Michael Collins
Known for: Acting
Michael Collins is a Traveller rights activist and one of the best known Irish actors, known for his work in numerous features, shorts and theatre productions. He is best known for “King of the Travellers” and the Irish Soap Opera, “Glenroe”. In 2011, he won the Lifetime Achievement award for his contributions to Irish Traveller rights.
Filmography
Series
Storyland
Ned
2009
Series
Jack Taylor
Sweeper Mangan
2010
Series
Killinaskully
Mikey
2003
Unsettled: From Tinker to Traveller
Narrator (voice)
Film
Der Irland-Krimi: Mädchenjäger
Tom Dunne
2019
Film
Man About Dog
Tiny
2004
Film
Agape
Davie
2022
Film
Legend of the Bog
Foreman
2009
Film
Trojan Eddie
2nd Traveller
1996
Film
Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl
Uncle Martin
2005
Film
King of the Travellers
Francis Moorehouse
2013
Film
Stalker
Karl
2012
Film
Float Like a Butterfly
Uncle Tommy
2019
Film
Strength and Honour
Frankie O’Neill
2007