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Lorcan Cranitch: ‘I’ve been acting for 45 years and I still think that I’m getting away with it’ | Irish Independent

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Lorcan Cranitch's Acting Career

This article features an interview with Irish actor Lorcan Cranitch, who has been acting for 45 years. He discusses his career, which includes roles in popular shows such as 'Cracker', 'Ballykissangel', 'Bloodlands', 'The Crown', 'Bad Sisters', 'Vera', 'Inspector Lewis', and 'Dancing at Lughnasa', as well as stage work.

Early Life and Family

Cranitch was born and raised in Dublin's Harold's Cross area. His parents both worked, and his mother continued working until close to her death, reflecting the work ethic of her generation.

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The article mentions that he is 65 years old and moved to London to study acting in 1980, living there for 17 years.

Lorcan Cranitch: ‘I’ve been acting for 45 years and I still think that I’m getting away with it’

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Fri 4 Oct 2024 at 03:30

Actor Lorcan Cranitch (65) lives in Dublin, where he was born and bred. He moved to London to study acting in 1980, where he lived for 17 years. He became famous as villain DS Jimmy Beck in ‘Cracker’ and has also starred in ‘Ballykissangel’, ‘Bloodlands’, ‘The Crown’, ‘Bad Sisters’, ‘Vera’, ‘Inspector Lewis’ and ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’, and on stage in Mark O’Rowe’s update of Ibsen’s ‘Ghosts’, Brian Friel’s take on Chekhov’s ‘Three Sisters’ and Tom Murphy’s adaptation of his ‘The Cherry Orchard’.

I’m the oldest and we grew up mainly in the Harold’s Cross area. Both my parents worked. When we were of an age where we could get ourselves to school, my mum went back to work in a jeweller’s shop and things like that. She did that almost until the day she died. They both came from a generation where that’s what you did. She loved her work, she could have retired, but she didn’t.