highest rated
acting
- Ireland's Rugby Number 10 → Narrator
- So You're Going to Die → Liam Gallagher
- Run Away (TV) → Simon Greene
- Missing You (TV) → Dominic Calligan
- The Coronation Concert → Self
- The Heist Before Christmas → Bank Robber
- Suspect (TV) → Danny Frater
- The John Bishop Show (TV) → Self
- Stay Close (TV) → DS Michael Broome
- Bloodlands (TV) → DCI Tom Brannick
- James Nesbit: A Game of Two Halves → Himself
- DNA Journey (TV) → Self
- Lost Lives → Self (voice)
- James Nesbitt: Disasters That Changed Britain (TV)
- Stan Lee's Lucky Man: The Bracelet Chronicles (TV) → Harry Clayton
- Michael McIntyre's Big Show (TV) → Self
- Stan Lee's Lucky Man (TV) → Harry Clayton
- The Secret (TV) → Colin Howell
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies → Bofur
- The Missing (TV) → Tony Hughes
- Babylon (TV) → Commissioner Richard Miller
- Gold → Frank McGunn
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug → Bofur
- River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand → Self
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey → Bofur
- Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story → Narrator
- The Jonathan Ross Show (TV) → Self
- Monroe (TV) → Gabriel Monroe
- Coriolanus → Tribune Sicinius
- The Way → Jack
- The Deep (TV) → Clem Donnelly
- Outcast → Cathal
- Matching Jack → Connor
- Alex Higgins: The People's Champion → Narrator
- Chris Moyles' Quiz Night (TV) → Self
- Occupation (TV) → Mike Swift
- Five Minutes of Heaven → Joe Griffin
- Cherrybomb → Crilly
- Occupation → Mike Swift
- Fairy Tales (TV) → Hans M. Prince
- The Passion (TV) → Pilate
- Midnight Man (TV) → Max Raban
- Blessed → Peter
- The Graham Norton Show (TV) → Self
- Jekyll (TV) → Dr. Tom Jackman
- The 50 Greatest Television Dramas → Self
- James Ellis: An Actor's Life → Himself
- The One Show (TV) → Self - Guest
- Soccer Aid (TV)
- Match Point → Detective Banner
- Millions → Ronnie
- OFI Sunday (TV)
- The Friday Night Project (TV) → Self - Host
- Big Dippers → Ray
- Wall of Silence → Stuart Robe
- Passer By (TV) → Joe Keyes
- Quite Ugly One Morning → Jack Parlabane
- James Nesbitt Presents Eat My Goal → Presenter
- The Terry and Gaby Show (TV)
- Canterbury Tales (TV) → Nick Zakian
- Top Gear (TV) → Self
- Tractor Tom (TV) → Matt (voice)
- Bloody Sunday → Ivan Cooper
- Murphy's Law (TV) → DS Tommy Murphy
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV) → Self
- Lucky Break → James 'Jimmy' Hands
- Women Talking Dirty → Stanley
- Wild About Harry → Walter Adair
- The Most Fertile Man in Ireland → 'Mad Dog' Billy Wilson
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell → Yuri
- Parkinson (TV) → Self
- Cold Feet (TV) → Adam Williams
- Playing the Field (TV)
- Waking Ned → Pig Finn
- Resurrection Man → Ryan
- Welcome to Sarajevo → Gregg
- This Is the Sea → Constable Hubert Porter
- The James Gang → Graham Armstrong
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks (TV) → Self
- Ballykissangel (TV)
- Ballykissangel (TV) → Leo McGarvey
- Jude → Uncle Joe
- Soccer AM (TV) → Self
- Go Now → Tony
- Common As Muck (TV)
- GMTV (TV) → Self
- Love Lies Bleeding → Niall
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV) → Yuri
- Between the Lines (TV)
- Soldier Soldier (TV) → Corporal Bryan Casey
- Hear My Song → Fintan O'Donnell
- Virtuoso → Young Man
- Lovejoy (TV) → Jerry Boyle
- The End of the World Man → Policeman
- The Cry → B Special (uncredited)
- The Hollywood Greats (TV)
- The Late Late Show (TV) → Self