Martin McCann
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.
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful...
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Last Sentinel
as BainesSet in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four exhausted soldiers man Sentinel - a remote...
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'71
as Paul HaggertyA young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons...
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The Informer
as RileyIn New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek...
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X+Y
as Michael EllisA socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a...
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Closing the Ring
as JimmyDuring the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love...
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The Survivalist
as SurvivalistIn a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest....
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Wolf
as Dr. SullivanJacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his...
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Lost in London
as PaddyWithin the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that...
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The Rezort
as LewisThe ReZort, a post apocalyptic safari, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill zombies in...
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Whole Lotta Sole
as JimboIn a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster,...
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Calibre
as MarcusTwo lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting...
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My Boy Jack
as BoweAuthor Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing...
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Shadow Dancer
as BrendanIn 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
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The Way of the Wind
as MarcellusA dramatization of several episodes in the life of Christ.
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Maze
as OscarInspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP...
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Killing Bono
as BonoThe true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars...
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My Name Is Emily
as Swimming TeacherPacked off to a foster home after her father is institutionalized, a rebellious young Irish...
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Justice Dot Net
as Jake De LongJake De Long is one of the top computer programmers in the world. Hiding in an abandoned...
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Boogaloo and Graham
as VaterIn 1970's Belfast two young boys discover the facts of life aided by the help of their pet chickens.
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Jump
as Pearse KellyThe lives of four twenty-somethings collide one fateful New Year's Eve in this twisty, blackly...
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Coward
as AndrewCoward is a 28 minute film set during World War 1 that brings to light some of the brutal...
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Here Before
as ChrisHaunted by the death of her young daughter, a distraught woman develops an all-consuming...
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Wildfire
as SeanThe story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has...
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Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
as OcciBorn in London to single mum Bridget, Austin Byrne returns with her to her hometown in Ireland...
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Hollow
as MarcusAward winning director Rob Sorrenti's latest short film 'Hollow' is a sensitive observation...
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Lost Lives
as uncreditedThis poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in...
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Bobby Sands: 66 Days
as Bobby Sands (voice)By the early 1980s, after two decades of violence and unrest, the situation in Northern Ireland...
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
as PaddyAfter his best friend disappears following a violent argument, a troubled marine must wrestle...
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Property of the State
as FinbarA woman must deal with the devastating effects of having a murderer for a brother.
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Stalker
as SimonIn the remote Scottish Highlands an aging stalker sets his wits and grit against a poacher who...
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Just Johnny
as DermotMaria, Dermot, and their son Johnny live in West Belfast. Their conventional, straightforward...
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Cry Rosa
as Mr. McNallyA music obsessed mixed-race girl questions her identity when she becomes the victim of bullying...
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Red Light
as ManHaving to move away due to his job, a kind man tries to convince his friend, a young prostitute,...
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Vera
as Jack MaddenA sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England,...
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Ripper Street
as Michael DonovanA drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The...
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The Pacific
as Cpl. R.V. Burgin, Sgt. R.V. BurginTrack the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone,...
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Republic of Doyle
as Rory BryneJake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged...
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Blue Lights
as Stevie NeilFollows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response...
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Titanic: Blood and Steel
as Conor McCannBelfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its...
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On the Edge
as KeonDrama anthology championing new film-making talent that serves up a raw slice of real life in...
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Death and Nightingales
as Frank BlessingFermanagh, Irish countryside, 1885. On her 23rd birthday, Beth, who lives on a remote farm with...
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