Conor MacNeill

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| name = Conor MacNeill

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| birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2004–present

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Conor MacNeill is a film, television, and stage actor from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his role as Kenny Kilbane in the BBC Two and HBO series Industry (2020–2024).

Early life and education

MacNeill was born in West Belfast.{{cite web |last=Roy |first=David |date=5 October 2017 |title=Belfast actor Conor MacNeill on West End success The Ferryman |url=https://www.irishnews.com/arts/2017/10/05/news/belfast-actor-conor-macneill-on-west-end-success-the-ferryman-1151442/ |website=The Irish News |access-date=11 January 2025 |url-access=registration}}

Career

In his early career, MacNeill appeared in such films as Fifty Dead Men Walking{{cite web |author= |title=Fifty Dead Men Walking |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013dvb6 |website=BBC |access-date=11 January 2025}} and Peacefire directed by Macdara Vallely. He made a cameo appearance as 'Fanta' in Cherrybomb.{{cite web |author= |title=Cherrybomb |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qwfbs |website=BBC |access-date=11 January 2025}} He also played the character of Dave in Five Minutes of Heaven,{{cite web |author= |title=Five Minutes of Heaven |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jsz96 |website=BBC |access-date=11 January 2025}} which was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=24 January 2009 |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999028.html?categoryId=1061&cs=1 |title='Push' wins big at Sundance Awards |website=Variety |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025223525/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999028?refCatId=1061 |archive-date=25 October 2012}}

He starred as Ciaran MacIonraic in the Irish comedy-drama An Crisis, for which he received a nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy drama series at the 2010 Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo.{{cite web |author= |date=16 April 2010 |title=Golden Nymph Nods for 'An Crisis' & 'The Tudors' |url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4282998&tpl=archnews&force=1 |website=The Irish Film & Television Network |access-date=11 January 2025}}

He performed extensively on stage in Ireland. Acting in productions at Lyric Players' Theatre, Gate Theatre, and Project Arts Centre. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2011 Irish Times Theatre Awards.{{cite web |last=Little |first=Ivan |date=7 January 2017 |title=On the Street and in the Square... the young NI stars landing coveted roles in TV soaps |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/on-the-street-and-in-the-square-the-young-ni-stars-landing-coveted-roles-in-tv-soaps/35347569.html |website=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=11 January 2025 |url-access=subscription}}

In 2011, he appeared, with Brendan Fraser in Whole Lotta Sole{{cite web |url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/featureinterviews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4284752&tpl=archnews |title=Five Minutes With... 'Saving The Titanic' Actor Conor MacNeill |publisher=The Irish Film & Television Network |date=5 April 2012 |access-date=5 April 2012}} directed by Terry George He also appeared alongside David Wilmot in RTÉ's Saving The Titanic playing Frank Bell.{{cite web |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saving-the-titanic-the-remarkable-untold-story-of-the-men-who-tried-to-save-the-ship-premieres-sunday-april-1-2012-at-1000-pm-check-local-listings-on-pbs-2012-03-19 |title=Saving the Titanic: The Remarkable Untold Story of the Men Who Tried to Save the Ship |date=19 March 2012 |agency=PR Newswire |access-date=9 April 2012 |archive-date=1 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401194240/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saving-the-titanic-the-remarkable-untold-story-of-the-men-who-tried-to-save-the-ship-premieres-sunday-april-1-2012-at-1000-pm-check-local-listings-on-pbs-2012-03-19 |url-status=dead}}

MacNeill made his London stage debut in 2012 at the Donmar Warehouse, appearing on stage alongside Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh, directed by Michael Grandage at the Noël Coward Theatre throughout the summer of 2013.{{cite web |last=Craig |first=Zoe |date=24 June 2013 |title=Harry Potter Star Shines In The Cripple of Inishmaan |url=https://londonist.com/2013/06/harry-potter-star-shines-in-the-cripple-of-inishmaan |website=Londonist |access-date=11 January 2025}} In spring 2014, this production transferred to Broadway at the Cort Theatre in New York for a limited run. The show garnered six Tony Award nominations.{{cite web |author= |title=The Cripple of Inishmaan |url=https://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/shows/corttheater/the-cripple-of-inishmaan |website=New York City Theatre |access-date=11 January 2025}}

In 2016, MacNeill appeared in Whit Stillman's film Love & Friendship{{cite web |last=Monaghan |first=Pema |date=19 July 2016 |title=Review: Love & Friendship |url=https://pelicanmagazine.com.au/2016/07/19/film-review-love-friendship/ |website=Pelican Magazine |access-date=11 January 2025}} and in the final episodes of the RTE/BBC series The Fall.{{cite web |last=Doherty |first=Catriona |date=18 November 2020 |title=The Big Ask with actor and writer Conor MacNeill: 'I'm writing a script with Jamie Dornan... it's set in NI' |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/the-big-ask-with-actor-and-writer-conor-macneill-im-writing-a-script-with-jamie-dornan-its-set-in-ni/39758270.html |website=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=11 January 2025 |url-access=subscription}} In 2017, he appeared in series 2 of No Offence on Channel 4.{{cite web |author= |date=24 November 2016 |title=No Offence Series 2 |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/no-offence-series-2-0 |website=Channel 4 |access-date=11 January 2025}} He reprised the role of Gavin in series 3 in 2018.{{cite web |author= |date=24 August 2018 |title=Paul Abbott's No Offence returns for Series 3 |url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/paul-abbotts-no-offence-returns-series-3 |website=Channel 4 |access-date=11 January 2025}}

In April 2017, he appeared in The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.{{cite web |title=Cast and West End transfer confirmed for Sam Mendes' The Ferryman |website=What's On Stage |date=8 February 2017 |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/casting-ferryman-paddy-considine-sam-mendes-royal-court_42833.html |access-date=5 April 2017}} He reprised his role as Diarmuid Corcoran in the Broadway transfer of the show at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in late 2018.{{cite web |last=MacNeill |first=Conor |date=2 January 2019 |title=Conor MacNeill Brings Instagram Along for a Look Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Hit Drama The Ferryman |url=https://www.broadwaybox.com/daily-scoop/spend-a-two-show-day-with-the-ferryman-star-conor-macneill/ |website=BroadwayBox |access-date=11 January 2025}} MacNeill had a small role as William Kemmler in The Current War in 2017.{{cite web |last=Cheesman |first=Neil |date=30 June 2017 |title=Interview with Conor MacNeill from the cast of The Ferryman |url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/interviews/interview-conor-macneill-the-ferryman/ |website=LondonTheatre1 |access-date=11 January 2025}}

In 2023, MacNeill appeared as Martyn Smith in BBC One's true crime drama The Sixth Commandment, portraying the crimes of Ben Field.{{cite web |title=Who is Martyn Smith? The true story of Ben Field's friend portrayed by Conor MacNeill in The Sixth Commandment |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/who-is-martyn-smith-the-true-story-of-ben-fields-friend-portrayed-by-conor-macneill-in-the-sixth-commandment-2485946 |website=i |access-date=24 July 2023}}

In February 2024, it was announced that MacNeill had been cast as Ned Gowan in the Outlander prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood.{{cite news|last=Otterson|first=Joe|title='Outlander' Prequel Series 'Blood of My Blood' Adds Four to Cast as Younger Versions of Key Characters |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/outlander-prequel-series-blood-of-my-blood-cast-1235922568/|magazine=Variety|date=26 February 2024}}

MacNeill appears in the thriller film Bring Them Down, due to be released in Irish and UK cinemas on 7 February 2025.{{cite web |author= |date=9 January 2025 |title=Bring Them Down full trailer drops ahead of 7th Feb release |url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/DigitalNews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4296008&tpl=archnews&force=1 |website=The Irish Film & Television Network |access-date=11 January 2025}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable"\|Notes
rowspan="3"\|2008 \| Peacefire \| Pots \|
Fifty Dead Men Walking \| Frankie \|
City of Ember \| Student \|
rowspan="2"\|2009 \| Five Minutes of Heaven \| Dave – 1975 \|
Cherrybomb \| Fanta \|
2010 \| Parked \| Sol \|
2011 \| Whole Lotta Sole \| Sox \|
2012 \| Good Vibrations \| Schoolboy Executive \|
2015 \| Orthodox \| Young Shannon \|
rowspan="2"\|2016 \| Love & Friendship \| Young Curate \|
The Siege of Jadotville \| Radio Operator \|
2017 \| The Current War \| William Kemmler \|
2020 \| Artemis Fowl \| Goblin Lieutenant \|
2021 \| Belfast \| McLaury \|
2022 \| Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre \| Bodhi – IT Specialist \|
2023 \| In the Land of Saints and Sinners \| Conan McGrath \|
rowspan="2"\|2024 \| King Frankie \| Jeffrey \|
Buffalo Kids \| Tom \| Voice role
2025 \| Bring Them Down \| {{TableTBA}} \| Post-production

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable"|Notes

rowspan="3"|2008

| Peacefire

| Pots

Fifty Dead Men Walking

| Frankie

City of Ember

| Student

rowspan="2"|2009

| Five Minutes of Heaven

| Dave – 1975

Cherrybomb

| Fanta

2010

| Parked

| Sol

2011

| Whole Lotta Sole

| Sox

2012

| Good Vibrations

| Schoolboy Executive

2015

| Orthodox

| Young Shannon

rowspan="2"|2016

| Love & Friendship

| Young Curate

The Siege of Jadotville

| Radio Operator

2017

| The Current War

| William Kemmler

2020

| Artemis Fowl

| Goblin Lieutenant

2021

| Belfast

| McLaury

2022

| Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

| Bodhi – IT Specialist

2023

| In the Land of Saints and Sinners

| Conan McGrath

rowspan="2"|2024

| King Frankie

| Jeffrey

Buffalo Kids

| Tom

| Voice role

2025

| Bring Them Down

| {{TableTBA}}

| Post-production

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable"\|Notes
2004 \| Pulling Moves \| Hood in Taxi \| Episode: "The Pirate and the Choirboys"
2010–2013 \| An Crisis \| Ciaran \| 12 episodes
2012 \| Saving the Titanic \| Frank Bell \| Television film
rowspan="2"\|2013 \| Privates \| Private McIlvenny \| 5 episodes
Coming Up \| Eddie \| Episode: "Call It a Night"
2014 \| Scúp \| Gerry \| 6 episodes
2015 \| Peep Show \| Clerk \| Episode: "Are We Going to Be Alright?"
2016 \| The Fall \| Bailey \| 3 episodes
2017–2018 \| No Offence \| Gavin Nuttle \| 12 episodes
2018 \| Death and Nightingales \| Gary Pringle \| 3 episodes
2018–2020 \| 101 Dalmatian Street \| Fergus Fox/Apollo Stallion \| Episode: "Jurassic Pups"
rowspan="3"\|2019 \| Rebellion \| Diarmuid McWilliams \| 2 episodes
Resistance \| Diarmuid McWilliams \| 2 episodes
101 Dalmatian Street Shorts \| Fergus Fox \| Episode: "Jurassic Pups"
2020–2024 \| Industry \| Kenny Kilbane \| 17 episodes
2022 \| Derry Girls \| Hans \| Episode: "The Night Before"
rowspan="2"\| 2023 \| The Sixth Commandment \| Martyn Smith \| 4 episodes
The Tourist \| Detective Ruairi Slater \| 6 episodes
{{TableTBA}} \| Outlander: Blood of My Blood \| Ned Gowan \| Post-production

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable"|Notes

2004

| Pulling Moves

| Hood in Taxi

| Episode: "The Pirate and the Choirboys"

2010–2013

| An Crisis

| Ciaran