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Ciaran McMenamin

Ciaran McMenamin
CIARAN MC MENAMIN IS A NORTHERN IRISH ACTOR
BORN IN 1975 IN ENNISKILLEN , CO FERMANAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND.
HE WAS BORN INTO A ROMAN CATHOLIC FAMILY AND
HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN SOUTH LONDON.
CIARAN IS 5FT 11" SANDY BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES.
HE GAINED A BA IN ACTING FROM THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA IN 1998.
ONE OF CIARANS FIRST ACTING ROLES WAS IN THE FILM Titanic Town IN 1999 STARRING Julie Walters, WHICH WAS CENTRED ON A BELFAST HOUSEWIFE WHO TAKES UP THE PEACE CAUSE WHICH CAUSES HER FAMILY TROUBLE WITH IRA SYMPATHISERS.
CIARAN HAS ALSO STARRED WITH Kiefer Sutherland IN THE FILM To End All Wars.
HE HAS ALSO STARRED IN THE FILM THE TRENCH WITH PAUL NICHOLLS ( WHO PLAYED JOE IN EASTENDERS) AND
THE LAST CONFESSION OF ALEXANDER PEARCE A TRUE STORY ABOUT AN IRISH CONVICT WHO IS SENT TO PRISON ON TAZMANIAS VAN DIEMENS ISLAND.
PEARCE ESCAPES AND TURNS CANNIBAL AND IS LATER HUNG FOR HIS CRIMES.
CIARANS RECENT FILM CURRENTLY IN PRE PRODUCTION IS A HORROR FILM CALLED OUTCAST DUE FOR RELEASE 2010.
HE HAS ALSO STARRED IN THE DRAMATISATION Sunday, REGARDING THE EVENTS OF BLOODY Sunday FROM THE IRISH PEACE MARCHERS POINT OF VIEW, THIS DRAMATISATION ALSO STARS Christopher Eccleston( FROM CRACKER AND DR WHO FAME) AS ONE OF THE BRITISH SOLDIERS.
CIARAN HAS ALSO STARRED IN MANY TV PRODUCTIONS SUCH AS SILENT WITNESS, JONATHON CREEK AND DEMONS.


By Rebeca Mort



Filmography

Ciaran McMenamin - filmography


  • Saving The Titanic on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Hugh O'Conor,  Andrew Simpson,  Ciaran McMenamin
    Director: Stephen Rooke
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Documentary drama telling the story of the men who tried to save the supposedly unsinkable ship who foundered on her maiden voyage. On 14th April 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and in a matter of hours went down in the North Atlantic Ocean, taking with her many passengers and members of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 24 members
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  • Primeval - Series 4 (2 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Ciaran McMenamin,  Ben Mansfield,  Ruth Kearney
    Director: Robert Quinn
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    All seven episodes from the fourth season of the dinosaur fantasy adventure series. In this series, the Anomaly Research Centre has been placed under new ownership, with a brand new building and a new team; and Connor (Andrew Lee Potts) and Abby (Hannah Spearritt), who have spent the past year lost ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 491 members
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  • One Hundred Mornings on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ciaran McMenamin,  Alex Reid,  Rory Keenan
    Director: Conor Horgan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Set in a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive the crisis. As resources run low and external threats increase, they forge an uneasy alliance with their self-sufficient hippie neighbour. With no news from the outside world they ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 934 members
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  • Messiah - Series 5 on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Marc Warren,  Marc Warren,  Marsha Thomason
    Director: Harry Bradbeer
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Messiah V: The Rapture is the fifth and final installment of the BBC serial crime drama Messiah. In this series we are introduced to Marc Warren (Hustle, Mutual Friends) as DCI Joseph Walker in the lead role, taking over from Ken Stott's character Red Metcalfe. DCI Walker is a haunted man who has ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 286 members
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  • Bollywood Queen on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ian McShane,  Ciaran McMenamin,  Preeya Kalidas
    Director: Jeremy Wooding
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Geena (Preeya Kalidas), raised by a traditional Indian family, falls in love with a charming Englishman named Jay (James McAvoy). Unfortunately, her family disapprove of Jay and her brothers are sent toshadow her wherever she goes. Feeling trapped, Geena flees to England with Jay, but her family ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 697 members
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  • Watermelon on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Sean McGinley,  Ciaran McMenamin,  Elaine Cassidy
    Director: Kieron J. Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Television drama based on the novel by Marian Keyes. Claire Ryan (Anna Friel), a young woman with a strange relationship to the truth, is left literally holding the baby when her doting, not to mention gorgeous, boyfriend James (Jamie Draven) discovers that the child he thought was his is actually ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,873 member
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  • Sunday on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Ciaran McMenamin,  Brid Brennan
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jimmy McGovern-penned Channel 4 docu-drama telling the story of the events of January 30th 1972, when British Paratroopers shot dead fourteen unarmed civilians and wounded a further fifteen during an illegal civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 144 members
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  • To End All Wars (2001)
    Starring: Mark Strong,  Masayuki Yui,  Ciaran McMenamin
    Director: David L. Cunningham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following Japan's surprise invasion of Singapore during 1941, a small British battalion headed by Lieutenant Colonel McLean (James Cosmo), Major Campbell (Robert Carlyle), Captain Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin), and Lieutenant Tom Ridgen (Kiefer Sutherland) are captured and imprisoned in a camp deep in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,534 members
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  • The Last Minute (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kate Ashfield,  Jason Isaacs,  Max Beesley
    Director: Stephen Norrington
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Follow the rise and fall of Billy Byrne (Max Beesley). Determined to be famous, he lands his first big gig with the help of his slick agent, Walsh (Anthony Higgins). Fame befalls him quickly as he travels the globe and finds himself invited to hip clubs, becoming the darling of the London art scene...read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 233 members
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  • Titanic Town (1998)
    Starring: Julie Walters,  Ciaran Hinds,  Ciarán Hinds
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Bernie and her family live in Anderstown, a Catholic area of West Belfast where the IRA and the British Army fight their battles. When Bernie's friend is gunned down she campaigns to get the shooting stopped and becomes an outcast in the community.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 14 members
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  • Great Authors - Charles Dickens (3 discs)
    Starring: Trevor Eve,  Anton Lesser,  Michael Elphick
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A three-volume documentary set exploring the life and work of the great Victorian novelist. Illustrating how Dickens drew on his experiences for his fiction, the set also includes the 1999 dramatised BBC production of 'David Copperfield'.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 71 members
    Not available for rental
  • True Dare Kiss Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Lorraine Ashbourne,  Samantha Blakey,  Brendan Coyle
    Director: Jeremy Webb
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From acclaimed writer Debbie Horsfield (Cutting It)and freely adapted form her 1985 stage play of the same name comes a raw and disturbing new six-part drama serial set in Manchester that slowly unfolds into a saga of intrigue, passion, revenge & redemption. After a death in the family, four ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 109 members
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Ciaran McMenamin facts

5 most recent films

Saving The Titanic - 3.5 stars
Primeval - Series 4 - 4.0 stars
Primeval - Series 4 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
One Hundred Mornings - 2.5 stars
Messiah - Series 5 - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Primeval - Series 4 - 4.0 stars
Primeval - Series 4 - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Great Wildlife Moments With David Attenborough - 4.0 stars
Messiah - Series 5 - 3.5 stars
Sunday - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

County Kilburn - 3.0 stars
Saving The Titanic - 3.5 stars
Titanic Town - 3.5 stars
Bollywood Queen - 2.0 stars
The Last Minute - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Claire Bloom - 8 times - show films
Jane Horrocks - 8 times - show films
William Ash - 8 times - show films
David Troughton - 8 times - show films
Robert Lindsay - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kieron J. Walsh - 14 times - show films
Robert Quinn - 6 times - show films
Stephen Norrington - 4 times - show films
Nicholas Renton - 4 times - show films
Jeremy Webb - 3 times - show films