Ciarán McMenamin

Ciarán McMenamin (born 1 October 1975^[1]) is a Northern Irish^[2] actor, resident in London.

Early life

McMenamin was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where he attended St Michael's College. He earned his B.A. from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1998. He attended drama classes at Ardhowen Youth Theatre before moving on to work with the Ulster Youth Theatre.^[2]

Career

McMenamin has appeared on various BBC and ITV programmes, including 4:50 From Paddington, an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple (starring Geraldine McEwan), in which he played Cedric Crackenthorpe, and in the Channel 4 comedy series The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star. In 1999 he was cast in the title role of the BBC1 television movie David Copperfield.^[3] He co-starred in The Golden Hour (ITV, 2005), playing a doctor.

In January 2009, he appeared in a one-off special episode ("The Grinning Man") of the BBC's Jonathan Creek, playing a grounds keeper. He co-starred in the 2001 movie To End All Wars. In 2008, he played the lead role in the The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce. He won the role of Matt Anderson on the science fiction television programme Primeval. In 2012 he played leading fireman Frederick Barrett in the docudrama Saving The Titanic.^[4]

Awards

• Kenneth Branagh Renaissance Award — Won (June 1997)
• Gold Medal RSAMD — Won (1998)

Filmography

External links

• Ciarán McMenamin at the Internet Movie Database
• Brouwer, Julian (2008). "HE'S S-CIARAN THEM TO DEATH; Irish star bares all as deranged cannibal on run.". Retrieved 18 October 2011. 

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