Martin McCann Biography

Fast Facts

• Is a patrol of the YouthAction Northern Ireland charity, which operates a large youth arts project
• Won the Irish Film and Television Academy Award for lead actor in a feature film in 2011 for his role as Occi Byrne in "Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne․"
• Was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2008 Irish Film and Television Awards
• Joined the YouthAction Northern Ireland's Rainbow Factory, a cross-community drama trop for Catholic and Protestant children
• His mother helped him find theater roles at a young age such as the Artful Dodger in "Oliver Twist" and lead roles in "Bugsy Malone" and "The Crucible․"
• Received his first feature film role after Lord Richard Attenborough saw him play Alex in a stage production of "A Clockwork Orange" and cast him in his film "Closing the Ring․"
• Quote: "I want to be known as a character actor, because it's more fun to play different people, different roles, different agendas from different places․"
• His theater credits include "Charlotte's Web," "Psycho Beach Party," "1974," "To Have and to Hold" and "To Be Sure․"
• Was invited to audition for his role in "The Pacific" because Richard Attenborough recommended him to Steven Spielberg
• Was featured in an article in "Sunday Life" in 2007