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John Kavanagh
Known for: ActingJohn 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.
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אלכסנדר
as Parmenion 
הדליה השחורה
as Emmett Linscott 
פלורנס פוסטר ג'נקינס
as Arturo Toscanini 
בסתר
as Inspector Michaud 
ריברדאנס: הרפתקה מצוירת
as Gatekeeper (voice) 
Supervized
as Windsor 
רווק לסוף שבוע
as Fionan and Little Kevin's Dad 
Baltimore
as Sir Alfred Beit 
האישה הנעלמת
as Reverend Benham 
Father & Son
as John O'Connor 
מעגל של חברים
as Brian Mahon 
Widows' Peak
as Canon Murtagh 
רוקדים בלונאסה
as Father Carlin 
שוליית הקצב
as Dr. Boyd 
Pete's Meteor
as Sergeant Maloney 
בזכות האם
as Cardinal 
Into the West
as Hartnett 
מראה כפולה
as Harry 
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
as Judge Shippen 
Cal
as Skeffington 
The Halo Effect
as Stan