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Meet the Cork star of Luther who still doesn't get recognised in the street 

Dermot Crowley's role in Luther: The Fallen Sun is the latest chapter in an illustrious screen and stage career for the Douglas native, writes Esther McCarthy
Meet the Cork star of Luther who still doesn't get recognised in the street 

Dermot Crowley as Martin Schenk in Luther: The Fallen Sun, on Netflix.

His screen credits include such iconic projects as a Bond movie, a Star Wars epic and the much-loved Father Ted. His latest thriller spent three weeks as Netflix’s most-watched movie globally.

Yet Cork actor Dermot Crowley goes about his days largely unrecognised - and that is fine with him. Sometimes, he laughs, he notices people trying to place him. “Occasionally, people kind of think they recognise the face but they think I might have been a dentist that they went to a few years ago!” 

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