Patrick Bergin

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Patrick Connolly Bergin (born February 4, 1951) is an Irish actor.

He is best known for menacing Julia Roberts in the melodrama Sleeping with the Enemy. Bergin also appeared as Robin Hood in a 1991 TV movie. He most recently played the role of psychotic IRA gunman in Johnny Was, opposite Vinnie Jones and Roger Daltrey.

[edit] Personal life

Bergin was born in Dublin. He later took the name James at confirmation. Bergin stands about 6'4", and was formerly a mathematics teacher. In 1992, Bergin married Paula Frazier, a British woman of Afro-Caribbean descent. They were married in Carapichaima, Trinidad and Tobago.

[edit] Partial filmography

• Mountains of the Moon (1990) as Richard Francis Burton
• Sleeping With the Enemy (1991) as Martin Burney
• Robin Hood (1991) as Robin Hood
• Patriot Games (1992) as Kevin O'Donnell
• Map of the Human Heart (1993) as Walter Russell
• The Ripper (1997) as Inspector Jim Hansen
• The Island on Bird Street (1997) as Stefan
• When the Sky Falls (2000) as Mackey
• Bloom (2003) as the Citizen
• The Boys from County Clare (2003) as Padjo
• Ella Enchanted (2004) as Sir Peter
• Johnny Was (2006) as Flynn
• Connolly (2007) as Jim Larkin
• Ghostwood

[edit] External link

• Patrick Bergin at the Internet Movie Database  Ireland