Martin McCann
Acting
Born 1983-07-20
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
53 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Vera
The Pacific
Ripper Street
Clash of the Titans
Republic of Doyle
Blue Lights
Father Father
Hostage
Storyland
The Informer
Titanic: Blood and Steel
The Frankenstein Chronicles
Last Sentinel
On the Edge
'71
Shadow Dancer
X+Y
Trespasses
Lost in London
Closing the Ring
Calibre
Death and Nightingales
The Survivalist
The Rezort
Maze
My Boy Jack
Wolf
Killing Bono
The Way of the Wind
Stalker
My Name Is Emily
Cry Rosa
You Looking at Me?
Red Light
Boogaloo and Graham
Whole Lotta Sole
Lost Lives
Jump
Wildfire
Here Before
The Back of Beyond
Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Property of the State
Justice Dot Net
Scapegoat
The Fight
Magpie
Just Johnny
Bobby Sands: 66 Days
Hollow
Coward
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Fractured City
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