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Karl Shiels

Karl Shiels

Born

September 25, 1971

Died

July 15, 2019 (47 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

IMDb

Karl Shiels (15 September 1971 – 15 July 2019) was an Irish actor of both stage and screen.

His stage roles included Henry IV, Part 1, Penelope, At Swim-Two-Birds, The Spanish Tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, The Shadow of a Gunman and This Lime Tree Bower. His screen roles included Fair City, Peaky Blinders and Batman Begins.

Known For

Batman Begins
7.7

Batman Begins

Peaky Blinders
8.5

Peaky Blinders

Haywire
5.7

Haywire

Stitches
6.3

Stitches

Veronica Guerin
6.7

Veronica Guerin

Noble

Noble

Driver

6.5

2014

Davin

Damo

0.0

2014

The Walshes

The Walshes

Mr. O'Leary · (1 episode)

8.3

2014

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

Brendan

0.0

2013

Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders

Ryan · (1 episode)

8.5

2013

Stitches

Stitches

Clown Boss

6.3

2012

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Neil Sutherland · (6 episodes)

7.1

2012

Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer

Mulville's Driver / Gunman

5.9

2012

Haywire

Haywire

Goatee

5.7

2011

W.C.

W.C.

Rodney

3.5

2009

Eden

Eden

Breffni Grehan (as Karl Shiels)

4.5

2008

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

Arkham Thug #3

7.7

2005

Capital Letters

Capital Letters

Keely

1.0

2004

Mystics

Mystics

Barry

5.3

2003

Spin the Bottle

Spin the Bottle

Flake

7.0

2003

Intermission

Intermission

Wayne

6.2

2003

Veronica Guerin

Veronica Guerin

Gilligan Gang Member No. 1

6.7

2003

Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill

Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill

Che Guevara

7.0

2003

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

Man with Photographer · (1 episode)

7.9

2002

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

American Major · (1 episode)

7.9

2002

Attachments

Patrick Deely · (16 episodes)

6.0

2000

Getting Close

Getting Close

Philip Gillespie

0.0

1998

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