Facts: - caption: bosco as a young man '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- hogan in '' a portrait of the artist - birth date: 1949 - name: bosco hogan - birth place: ireland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bosco hogan .
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bosco hogan -lrb- born 1949 -rrb- is an irish stage , film , and television actor .he is well known as the character dr. michael ryan on the television programme '' ballykissangel '' .he appeared in a minor role as convicted felon george saden in john boorman 's film '' zardoz '' -lrb- 1973 -rrb- , but his first major film role was as stephen dedalus in joseph strick 's '' a portrait of the artist as a young man '' -lrb- 1977 -rrb- , a film adaptation of james joyce 's novel of the same name .his later film credits include roles in '' the outsider '' -lrb- 1980 -rrb- , '' screamtime '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- , '' in the name of the father '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , '' evelyn '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- and '' king arthur '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- .on television he played jonathan harker in the 1977 tv version of '' count dracula '' with louis jourdan ; frederick , duke of york in '' prince regent '' in 1979 ; and edward ferrars in the 1981 adaptation of '' sense and sensibility '' .he was a senior policeman for several episodes of the television programme , '' the chief '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- .hogan appeared in the play '' a cry from heaven '' by vincent woods at the abbey theatre in the summer of 2005 .he portrayed st. john fisher in the 2007 season of '' the tudors '' television programme on the showtime channel .he played a cardinal once again in '' the borgias -lrb- 2011 -rrb- '' , as cardinal piccolomini .