Peter Campion (actor)

For the American poet, see Peter Campion.

Peter Campion
Bornc. 1987/1988 (36–37)
Birr, County Offaly, Ireland
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present
SpouseValerie O'Connor
Children2

Peter Campion (born c. 1987/1988) (sometimes credited as Art Campion)[1] is an Irish actor and presenter. He is best known for his roles in the RTÉ One drama Love/Hate (2010–2011) and the Channel 4 sitcoms London Irish (2013) and Derry Girls (2018–2022).

Early life

Campion grew up in Birr, County Offaly. His family moved to the Dublin suburb of Dartry when he was 12. He attended boarding school Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare for secondary school where he participated in school plays. He moved to London for drama school, training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), going on to graduate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2010.[2]

Career

Upon graduation from Guildhall, Campion played Galanba in the Royal National Theatre production of The White Guard.[3] That same year, he began appearing on television as Stumpy Doyle in Love/Hate and Dr. Jack Flynn in Raw. He starred in the Edinburgh production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore.[4] He played Ronan McCann in the first and second series of the BBC Two Northern Ireland drama 6Degrees. In 2013, he starred as Packy Kennedy in the Channel 4 sitcom London Irish.[5]

In 2015, Campion made his film debut as George Sheridan in Brooklyn. This was followed by the musical Sing Street and the St. Patrick's Day segment of the horror anthology Holidays.[6][7][8] He starred in the Belfast production of The Pillowman.

Campion narrates Irish version of the reality show First Dates.[9] In 2017, he appeared in the EastEnders limited spinoff Kat & Alfie: Redwater and the horror film The Cured.[10]

In 2018, Campion began playing the guest role of Father Peter in the Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls. That same year, he landed the roles of Joe in the second series of Can't Cope, Won't Cope as well as theatre roles in Autumn Royal and Furniture.[11][12] The following year, Campion had a recurring role as Mickey Gibbs in series 5 of the BBC One series Peaky Blinders.

Campion played Henry Vickers in the Acorn TV crime drama Dead Still[13] and the teacher Sweeney in the coming-of-age film Dating Amber in 2020, and the Roman consul Libo in the Sky Atlantic series Domina in 2021.

Personal life

Campion lives in Dublin with actress Valerie O'Connor and their two children.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Brooklyn George Sheridan
Too Shall Pass Tef Short film
2016 Sing Street Evan
Holidays The Man Anthology: St. Patrick's Day
The Flag Hammer
2017 The Cured Luke
6am News Tef Short film
2019 Cynthia David Short film
The Dream Report Narrator (voice) Short film
2020 Dating Amber Sweeney
Gone Viral Fachtna Browne Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Jack Taylor Anthony Bradford-Hemple 2 episodes
2010–2011 Love/Hate Stephen "Stumpy" Doyle 6 episodes (series 1–2)
Raw Dr. Jack Flynn 5 episodes (series 3)
2012–2013 6Degrees Ronan McCann Series 1–2
2013 Lawless Niall Burton Television film
London Irish Patrick "Packy" Kennedy 6 episodes
2016 Trial of the Century Willie Pearse Episode: "The Defence of Patrick H. Pearse"
2016–present First Dates Narrator
2017 Kat & Alfie: Redwater Andrew Kelly 6 episodes
2018–2022 Derry Girls Father Peter Conway 4 episodes
2018 Can't Cope, Won't Cope Joe 5 episodes
2019 Peaky Blinders Mickey Gibbs 3 episodes (series 5)
2020 Dead Still Henry Vickers 5 episodes
2021 Domina Libo 6 episodes
2023 Significant Other Mr. Fitzgerald Episode #1.2
2023–2024 Blue Lights Sully 5 episodes
2024 Faithless Cormac 6 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
TBA Squadron 42 Brian "Weezy" Weiters

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2010 The White Guard Galanba Royal National Theatre, London
2011 Perve Nick Peacock Theatre, Dublin[15]
2012 The Lieutenant of Inishmore Padraic Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
2015 The Pillowman Katurian Lyric Theatre, Belfast
2018 Autumn Royal Timothy Ireland tour
Furniture Ed Mick Lally Theatre, Galway International Arts Festival
2022 The Lonesome West Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

References

  1. ^ Peter Campion at IMDb
  2. ^ Nolan, Larissa (8 April 2018). "Peter Campion: I acted up in London, but risked being a poster boy for Irishness". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. ^ Propst, Andy (25 March 2010). "Review Roundup: The White Guard, Directed by Howard Davies, Opens at London's National Theatre". Theatre Mania. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "The Lieutenant of Inishmore". Royal Lyceum Theatre. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Peter Campion interview". Channel 4. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ Short, Eva (21 April 2016). "The singer not the song – Peter Campion interview". Totally Dublin. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ Collis, Clark (16 March 2016). "Holidays horror movie teaser celebrates St. Patrick's Day". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Love/Hate star loved 'great vibes' on Sing Street set". Independent.ie. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ Blake Knox, Kirsty (30 March 2017). "Meet the former Love/Hate star who narrates First Dates Ireland". Independent.ie. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  10. ^ Flynn, Melanie (3 June 2017). "'Things are about to get a lot more intense in Redwater,' says actor Peter Campion". Independent.ie. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  11. ^ McGorgan, Peter (11 May 2018). "Siobhan McSweeney talks about returning to her theatrical roots in Kevin Barry's new play". Hot Press. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Furniture". Druid Theatre. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  13. ^ Murphy, Niall (31 May 2019). "#IrishTV: RTÉ and Acorn Media Enterprises commission Dead Still from Deadpan Pictures and Shaftesbury". Scannain. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Lapping up the lessons in how to speak Cork". Irish Examiner. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Perve 2011 (Peacock)". Abbey Theatre. Retrieved 26 July 2021.