Bergin had a "top 10" hit in Ireland with the song "The Knacker," which tells the story of a person who recycles dead horse carcases and turns them into glue.
Brother of Emmet Bergin
First began acting part-time in the theater while in high school.
Former Math teacher in Ireland.
Former wife is Afro-Caribbean British.
Has a bachelor's degree in Drama in Education.
He and Richard Harris were two of the only Irish actors to play Irishmen in Patriot Games (1992).
He's the son of a senator in the Irish parliament.
Left for London when he was 17 and worked various menial jobs before setting up an experimental theater group called "Mum's Underground".
Originally a high-school drop out, Bergin returned to night school and by his early 20s had become a teacher. He taught juvenile delinquents and children with learning disabilities and pioneered a new teaching program involving puppets and video during the course of this period. He taught for about five years before quitting and taking an extensive tour throughout Europe.
The son a trade union activist and founder of a political theater, Bergin was born and raised in Dublin.
While appearing as everyone from Robin Hood to Dracula on film or TV, he is probably best known to American audiences as the stalking, psychotic husband of Julia Roberts character in the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy (1991).
Worked as a postman, laborer and library assistant during college.