Lorcan Cranitch

Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor who trained at RADA in London, graduating in 1982, and has also performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He became widely known for playing DS Jimmy Beck in the British crime drama Cracker (1993-1995) and has gone on to a long career across British television, including roles in Fortitude as DI Littlejohn and, in 2021, as Detective Chief Superintendent Jackie Twomey. More recently, he appeared in Series 3 of the Northern Irish police drama Blue Lights in November 2025.