Martin McCann

Martin McCann

Birthday: 1983-07-20

Place of birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0564901

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Property of the State

Score: 7.3

Bobby Sands: 66 Days

Score: 7.0

Coward

Score: 6.9

'71

Score: 6.8

My Name Is Emily

Score: 6.8

X+Y

Score: 6.7

My Boy Jack

Score: 6.6

The Informer

Score: 6.5

Calibre

Score: 6.5

Wildfire

Score: 6.4

Boogaloo and Graham

Score: 6.4

Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne

Score: 6.3

Killing Bono

Score: 6.3

The Survivalist

Score: 6.2

Closing the Ring

Score: 6.1

Lost Lives

Score: 6.0

Jump

Score: 6.0

Shadow Dancer

Score: 5.9

Clash of the Titans

Score: 5.9

Maze

Score: 5.9

Lost in London

Score: 5.9

Magpie

Score: 5.9

Here Before

Score: 5.6

The Rezort

Score: 5.5

Last Sentinel

Score: 5.4

Wolf

Score: 5.3

Whole Lotta Sole

Score: 5.3

Justice Dot Net

Score: 4.4

Red Light

Score: 3.3

Fractured City

Score: 0.0

The Way of the Wind

Score: 0.0

Father Father

Score: 0.0

Stalker

Score: 0.0

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Score: 0.0

Scapegoat

Score: 0.0

Cry Rosa

Score: 0.0

Hollow

Score: 0.0

The Fight

Score: 0.0

Just Johnny

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Pacific

Score: 7.8

Blue Lights

Score: 7.5

Vera

Score: 7.4

Ripper Street

Score: 7.4

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Score: 7.1

The Frankenstein Chronicles

Score: 7.0

Republic of Doyle

Score: 6.9

Death and Nightingales

Score: 6.1

On the Edge

Score: 5.0