Louis McCartney

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| name = Louis McCartney

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|7|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Belfast

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 2019-present

|education = {{Plainlist|

Bow Street Academy

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| television = Hope Street

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Louis McCartney is a stage, television and film actor from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his role on stage in the play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, playing the role of Henry Creel in London West End theatre, and later reprising the role as it transferred to Broadway.

Early life

From Belfast,{{cite web|url= https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/belfast-actor-louis-mccartney-on-his-way-to-the-top/a886647359.html |website=Belfast Telegraph|accessdate=10 April 2024|title= Belfast actor Louis McCartney 'on his way to the top'|first=Maureen|last=Coleman|date=9 March 2024}} he is the son of screenwriter Michael McCartney. His mother is a holistic therapist. He has an older brother who works as an ocean explorationist.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/stranger-things-west-end-louis-mccartney-stephen-daldry-1235846716/|website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=10 April 2024|title= Breaking Baz: 'Stranger Things' West End Stage Actor Louis McCartney Is Headed For Superstardom, Says Show's Director Stephen Daldry|first=Baz|last=Bamigboye|date=March 5, 2024 }} He studied acting at Bow Street Academy, Dublin.{{cite web|first=Liam|last=Kelly|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/article/meet-the-young-stars-storming-the-west-end-98l0w5k8t|website=The Times|title=Meet the young stars storming the West End|date=17 December 2023|access-date=10 April 2024}}

Career

In 2022, McCartney appeared in Comedy Blaps episode William of Orangedale on Channel 4. {{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/william-of-orangedale/|title= William Of Orangedale|accessdate=10 April 2024|website=Comedy}} He had small roles in The Tourist and Game of Thrones. He had a recurring role as Shay O’Hare in Northern Ireland crime drama series Hope Street.{{cite web|first=Helen|last=Daly|website=Radio Times|date=15 March 2024|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/hope-street-cast-bbc/|title= Meet the cast of Hope Street – full list of Port Devine residents in BBC drama|accessdate=10 April 2024}}

McCartney could be seen in the lead role in 2023 British film Silent Roar.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/edinburgh-international-film-festival-silent-roar-1235643537/|website=Variety|accessdate=29 July 2023|date= June 13, 2023|title=Sex, Surfing and Hellfire Scottish Drama 'Silent Roar' to Open Edinburgh International Film Festival – Global Bulletin|first=Naman|last= Ramachandran}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/edinburgh-film-festival-opening-film-1235415721/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=24 July 2023|title= Edinburgh Film Festival Reveals Opening Film|first=Zac|last=Ntim|date=June 13, 2023}} His performance was described by Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian as “intelligent and sympathetic”.{{cite web|first=Pete|last=Bradshaw|accessdate=6 August 2023|title= Silent Roar review – charming coming-of-age tale of existential angst and surfing|date=18 August 2023|website=The Guardian|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/18/silent-roar-review-charming-coming-of-age-tale-of-existential-angst-and-surfing}}

In December 2023, he made his London West End theatre debut in Stranger Things: The First Shadow playing Henry Creel.{{cite web|first=Olivia|last=Rook|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/louis-mccartney-on-his-west-end-debut-in-stranger-things-the-first-shadow|date=15 January 2024|website=London Theatre|title= Louis McCartney on making his West End debut in 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow'|accessdate=10 April 2024}} 20 years old at the start of the run, he had never been in a West End Theatre prior to his casting.{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Dex|website=Evening Standard|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/stranger-things-the-first-shadow-west-end-theatre-louis-mccartney-b1127164.html|accessdate=10 April 2024|title= Stranger Things The First Shadow star had never set foot in a West End theatre before taking on lead role|date=15 December 2023}} David Benedict in Variety said the success of the play "is due in no small part to the way [McCartney] holds focus even in the midst of one coup-de-theatre after another".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/legit/reviews/stranger-things-play-the-first-shadow-review-west-end-1235838159/|website=Variety|accessdate=10 April 2024|date= December 14, 2023|title='Stranger Things: The First Shadow' Review: West End Play Brings Netflix Series Thrillingly to Life|first=David|last=Benedict}} He won Best Performer in a Play at The Stage Debut Awards in 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/the-stage-debut-awards-2024-meet-our-winners|website=The Stage|accessdate=18 April 2025|title= The Stage Debut Awards 2024: meet our winners|date=1 October 2024}}

He reprised the role when the play transferred to Broadway in the United States, appearing from April 2025, at the Marquis Theatre in New York. {{cite web|url=https://broadwaydirect.com/first-look-stranger-things-the-first-shadow-on-broadway/|title= FIRST LOOK: STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW ON BROADWAY|accessdate=17 April 2025|date=April 17, 2025|website=Broadway Direct

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2019 \| Game of Thrones \| King's Landing Citizen \| 1 episode
2019 \| Grounding \| David \| Short
2020-2023 \| Hope Street \| Shay O'Hare \| 22 episodes
2022 \| William of Orangedale \| Nathan \|
2023 \| Silent Roar \| Dondo \| Lead role
2023 \| Crusts \| Fergal \| Short
2024 \| The Tourist \| Cashier \| Series two

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2019

| Game of Thrones

| King's Landing Citizen

| 1 episode

2019

| Grounding

| David