Gerry Conlon — In the Name of the Father Character Profile

About Gerry Conlon

A Belfast burglar mistaken for an IRA sniper, wrongfully convicted in the Guildford bombing, tortured into a forced confession, sentenced to life imprisonment, and eventually exonerated after his father's death and his lawyer's investigation.

Gerry Conlon — Character Profile

Quick Facts about Gerry Conlon

Occupation

screenwriter, writer, human rights defender

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Gerry Conlon's Known Relations

• Giuseppe Conlon — Father

Character Facts

Played by

Daniel Day-Lewis

Appears in

In the Name of the Father (1993)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Gerry Conlon — Professional Client — Gareth Peirce (Emma Thompson)

  Legal representative who uncovers suppressed evidence to secure freedom.

• Gerry Conlon — Alliance Fellow Inmate — Joe McAndrew (Don Baker)

  Prison associates who initially bond over shared incarceration.

• Gerry Conlon — Social Friend — Paul Hill (John Lynch)

  Longtime companions who share the trauma of wrongful imprisonment.

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• Giuseppe Conlon (Pete Postlethwaite)
• Gareth Peirce (Emma Thompson)
• Paul Hill (John Lynch)
• Ronnie Smalls (Frank Harper)
• Robert Dixon (Corin Redgrave)
• Danny (Anthony Brophy)
• IRA Man 1 (Nye Heron)
• Paddy Armstrong (Mark Sheppard)
• Soldier (Stuart Wolfenden)
• Carole Richardson (Beatie Edney)
• Joe McAndrew (Don Baker)
• Chief PO Barker (John Benfield)