Acting
Martin McCann
EN, DE cinema · 43 credits
Born
20 July 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Fight
The Fight
as Edward
The Way of the Wind
as Marcellus
Skintown
as Kyle Brown
Last Sentinel
as Baines
Here Before
as Chris
Just Johnny
as Dermot
Wolf
as Dr. Sullivan
Wildfire
as Sean
The Informer
as Riley
Lost Lives
as Self (voice)
Stalker
as Simon
Calibre
as Marcus
Justice Dot Net
as Jake De Long
Lost in London
as Paddy
Maze
as Oscar
Red Light
as Ben
Cry Rosa
as Mr. McNally
My Name Is Emily
as Swimming Teacher
Bobby Sands: 66 Days
as Bobby Sands (voice)
Property of the State
as Finbar
X+Y
as Michael Ellis
The Survivalist
as The Survivalist
The Rezort
as Lewis Evans
'71
as Paul Haggerty
Boogaloo and Graham
as Vater
Magpie
2014
Magpie
as The Trickster
Shadow Dancer
as Brendan
Jump
as Pearse Kelly
Coward
as Andrew
The Back of Beyond
as Gabriel
Killing Bono
as Bono
Whole Lotta Sole
as Jimbo
Hollow
as Marcus
Clash of the Titans
as Phaedrus
Scapegoat
2009
Scapegoat
as Iain Hay Gordon
Closing the Ring
as Jimmy
My Boy Jack
as Bowe