Martin McCann
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 20, 1983 (age 43)
- Birthplace
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
Martin McCann grew up with a brother and sister in the Divis Flats area of Falls Road in Belfast. In 2006 Lord Richard Attenborough cast McCann in his film after seeing him play Alex in a stage production of A Clockwork Orange. Attenborough called Spielberg and recommended McCann. He was invited to LA to audition for 'The Pacific' HBO miniseries, Attenborough sent along scenes from his film for Spielberg to view. McCann was cast in The Pacific as R.V. Burgin. In early 2010 he filmed in Belfast for the new music-comedy Killing Bono, a film about the life of one of Bono's classmates who tries to make it in the music business, only to have his failures and frustrations magnified by the continued rise U2. McCann plays the role of Bono. He has performed on stage in Ireland and on tour. In 2011 Martin won the Irish Film and Television Award for best male performance in a feature film, the nominees in the category were fellow northern Irish man Liam Neeson, Cillian Murphy and Colm Meaney. Martin has become Patron of the charity YouthAction Northern Ireland.
Known For
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Filmography
The Fight
Movie · as Edward
The Way of the Wind
Movie · as Marcellus
Skintown
Movie · as Kyle Brown
Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms
TV · as Tommy Moffat · 3 eps
Hostage
TV · as John Shagan · 5 eps
Trespasses
TV · as Eamonn Lavery · 4 eps
Last Sentinel
Movie · as Baines
Blue Lights
TV · as Stevie Neil · 24 eps
Here Before
Movie · as Chris
Just Johnny
Movie · as Dermot
Wolf
Movie · as Dr. Sullivan
Wildfire
Movie · as Sean
Estate
Movie · as Dan
The Informer
Movie · as Riley
Lost Lives
Movie · as Self (voice)
Stalker
Movie · as Simon
Father Father
Movie
Calibre
Movie · as Marcus
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Movie · as Paddy
Justice Dot Net
Movie · as Jake De Long
Death and Nightingales
TV · as Frank Blessing · 3 eps
On the Edge
TV · as Keon · 1 ep
Lost in London
Movie · as Paddy
Maze
Movie · as Oscar
Red Light
Movie · as Ben
Cry Rosa
Movie · as Mr. McNally
My Name Is Emily
Movie · as Swimming Teacher
Bobby Sands: 66 Days
Movie · as Bobby Sands (voice)
Property of the State
Movie · as Finbar
Fractured City
Movie
X+Y
Movie · as Michael Ellis
The Survivalist
Movie · as The Survivalist
The Rezort
Movie · as Lewis Evans
The Frankenstein Chronicles
TV · as Renquist · 6 eps
'71
Movie · as Paul Haggerty
Boogaloo and Graham
Movie · as Vater
Magpie
Movie · as The Trickster
Shadow Dancer
Movie · as Brendan
Jump
Movie · as Pearse Kelly
Coward
Movie · as Andrew
The Back of Beyond
Movie · as Gabriel
Titanic: Blood and Steel
TV · as Conor McCann · 10 eps
Ripper Street
TV · as Michael Donovan · 1 ep
Killing Bono
Movie · as Bono
Whole Lotta Sole
Movie · as Jimbo
Vera
TV · as Jack Madden · 1 ep
Hollow
Movie · as Marcus
Clash of the Titans
Movie · as Phaedrus
The Pacific
TV · as Cpl. R.V. Burgin, Sgt. R.V. Burgin · 10 eps
Republic of Doyle
TV · as Rory Bryne · 1 ep
Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Movie · as Occi
Scapegoat
Movie · as Iain Hay Gordon
Storyland
TV · as Mr McNally · 1 ep
Closing the Ring
Movie · as Jimmy
My Boy Jack
Movie · as Bowe
You Looking at Me?
Movie · as Martin