Martin McCann
1983-07-20 ( 41 years old ) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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.

Movies

Last Sentinel 2023-03-17
Here Before 2022-02-11
Wolf 2021-12-03
Wildfire 2021-09-03
Just Johnny 2021-07-21
Lost Lives 2019-10-10
The Informer 2019-08-30
Father Father 2019-07-13
Stalker 2019-06-30
Calibre 2018-06-22
Cry Rosa 2017-10-19
Maze 2017-09-22
Red Light 2017-08-01
Lost in London 2017-01-19
Fractured City 2016-04-15
The Rezort 2015-06-15
'71 2014-10-10
Magpie 2014-06-09
X+Y 2014-03-13
Coward 2012-09-13
Jump 2012-06-08
Shadow Dancer 2012-02-12
Killing Bono 2011-04-01
Hollow 2010-11-01
Scapegoat 2009-10-26
My Boy Jack 2007-11-11