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Co-wrote two musicals and has directed plays as well as operas.

Leading figure in Irish theatre and a foremost lecturer and interpreter of the absurdist plays of Samuel Beckett. He has played the role of Vladimir in Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" more than any other living actor.

He played Eamon de Valera in both Caught in a Free State (1983) and The Treaty (1991).

Prolific stage actor, especially in his home country Ireland.

He gave a lecture on James Joyce on the 18th February, 2008 in Dublin.

He is the father of Sam McGovern.

Educated at Castleknock College in Dublin.

Has performed in two one-man touring Beckett shows entitled "I'll Go On" (1985) and "Watt" (2010).

One-time member of the Abbey Theatre Company.