Acting

John Hewitt

Born May 15, 1951 · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Died November 29, 2008 · aged 57

John Hewitt was a veteran Northern Irish actor best known for his role as John Fletcher in the Billy plays and for the Mike Leigh drama Four Days in July.

Known For

The SquadThe Squad · 1976
The Squad
1976
Movie
Belfast. Four men meet -'for a drink', says Denis. The car is ready in the back alley. The youngest, Terry, isn't drinking. He's begun to have doubts about his new company - and they about him.
LornaLorna · 1987
Lorna
9.01987
MovieTV MovieDrama
In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.
Children of the NorthChildren of the North · 1991
Children of the North
7.71991
MovieThriller
The murders of two MI6 agents in Northern Ireland add up to an explosive political situation.
Life After LifeLife After Life · 1995
Life After Life
10.01995
MovieTV MovieDrama
Leo Doyle, a convicted IRA murderer, is released into the community after 14 years in prison on a scheme to rehabilitate former terrorists. He soon finds that the ceasefire has robbed him of both purpose and identity. Relationships with his family are difficult and reach boiling point when they find that he has rekindled his affair with a former fiancee Roisin, now married with three children.
Four Days in JulyFour Days in July · 1984
Four Days in July
6.61984
MovieDramaTV Movie
Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Too Late to Talk to BillyToo Late to Talk to Billy · 1982
Too Late to Talk to Billy
7.01982
MovieDramaTV Movie
Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First in a multi-year trilogy.
The End of the World ManThe End of the World Man · 1986
The End of the World Man
5.51986
MovieFamily
When some Belfast children find out that city planners intend to "develop" a wooded area called the Glen that the girls use as a retreat from the pressures of city life, they decide to fight back - but in their own way.
A Matter of Choice for BillyA Matter of Choice for Billy · 1983
A Matter of Choice for Billy
6.01983
MovieDramaTV Movie
Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son, Billy, and daughter, Lorna, are in charge of their younger sisters, Ann and Maureen. Second in the trilogy.

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H3H3 · 2001
H3
5.02001
MovieDrama
'H3' is a universal story of endurance and courage set inside Europe's most secure prison, the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. Here, in H3 - the bleakest of all the H-blocks - a group of young republican prisoners hold out for what they believe in, refusing to be labeled as criminals or co-operate with prison authorities. However, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is determined that these Republican prisoners will be treated like all the other common criminals in British jails, ending a special regime which allowed the inmates political status to organise life inside the jail along POW lines. The republican prisoners immediately start a 'no-wash' protest, refusing to wear prison-issue clothes or perform work duties, a protest which results in their being locked in their cells for hours on end without exercise, recreation, reading materials and with only blankets to wear for heat...

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