Ciarán McMenamin
{{short description|Northern Irish actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ciarán McMenamin
| image = Ciaran-McMenamin-Headshot-01.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|10|1}}
| birth_place = Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
| occupation = Actor, author
| spouse = {{marriage|Annabel Scholey|2017|2023|reason=divorced}} {{cite web | url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/bbc-sixth-commandment-annabel-scholeys-27381892 | title=Annabel Scholey's famous ex-husband and other famous roles | date=24 July 2023 }}
| years_active = 1998–present
| website =
}}
Ciarán McMenamin (born 1 October 1975{{cite web|url=http://www.etufc.com/2010/07/31/ciaranmcmenamin|title=Interview with Ciarán McMenamin|accessdate=14 July 2016|work=Enniskillen Town United Football Club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829083436/http://www.etufc.com/2010/07/31/ciaranmcmenamin/|archive-date=29 August 2018|url-status=dead}}) is a Northern Irish actor and author.{{Cite web |url=http://ciaranmcmenamin.com/ |title=Ciarán McMenamin webpage |access-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010302050141/http://www.ciaranmcmenamin.com/ |archive-date=2 March 2001 |url-status=dead }}
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.
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/copperfield/characters.html|title=Masterpiece Theatre – David Copperfield|publisher=PBS|accessdate=18 October 2011}}
In 2012 he played leading fireman Frederick Barrett in the docudrama Saving The Titanic.{{cite web|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/4869/film-review-saving-the-titanic|title=Film Review: Saving the Titanic|author=Andrew Johnston|date=4 April 2012|publisher=CultureNorthernIreland|access-date=9 December 2018|archive-date=26 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926234622/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/4869/film-review-saving-the-titanic|url-status=dead}}
Books
McMenamin's debut novel Skintown was published 15 May 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/skintown-9781784162733|title = Skintown by Ciaran McMenamin}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/arts/2017/04/20/news/actor-ciaran-mcmenamin-s-debut-novel-skintown-recalls-drink-drugs-and-music-of-90s-997598/|title = Actor Ciaran McMenamin's debut novel Skintown recalls drink, drugs and music of 90s|date = 20 April 2017}} McMenamin's second book The Sunken Road was published 18 February 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-sunken-road-9781473573383|title = The Sunken Road by Ciaran McMenamin}}
Personal life
In 2017, he married English actress Annabel Scholey,{{cite magazine |title=Meet the real-life partners of the cast of BBC's The Split |first=Chloe |last=Best |date=2020-03-10 |magazine=Hello! |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/gallery/2020031086080/the-split-cast-real-life-husbands-wives-partners/1/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |quote=Annabel married Northern Irish actor Ciaran McMenamin in May 2017, and she has previously revealed they are keen to start a family together |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311182751/https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/gallery/2020031086080/the-split-cast-real-life-husbands-wives-partners/1/ |archive-date=2020-03-11 |url-status=live}} divorcing in 2023 {{cite web | url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/bbc-sixth-commandment-annabel-scholeys-27381892 | title=Annabel Scholey's famous ex-husband and other famous roles | date=24 July 2023 }}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="4"| 1998
| Cluck | Martin | short |
| Titanic Town
| Dino/Owen | |
| Rab C. Nesbitt
| Young Man | TV series (1 episode: "Property") |
| The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star
| Jez MacAllister | TV series (6 episodes) |
| rowspan="3"| 1999
| A Rap at the Door | Dermot Millen | |
| The Trench
| Pte. Charlie Ambrose | |
| David Copperfield
| TV movie |
| rowspan="1"| 2000
| Mickey | |
| rowspan="4"| 2001
| Sideshow | Hendrix | short |
| The Last Minute
| Garvey | |
| To End All Wars
| Capt. Ernest 'Ernie' Gordon | |
| Fancy Dress
| Monkey | short |
| rowspan="5"| 2002
| Sunday | Leo Young | TV movie |
| Any Time Now
| Johnny Doherty | TV series (4 episodes) |
| Weird Nature
| Narrator | Six-part nature documentary on the BBC and Discovery Channel |
| Bollywood Queen
| Dean | |
| Birthday Girl
| Donal | TV movie |
| rowspan="4"| 2003
| Lena: The Bride of Ice | | |
| Watermelon
| Adam Collins | TV movie |
| Strange
| Liam | TV series (1 episode: "Costa Burra") |
| The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
| Will Hewer | TV movie |
| rowspan="3"| 2004
| Tomas 'Ta' McKeown | TV series (10 episodes) |
| Agatha Christie's Marple
| Cedric Crackenthorpe | 4.50 from Paddington |
| Silent Witness
| Joe Galvin | TV series (2 episodes: "A Time to Heal") |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| Jericho | D.C. John Caldicott | TV series (4 episodes) |
| The Golden Hour
| Dr. Paul Keane | TV series (4 episodes) |
| rowspan="1"| 2007
| Bryce Waghorn | TV series (6 episodes) |
| rowspan="4"| 2008
| Daniel Hughes | TV movie |
| The Fixer
| Scott Glover | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4") |
| Silent Witness
| Rhys Allen | TV series (2 episodes) |
| The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
| |
| rowspan="3"| 2009
| Glen | TV series (1 episode: "The Grinning Man") |
| Demons
| Quincey | TV series (1 episode: "Suckers") |
| One Hundred Mornings
| Jonathan | |
| rowspan="1"| 2010
| Outcast | Liam | |
| rowspan="3"| 2011
| Primeval | TV series (13 episodes) |
| The Sinking of the Laconia
| Declan McDermott | TV mini-series (2 episodes) |
| 32 Brinkburn Road
| Sid | TV mini-series (4 episodes) |
| rowspan="3"| 2012
| Frederick Barrett | TV movie |
| Jump
| Ross | |
| Lewis
|Nick Addams |TV series (S6:E3 "Fearful Symmetry") |
| rowspan="1"| 2013
| Made in Belfast | Jack Kelly | Theater |
| rowspan="3"| 2014
| Dan Parish | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.6") |
| Land Is God
| Seamus | short |
| Shooting for Socrates
| Sammy McIlroy | |
| rowspan="1"| 2015
| Rapt | Jonathan | TV mini-series (3 episodes) |
| rowspan="5"| 2016
| Heretiks | William Carpenter | |
| Midsomer Murders
| Craig Coffley | TV series (1 episode: "Habeas Corpus") |
| In View
| Denis | |
| Una
| John | |
| Delicate Things
| Jonathan | short |
| rowspan="1"| 2017
| Paula | McGlynn | TV mini-series (2 episodes) |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| William Carpenter | |
| Grace & Goliath
| Marcus | |
| rowspan="1"| 2020
| Rig 45 | Trevor | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2021-2024
| Inspector Finn O'Hare | Main role |
References
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Category:People from Enniskillen
Category:Male film actors from Northern Ireland
Category:Male television actors from Northern Ireland
Category:People educated at St Michael's College, Enniskillen
Category:Actors from County Fermanagh
Category:20th-century male actors from Northern Ireland
Category:21st-century male actors from Northern Ireland
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