
132 minutes
10/25/1996
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

Liam Neeson
as Michael Collins

Aidan Quinn
as Harry Roland

Stephen Rea
as Ned Broy

Alan Rickman
as Eamon de Valera

Julia Roberts
as Kitty Kiernan

Ian Hart
as Joe O'Reilly

Brendan Gleeson
as Liam Tobin

Stuart Graham
as Tom Cullen

Sean McGinley
as Smith

Gerard McSorley
as Cathal Brugha

Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as Collin's Assassin

Charles Dance
as Soames
Richard Ingram
as British Officer
John Kenny
as Patrick Pearse
Ronan McCairbre
as Thomas MacDonagh

Jer O'Leary
as Thomas Clarke

Mike Dwyer
as James Connolly

Martin Murphy
as Captain Lee-Wilson

Gary Whelan
as Hoey

Frank O'Sullivan
as Kavanagh

Frank Laverty
as Sean McKeoin

Owen O'Neill
as Rory O'Connor
Liam De Staic
as Austin Stack

Owen Roe
as Arthur Griffith
Paul Bennett
as Cosgrave
Claude Clancy
as Vaughan's Hotel Clerk

Paul Hickey
as Dublin Castle Soldier

Tom Murphy
as Vinny Byrne
David Gorry
as Charlie Dalton

Gary Lydon
as Squad Youth #1

David Wilmot
as Squad Youth #2

Joe Hanley
as Squad Man #1
Colm Coogan
as Squad Man #2
Aiden Grennell
as Chaplain at Lincoln Jail
Dave Seymour
as Lincoln Taxi Driver

Ian McElhinney
as Belfast Detective

Tony Clarkin
as Soldier on Station

Luke Hayden
as McCrae

Gary Powell
as Black and Tan on Lorry
Max Hafler
as Black and Tan on Lorry
Laura Brennan
as Rosie

Aidan Kelly
as Gresham Hotel Bellboy
Jim Isherwood
as Man Following Broy

Michael James Ford
as Black and Tan

Mal Whyte
as Officer in Bath

Martin Phillips
as Officer in Bed

Aisling O'Sullivan
as Girl in Bed

Malcolm Douglas
as Officer in Park
Brian 'Joker' Mulvey
as Croke Park Hurler
Frank Patterson
as Tenor in Restaurant

Peter O'Brien
as Pianist in Restaurant
Michael McCabe
as Journalist

Vinnie McCabe
as Speaker in the Dail

Alan Stanford
as Vice-Consul McCready
Gary Mullan
as Young Gunman

Barry Barnes
as Free State Soldier

Denis Conway
as Republican #1

Don Wycherley
as Republican #2
Paraic Breathnach
as Santry the Blacksmith
Terry Woods
as Drinker in Pub
Conor Breen
as Drunk (uncredited)

Lesley Conroy
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Karl Dawson
as Tenament Boy (uncredited)
Alan Joyce
as Tenement Tenant (uncredited)
Gareth Molan
as Tenement Boy (uncredited)
Deirdre Mulrooney
as Woman (uncredited)
Joe Redmond
as Kid with Gun (uncredited)
Jean Kennedy Smith
as Woman That Gives Directions to Collins (uncredited)

Ian Dillon
as Bloody Sunday Spectator (uncredited)