''Dead Still'' is a six-part

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television drama series, which premiered on May 18, 2020 on Acorn TV and May 15, 2020 Citytv. The series is a co-production between Ireland's Deadpan Pictures and Canada's

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and is written by John Morton, from a story by John Morton and Imogen Murphy, and directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace. In 2021 Dead Still was nominated for 7 IFTAs at the 17th Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Drama and Best Director.

Premise

''Dead Still'' follows Brock Blennerhasset, a well regarded photographer in 1880s Ireland who specialises in memorial portraiture – photographing the recently deceased – as he is drawn into a series of murders which appear to be linked to his work.

Cast

Michael Smiley Michael Smiley (born 1963) is a Northern Irish comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films ''Kill List'' (2011) and ''The Lobster'' (2015). Early life Smiley was born in 1963 in Belfast and grew up in Holywood with ...

as Brock Blennerhasset * Aidan O'Hare as Frederick Regan, an officer of the D.M.P. *

Eileen O'Higgins Eileen O'Higgins is a Northern Irish actress. Her breakthrough role was in the play ''Hold Your Tongue, Hold Your Dead'' which led to a supporting role in the film ''Brooklyn'' (2015) and ''Mary Queen of Scots'' (2018). Early life O'Higgins gre ...

as Nancy Vickers, Brock's niece and an aspiring actress * Kerr Logan as Conall Malloy, a gravedigger and Brock's assistant *

Jimmy Smallhorne Jimmy Smallhorne is an Irish filmmaker who wrote, directed and acted in his debut feature film ''2by4''. The drama about a closeted gay construction worker in New York City was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival ...

as Cecil Carruthers *

Mark Rendall Mark Rendall (born October 21, 1988) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor whose roles include the lead in the 2004 film, ''Childstar'' and Mick in season 1 of the Canadian television drama series ''ReGenesis''. He played Bastian Bux i ...

as Percy Cummins *

Martin Donovan Martin Donovan (born Martin Paul Smith; August 19, 1957) is an American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, such as ''Trust'' (1990), '' Surviving Desire'' (1991), '' Simple Men'' (199 ...

as Bushrod Whacker * Aoife Duffin as Betty Regan *

Peter Campion Peter Campion (born 1976) is an American poet. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA, and from Boston University with an MA. He taught at Washington College, Ashland University, and Auburn University. He currently teaches at Universi ...

as Henry Vickers * Rhys Dunlop as Ronnie Roper * Fiona Bell as Abigail Vickers *

Gemma-Leah Devereux Gemma-Leah Devereux (born 9 August 1990) is an Irish actress. She is known for playing Liza Minnelli in the biographical drama film '' Judy'' (2019) opposite Renée Zellweger. Also as Lady Fitzgerald in the fourth and final season of the telev ...

as Hanna Dubby * Patrick FitzSymons as William Glendinning * Jordanne Jones as Lily Molloy * Laura Murray as Eva Lambert / The Ghost Queen * Mary Murray as Aline Lambert * Lynn Rafferty as Bessie Bulger * Shane Lennon as Harry Farrelly * John Morton as Ossie Burke * Natalia Cooper as Vicenta

Episodes

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