Martin McCann

Martin McCann was born on Jul 20, 1983 in UK. Martin McCann's big-screen debut came with Closing the Ring directed by Richard Attenborough in 2007, strarring Jimmy. Martin McCann is known for Blue Lights directed by Gilles Bannier, Jonathan Harden stars as David 'Jonty' Johnston and Sian Brooke as Grace Ellis. Martin McCann has got 1 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Martin McCann achieved is Irish Film and Television Awards. The upcoming new movie Martin McCann plays is Last Sentinel which will be released on Jun 01, 2023.

Martin McCann grew up with a brother and sister in the Falls Road, Divis Flats area of Belfast, Northern Ireland.In 2006 Lord Richard Attenborough cast McCann in his film after seeing him play Alex in a stage production of A Clockwork Orange. He was invited to LA to audition for 'The Pacific' HBO miniseries, 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 he won the Irish Film and Television Award for best male performance in a feature film for 'Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne'. He was also nominated as a 2015 'BAFTA Breakthrough'.His past film credits include the Netflix Original film 'Calibre', Film Four's '71, 'The Survivalist', Michael Lennox's Oscar Nominated and BAFTA winning short film'Boogaloo and Graham' and Terrence Malicks's 'The Last Planet'.Martin has become Patron of the charity YouthAction Northern Ireland.