- Films
- 16
- Avg rating
- 6.17
- Peak run
- 1984’97
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.17
11 rated films
Vote weighted
6.18
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.65
rating spread
Career
40y
1984 to 2023
Total votes
139K
across every film
Best
7.1
The Butcher Boy
Worst
5.6
The Black Dahlia
Newest first
Filmography
| 2023 | Rose's War | Sir Alfred Beit | 5.6 | 1,372 |
| 2021 | Riverdance: The Animated Adventure | The Gatekeeper | 5.6 | 2,716 |
| 2019 | Supervized | Windsor | 5.1 | 1,193 |
| 2013 |  In Secret | Inspector Michaud | 6.1 | 11,168 |
| 2013 |  The Invisible Woman | Rev. William Benham | 6.1 | 11,023 |
| 2010 | The Runway | Seamus | · | 778 |
| 2006 |  The Black Dahlia | Emmett Linscott | 5.6 | 80,462 |
| 1998 | Pete's Meteor | Sergeant Maloney | · | 450 |
| 1997 |  The Butcher Boy | Dr. Boyd | 7.1 | 10,832 |
| 1997 | The Informant | IRA Chief | · | 715 |
| 1995 | Circle of Friends | Brian Mahon | 6.6 | 9,866 |
| 1994 | Widows' Peak | Canon Murtagh | 6.6 | 2,107 |
| 1992 | Into the West | Hartnett | 7.0 | 3,439 |
| 1987 | Bellman and True | Donkey | · | 639 |
| 1986 | The Fantasist | Robert Foxley | · | 446 |
| 1984 | Cal | Skeffington | 6.5 | 1,838 |
Takes
On John Kavanagh
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