Martin McCann

Birth Name:

Martin Stephen McCann

Birth Place:

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Profession

Actor, Producer, Soundtrack

Is a patrol of the YouthAction Northern Ireland charity, which operates a large youth arts project
Was nominated for the Rising Star Award at the 2008 Irish Film and Television Awards
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․"
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․"
Joined the YouthAction Northern Ireland's Rainbow Factory, a cross-community drama trop for Catholic and Protestant children
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

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