Niall Buggy


Niall Buggy is an Irish actor who has worked extensively on the stage and screen in Ireland, the UK and the US. Some of his better known roles include the lead in Brian Friel's Uncle Vanya, for which he won an Irish Times Theatre Award, and Brian in Dead Funny for which he won an Olivier Award. In Friel’s Aristocrats he won TimeOut, Clarence Derwent, Drama Desk and Obie awards. More recent plays include Penelope by Enda Walsh, Beckett Trilogy and On Blueberry Hill by Sebastian Barry for which he won the Origin theatre award in New York.

Theatre

In 2010, he starred alongside Brenda Blethyn in Edna O'Brien's play Haunted. The 6 date spring tour concluded with a run on the West End.

Filmography

In 1995, Buggy won the Olivier award for Best Comedy Performance for Dead Funny