Peter Coonan

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title: "Peter Coonan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1984-births", "irish-male-film-actors", "irish-male-television-actors", "living-people", "male-actors-from-dublin-(city)"] description: "Irish actor (born 1984)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Coonan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Irish actor (born 1984) ::

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name	Peter Coonan
image	Peter Coonan at diff 2020.jpg
caption	Coonan at diff 2020
birth_date
birth_place	Dublin, Ireland
occupation	Actor
years_active	2000–present
children	3
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| name = Peter Coonan | image = Peter Coonan at diff 2020.jpg | caption = Coonan at diff 2020 | birth_date = | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2000–present | spouse = | children = 3 Peter Coonan (born 1984) is an Irish actor, notable for his roles in King of the Travellers (2012), and Love/Hate (2011–2014), for which he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards. Other credits include Penance (2018), Dublin Murders (2019), Arracht (2020), The Alienist: Angel of Darkness (2020), Cold Courage (2020), Doineann (2021), Peaky Blinders (2022), and Bad Sisters (2022).

Career

His first notable role was in 2011, when he played Dave 'Dots' Fennel in the Irish crime film Between the Canals. and as Mickey Moorehouse in King of the Travellers (2012). He played a main role as Fran Cooney in the RTÉ One series Love/Hate (2011–2014), for which he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards.

In 2022 he appeared as Connor Dunn in Peaky Blinders, and as Ben in Bad Sisters.

Personal life

In May 2014, Coonan's girlfriend, Kim O'Driscoll, gave birth to their baby girl, Beth, at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin.

They became engaged in 2015. In 2017 their daughter Katie was born.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Saltwater	Rooney
2010	Salt	Vince	Short Film
2011	Between the Canals	Dave "Dots" Fennel
2012	Stalker	Uncle Rudyard
What Richard Did	Bouncer
King of the Travellers	Mickey Moorehouse
2012	What Richard Did	Bouncer
2012	Redline	Sean	Short Film
2013	Doghouse	Doug Stepon	Short Film
2013	A Thousand Times Good Night	Father 2
2014	Jack and Ralph Plan a Murder	Pimp
2014	Get Up And Go	Alex
2014	Deadly	Boney	Short Film
2014	The Guarantee	David Drumm
2015	City of Roses	The Narrator	Short Film
2016	Gridlock	Rory	Short Film
2017	The Drummer and the Keeper	Toss
2018	Penance	Father Eoin O'Donnell (young)	Irish language
The Belly of the Whale	Rooster Collins
We Have Always Lived in the Castle	Bobby Dunham
2018	Earthly Shadows	Padraig	Short Film
2019	Dark Lies the Island	Doggy Mannion
Arracht	Bailey	Irish language
2020	Older	The Wise Man
2021	Doineann	Tomás	Irish language; nominated for IFTA
2023	The Gates	George Sheppard
2024	King Frankie	Frankie	Lead role
Kathleen Is Here	Rory
2024	Amongst The Wolves	Judge
2025	Surviving Earth	Duncan
2025	Trad	Des McAnally
2025	Dear Erin	Paddy	Lead role
TBA	Hokum		Post-production
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–2014	Love/Hate	Francis "Fran" Cooney	24 episodes
2012	Talk It Out	Doctor Garry	2 episodes
2013	An Crisis	Sean Sheehan	Episode: 'Das Boot'
2014	Quirke	Brendan Boyle	Episode: 'Christine Falls'
2016	Wrecking the Rising	Sean Purcell	3 episodes
Je Mo Peil	Himself	4 part Irish language documentary with Lochlann Ó Mearáin about Euro 2016
2019	Dublin Murders	John Naylor	2 episodes
2020	The Alienist: Angel of Darkness	Ding Dong	5 episodes
Cold Courage	Paddy	8 episodes
2021	Hidden Assets	Fionn Brannigan	6 episodes
2022	Peaky Blinders	Connor Dunn	2 episodes
Bad Sisters	Ben	7 episodes
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References

References

1. Clarke, Donald. (22 February 2010). "From mainstream to cutting edge". The Irish Times.
2. "Peter Coonan".
3. Butler, Laura. (14 October 2013). "Losing teeth won Peter his gangster part; Peter Coonan: as 'Fran'".
4. Taylor, Richie. (14 October 2013). "Love/Hate actor Peter Coonan reveals the truth behind brutal bar fight scene".
5. Hutch, Eleanore. (12 May 2014). "Love/Hate's Peter Coonan welcomes baby girl over the weekend".

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