Mini Biography
McCann born to Anne McCann, he grew up with a brother and sister in the working-class Divis Flats area of Falls Road in Belfast.
Martin joined YouthAction NI's Rainbow Factory in 1992, a cross-community drama project for Catholic and Protestant children.
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, beating fellow northern Irish man Liam Neeson and Cillian Murphy to scoop the award.
McCann has four projects being released in 2012, 'Whole Lotta Sole', 'Shadow Dancer', 'Titanic Blood and Steel', and 'The Silent and the Damned' for Sky Atlantic.
Martin has become Patron of the charity YouthAction Northern Ireland.
Filmography
Apples & Oranges (pre-production)
Artie
2013 Fishbowl City (post-production)
Michael
2013 Republic of Doyle (TV series)
Rory Bryne
2012 Falcón (TV series)
Simón Ortega
2012/I Coward (short)
Andrew
2012 The Back of Beyond (short)
Gabriel
2012/II Jump
Pearse Kelly
2012 Titanic: Blood and Steel (TV series)
Conor McCann
2012 Shadow Dancer
Brendan
2011 Killing Bono
Bono
2011 Stand Off
Jimbo
2010/II Hollow (short)
Marcus
2010 Rickshaw Rick (short)
Ricky
2010 The Pacific (TV mini-series)
Cpl. R.V. Burgin / R.V. Burgin
2010 Clash of the Titans
Phaedrus
2009/II Hero (short)
Jamie
2009 Scapegoat (TV movie)
Iain Hay Gordon
2009 Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Occi Byrne
2007 My Boy Jack (TV movie)
Bowe
2007 The Sound of People (short)
Stephen
2007 Closing the Ring
Jimmy
2006-2007 Dry Your Eyes (TV series)
Various
2005 Endgame (short)
Pete
2004 Pulling Moves (TV series)
Peer
2003 Joy (short)
Mark
1998 The Rules of Golf (short)
Joyrider Kid 2
