Martin McCann
41 movies · 13 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 20, 1983 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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.
Read the full biography
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
Martin McCann: movies and TV shows
Acting (54)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Fight
as Edward
- Upcoming The Way of the Wind
as Marcellus
- 2026 Skintown
as Kyle Brown
- 2025
- 2025
- 2023
- 2023 Last Sentinel
as Baines
- 2022 Here Before
as Chris
- 2021 Wolf
as Dr. Sullivan
- 2021 Wildfire
as Sean
- 2021 Just Johnny
as Dermot
- 2019 The Informer
as Riley
- 2019
- 2019 Stalker
as Simon
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018 Calibre
as Marcus
- 2018 Justice Dot Net
as Jake De Long
- 2018
- 2017 Cry Rosa
as Mr. McNally
- 2017 Maze
as Oscar
- 2017 Red Light
as Ben
- 2017 Lost in London
as Paddy
- 2016 Property of the State
as Finbar
- 2016 Bobby Sands: 66 Days
as Bobby Sands (voice)
- 2016
- 2016 My Name Is Emily
as Swimming Teacher
- 2015
- 2015 The Rezort
as Lewis Evans
- 2015 The Survivalist
as The Survivalist
- 2015 X+Y
as Michael Ellis
- 2014 '71
as Paul Haggerty
- 2014 Boogaloo and Graham
as Vater
- 2014 Magpie
as The Trickster
- 2012
- 2012 Coward
as Andrew
- 2012 Jump
as Pearse Kelly
- 2012
- 2012 Shadow Dancer
as Brendan
- 2012 The Back of Beyond
as Gabriel
- 2011
- 2011 Whole Lotta Sole
as Jimbo
- 2011 Killing Bono
as Bono
- 2010 Hollow
as Marcus
- 2010 Clash of the Titans
as Phaedrus
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 Scapegoat
as Iain Hay Gordon
- 2009 Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
as Occi
- 2009
- 2007 My Boy Jack
as Bowe
- 2007 Closing the Ring
as Jimmy
- 2003 You Looking at Me?
as Martin
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2019