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Pat McCabe

Pat McCabe

Actor and writer · Born March 27, 1955 (71) · County Monaghan, Ireland

Patrick McCabe (born 27 March 1955) is an Irish writer. Known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary—often small-town—Ireland, McCabe has been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for The Butcher Boy (1992) and Breakfast on Pluto (1998), both of which have been made into films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick McCabe (novelist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 27, 1955 (71)
From
County Monaghan, Ireland
Works as
Actor and writer
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 29% in 30 days

What are Pat McCabe's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
28%
Survival
27%
Bonds
22%
Morality
17%
Society
7%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Bittersweet
2
Tense
1
Absurd
1
Hopeful
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Pat McCabe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Pat McCabe's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

6 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Redemption of a Rogue(2020)

    as Blues Man

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Flat Lake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Screenplay · as Scud

  • Perrier's Bounty(2009)

    as Mulligan

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Breakfast on Pluto(2005)

    Novel · Screenplay · as Peepers Egan / Schoolmaster

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • A Mother's Love's a Blessing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Writer

  • The Butcher Boy(1997)

    Novel · Screenplay · as Jimmy the Skite

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 1998 to 2021.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 6: 2 only acting, 3 with another roleWriting4 of 6: 1 only writing, 3 with another role

6 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1990s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew2000s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew2010s2 · 2 acting · 1 crew2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Pat McCabe's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th2

Reviewers score the acting 85/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 88, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Pat McCabe work with?

People who share at least 2 of Pat McCabe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Neil Jordan shares the most, 2.

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Actors

Editors

Producers