Up and coming Irish actor Robert Sheehan was born in Portlaoise in 1988. He is best known for his roles in television’s “Misfits”,”Love/Hate” and “Red Riding”. His films include “Song of a Raggy Boy” and “Ghostwood”.
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Robert made his debut in Aisling Walsh’s acclaimed feature film Song For A Raggy Boy and went on to appear in a number of feature films includingA Dublin Story, Ghostwood, An Creatur, Summer of the Flying Saucers,Season of the Witch opposite Nicolas Cage and Ron Pearlman for Atlas Entertainment/Relativity Media, Cherrybomb directed by Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn for Generator Entertainment/Little Film Company andKilling Bono directed by Nick Hamm for Cinema Three/Generator.
On television he appeared as a series regular in Foreign Exchange(Magma Film/9 Newtwork Australia) and Young Blades (Insight/PAX TV) as Prince Louis, he also appeared in The Clinic (Parallel Films/RTE), Bel’s Boys (ITV) and Rock Rivals (Shed Productions/ITV) and Bittersweet (RTE)
Robert appeared in the recurring role of BJ in the BAFTA Award winning mini-series Red Riding, a trilogy of films based on the novels of the same name by David Peace – Nineteen Seventy-Four directed by Julian Jarrold,Nineteen Eighty directed by James March and Nineteen Eighty Threedirected by Anand Tucker all for Revolution Films/Channel Four.
Robert appeared as Nathan in the first two series of Misfits, the hit comedy drama produced by Clerkenwell Films for E4, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor in 2009.
He appeared in the leading role of Darren in the first three seasons of Love Hate written by Stuart Carolan, directed by David Caffrey for Octagon Films/RTE for which he was nominated for a Best Actor (TV) IFTA. Other television includes The Borrowers produced by Working Title for BBC, Me and Mrs Jones for Hartswood Films/BBC and the BAFTA Award winning Accusedcreated by Jimmy McGovern and directed by David Blair, also for BBC. He was most recently seen on screen as Simon in The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones directed by Harald Zwart for Constantin Films/Sony Pictures. On stage he appeared at the Old Vic Theatre in the title role inThe Playboy of the Western World, directed by John Crowley. He has recently completed filming leading roles in Begin the Beguine directed by Ari Gold for Grack Films , Anita B for Jean Vigo Italia and on The Road Within for Troika Picture
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