Personal Info
Birth date
1983-07-20 (42 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Also known as
-Martin McCann
Biography
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.
Filmography
Vera
7.457
Overview:
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.Republic of Doyle
6.9
Overview:
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.Ripper Street
7.417
Overview:
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.The Pacific
7.8
Overview:
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.Clash of the Titans
5.9
Overview:
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.Last Sentinel
5.415
Overview:
Set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth, four exhausted soldiers man Sentinel - a remote military base in a vast ocean that separates two warring continents. While their tour of duty ended three months ago, the relief crew still hasn't arrived and as the empty weeks turn to months, paranoia descends, testing relationships to breaking point...Blue Lights
7.383
Overview:
Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.Titanic: Blood and Steel
7.1
Overview:
Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.The Informer
6.525
Overview:
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.'71
6.802
Overview:
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.On the Edge
5
Overview:
Drama anthology championing new film-making talent that serves up a raw slice of real life in modern Britain.The Frankenstein Chronicles
7
Overview:
Inspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.Closing the Ring
6.129
Overview:
During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.Death and Nightingales
6.1
Overview:
Fermanagh, Irish countryside, 1885. On her 23rd birthday, Beth, who lives on a remote farm with Billy Winters, her tyrannical stepfather, whom she can barely stand, prepares to flee from such a suffocating life with the help of the seductive Liam Ward, without being aware that her decision will unearth deeply buried secrets a long time ago.Calibre
6.482
Overview:
Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.X+Y
6.703
Overview:
A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.The Survivalist
6.231
Overview:
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.Lost in London
5.9
Overview:
Within the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in prison.Maze
5.854
Overview:
Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.Wolf
5.3
Overview:
Jacob, a man who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body, is sent to a clinic by his family where he is forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of "curative" therapies at the hands of The Zookeeper. Jacob’s only solace is the enigmatic Wildcat, with whom he roams the hospital in the dead of night. The two form an improbable friendship that develops into infatuation.The Rezort
5.509
Overview:
The ReZort, a post apocalyptic safari, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill zombies in the wake of an outbreak.Boogaloo and Graham
6.4
Overview:
In 1970s Belfast two young boys discover the facts of life, aided by the help of their pet chickens.Shadow Dancer
5.939
Overview:
In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.My Name Is Emily
6.8
Overview:
Packed off to a foster home after her father is institutionalized, a rebellious young Irish girl resolves to bust her dad out of the hospital where he's been confined.Killing Bono
6.269
Overview:
The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.My Boy Jack
6.586
Overview:
Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.Whole Lotta Sole
5.351
Overview:
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage an assortment of colourful characters, including a man who may be his illegitimate father. Surrounded by the Police, the SAS and the Mobster's crew, the young man must find a way out of his precarious predicament with the help of his oddball captives.Acting
TBAThe Fight as Edward
TBAThe Way of the Wind as Marcellus
2023Blue Lights (12 Episodes) as Stevie Neil
2023Last Sentinel as Baines
2022Here Before as Chris
2021Wolf as Dr. Sullivan
2021Wildfire as Sean
2021Just Johnny as Dermot
2019Lost Lives as Unknown
2019The Informer as Riley
2019Father Father as Unknown
2019Stalker as Simon
2018Death and Nightingales (3 Episodes) as Frank Blessing
2018On the Edge (1 Episode) as Keon
2018Calibre as Marcus
2018Justice Dot Net as Jake De Long
2018Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea as Paddy
2017Cry Rosa as Mr. McNally
2017Maze as Oscar
2017Red Light as Man
2017Lost in London as Paddy
2016Property of the State as Finbar
2016Bobby Sands: 66 Days as Bobby Sands (voice)
2016Fractured City as Unknown
2016My Name Is Emily as Swimming Teacher
2015The Frankenstein Chronicles (6 Episodes) as Renquist
2015The Rezort as Lewis
2015The Survivalist as The Survivalist
2014'71 as Paul Haggerty
2014Boogaloo and Graham as Vater
2014Magpie as The Trickster
2014X+Y as Michael Ellis
2012Ripper Street (1 Episode) as Michael Donovan
2012Coward as Andrew
2012Jump as Pearse Kelly
2012Titanic: Blood and Steel (10 Episodes) as Conor McCann
2012Shadow Dancer as Brendan
2011Vera (1 Episode) as Jack Madden
2011Whole Lotta Sole as Jimbo
2011Killing Bono as Bono
2010Hollow as Marcus
2010Clash of the Titans as Phaedrus
2010The Pacific (10 Episodes) as Cpl. R.V. Burgin, Sgt. R.V. Burgin
2010Republic of Doyle (1 Episode) as Rory Bryne
2009Scapegoat as Iain Hay Gordon
2009Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne as Occi
2007My Boy Jack as Bowe
2007Closing the Ring as Jimmy