The Guard (2011) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Michael McDonagh.

Cast

• Brendan Gleeson as Sergeant Gerry Boyle
• Don Cheadle as FBI agent Wendell Everett
• Liam Cunningham as Francis Sheehy
• Mark Strong as Clive Cornell
• Katarina Čas as Gabriela McBride
• David Wilmot as Liam O'Leary
• Rory Keenan as Garda Aidan McBride
• Laurence Kinlan as Photographer
• Dominique McElligott as Aoife O'Carroll
• Sarah Greene as Sinead Mulligan
• Fionnula Flanagan as Eileen Boyle
• Gary Lydon as Garda Inspector Gerry Stanton
• Mícheál Óg Lane as Eugene Moloney
• Mark O'Halloran as Garda No. 1
• David Pearse as Bartley
• Owen Sharpe as Billy Devaney
• Wale Ojo as Doctor Oleyuwo
• Darren Healy as Jimmy Moody
• Conor Moloney as Detective
• Laura Hitchings as Female Garda
• Pat Shortt as Colum Hennessey

Crew

• John Michael McDonagh — Director
• Flora Fernandez Marengo — Producer
• Chris Clark — Producer
• Andrew Lowe — Producer
• Larry Smith — Director of Photography
• Ed Guiney — Producer
• Joey Burns — Original Music Composer
• John Convertino — Original Music Composer
• Calexico — Original Music Composer
• John Michael McDonagh — Writer

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