Ciarán Sheehan (actor)

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Ciarán Sheehan (born {{Birth year and age|1961}}){{cite web|url = https://rocklandtimes.com/2023/12/07/ciaran-sheehan-phantom-star-to-sing-local-christmas-concert/ | work = Rockland Times | place = Rockland County, New York | title = Ciarán Sheehan: "Phantom" Star to Sing Local Christmas Concert | date = 7 December 2023 | accessdate = 20 January 2025 }} is an Irish-born singer and actor who has appeared in several off-Broadway and Broadway theatre productions.

Born in Dublin,{{cite web|url = https://www.bostonirish.com/arts/broadway%E2%80%99s-ciar%C3%A1n-sheehan-analyzes-his-%E2%80%98show-boat%E2%80%99-role| website = bostonirish.com | title = Broadway's Ciarán Sheehan analyzes his 'Show Boat' role | date = June 29, 2017 | accessdate = November 28, 2024 }} he made his Broadway debut in Les Misérables, playing Babet and understudying Marius Pontmercy.{{cite web|url = https://www.cmientertainment.com/lineups/galway-to-broadway | work = CMI Entertainment Agency | title = Galway to Broadway Starring Ciarán Sheehan & Friends | accessdate = 20 January 2025 }} In 1993, he joined the cast of The Phantom of the Opera, where he played Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny. While he left the Broadway cast in 1995, he played the title character in a Canadian production of the musical between 1995 and 1996.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

He has worked with the Irish Repertory Theatre as an actor appearing in Frank McCourt's The Irish… and How They Got That Way, The Hostage,{{cite web|url = https://playbill.com/article/ciaran-sheehan-stars-in-the-hostage-previews-start-at-irish-rep-oct-20-com-92355 | work = Playbill | title = Ciarán Sheehan Stars in The Hostage; Previews Start at Irish Rep, Oct. 20 | date = 9 October 2000 | accessdate = 20 January 2025 }} Camelot, and Finian's Rainbow.{{cite web|url = http://www.threephantomsinconcert.com/artist-sheehan.asp | website = threephantomsinconcert.com | title = Broadway Nights - Artist Bio - Ciarán Sheehan | accessdate = 19 January 2025 }}

His work as Billy in a Boston-based production of Carousel gained him several best actor nominations,{{fact|date=May 2022}} and his work as Wolfe Tone in Peter Danish's The Final Days of Wolfe Tone in Nashville, Tennessee also received a number of nominations.{{fact|date=May 2022}}{{Clarify|date=January 2025|reason=Nominations from whom? Were these nominations for notable awards? Which awards? }} In film, he won a best actor award from the Cutting Room International Short Film Festival for his role in the 2018 short film The Waiting Room.{{fact|date=May 2022}}