Acting · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK · Born July 20, 1983
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.
TVTrespasses
2025
as Eamonn
TVHostage
2025
as John Shagan
TVBlue Lights
2023
as Stevie Neil
MovieLast Sentinel
2023
as Baines
MovieHere Before
2022
as Chris
MovieWolf
2021
as Dr. Sullivan
MovieWildfire
2021
as Sean
MovieJust Johnny
2021
as Dermot
MovieLost Lives
2019
as Self (voice)
MovieThe Informer
2019
as Riley
Father Father
2019
MovieStalker
2019
as Simon
TVDeath and Nightingales
2018
as Frank Blessing
TVOn the Edge
2018
as Keon
MovieCalibre
2018
as Marcus
MovieJustice Dot Net
2018
as Jake De Long
MovieBetween the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
2018
as Paddy
MovieCry Rosa
2017
as Mr. McNally
MovieMaze
2017
as Oscar
MovieRed Light
2017
as Ben
MovieLost in London
2017
as Paddy
MovieProperty of the State
2016
as Finbar
MovieBobby Sands: 66 Days
2016
as Bobby Sands (voice)
Fractured City
2016
MovieMy Name Is Emily
2016
as Swimming Teacher
TVThe Frankenstein Chronicles
2015
as Renquist
MovieThe Rezort
2015
as Lewis
MovieThe Survivalist
2015
as The Survivalist
Movie'71
2014
as Paul Haggerty
MovieBoogaloo and Graham
2014
as Vater
Magpie
2014
as The Trickster
MovieX+Y
2014
as Michael Ellis
TVRipper Street
2012
as Michael Donovan
MovieCoward
2012
as Andrew
MovieJump
2012
as Pearse Kelly
TVTitanic: Blood and Steel
2012
as Conor McCann
MovieShadow Dancer
2012
as Brendan
MovieThe Back of Beyond
2012
as Gabriel
TVVera
2011
as Jack Madden
MovieWhole Lotta Sole
2011
as Jimbo
MovieKilling Bono
2011
as Bono
MovieHollow
2010
as Marcus
MovieClash of the Titans
2010
as Phaedrus
TVThe Pacific
2010
as Cpl. R.V. Burgin, Sgt. R.V. Burgin
TVRepublic of Doyle
2010
as Rory Bryne
Scapegoat
2009
as Iain Hay Gordon
MovieSwansong: Story of Occi Byrne
2009
as Occi
TVStoryland
2009
as Mr McNally
MovieMy Boy Jack
2007
as Bowe
MovieClosing the Ring
2007
as Jimmy
You Looking at Me?
2003
as Martin
The Fight
as Edward
MovieThe Way of the Wind
as Marcellus
