Biography
Dave Finnegan is an Irish actor best known for playing Mickah Wallace in the 1991 film The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker. A rockabilly busker from Crumlin, Dublin, he was cast after auditions that included a test of his aggression matching the character's truculence.
Finnegan has appeared in other films including Into the West (1992) as the Car Man, The Spirit of Edradour (2015) as Angel, and Because We Are Too Many (2024) as Gerry. He has also performed in The Clan MacLeod. Following the film, he toured with fellow cast members as part of Commitments-related acts and now leads his own soul band, Dave Finnegan’s Commitments, performing around 15 gigs a year. He lives in Glasgow.
