Hunger
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
7.2(1,230) 2008-05-15 96 minDramaHistory
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
WriterEnda Walsh
DirectorSteve McQueen
WriterSteve McQueen
Original Music ComposerDavid Holmes
Original Music ComposerLeo Abrahams
ProducerRobin Gutch
ProducerLaura Hastings-Smith
Cast & characters
Michael Fassbender
as Bobby Sands
Stuart Graham
as Ray Lohan
Liam Cunningham
as Priest
Helena Bereen
as Raymond's Mother
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Laine Megaw
as Raymond's Wife
Brian Milligan
as Davey Gillen
Liam McMahon
as Gerry Campbell
Karen Hassan
as Gerry's Girlfriend
Frank McCusker
as The Governor
Lalor Roddy
as William
Des McAleer
as Mr Sands
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Helen Madden
as Mrs. Sands
Paddy Jenkins
as Hitman
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Geoff Gatt
as Bearded Man
Rory Mullen
as Priest
Ben Peel
as Riot Prison Officer Stephen Graves
B.J. Hogg
as Loyalist Orderly
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Billy Clarke
as Chief MO
Ciaran Flynn
as 12 Year Old Bobby
