Martin McCann

Known for ActingBorn 1983-07-20 (age 42)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Pacific

Blue Lights

Ripper Street

Vera

Property of the State

Titanic: Blood and Steel

The Frankenstein Chronicles

Bobby Sands: 66 Days

Republic of Doyle

Storyland

Coward

Hostage

My Name Is Emily

'71

Trespasses

X+Y

The Informer

My Boy Jack

Calibre

Boogaloo and Graham

Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne

The Survivalist

Killing Bono

Magpie

Closing the Ring

Wildfire

Lost Lives

Lost in London

Death and Nightingales

Shadow Dancer

Jump

Clash of the Titans

Maze

Here Before

Red Light

The Rezort

Last Sentinel

Whole Lotta Sole

Wolf

Justice Dot Net

On the Edge

Just Johnny

Stalker

Father Father

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Cry Rosa

Fractured City

Hollow