boy

Some Mother's Son

A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton

Bellman and True

The Informant

Scarlett

Fools of Fortune

Widows' Peak

Into the West

Puckoon

Bucking Fastard

Closing the Ring

Circle of Friends

Baltimore

In Secret

Riverdance: The Animated Adventure

Performance