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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: Conor MacNeill,  Douglas Rankine,  Owen McDonnell
    Director: Stephen Rooke
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This lavish docu-drama takes you aboard the HMS Titanic and tells the previously untold story of the disaster from below deck. Dramatic reconstructions and impressive CGI explore the action taking place between the time the crew embarked at Southampton and the ship's eventual tragic sinking.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 8 members
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  • Primeval - Series 4 (2 discs) on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Hannah Spearritt,  Andrew-Lee Potts,  Jason Flemyng
    Director: Robert Quinn
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    It's one year on and following the death of Johnson, the Arc has been placed under new ownership, with a brand new building and new team. Conor and Abby have spent the last year lost in the Cretaceous but when they eventually manage to return, things aren't quite how they left them... With an array ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 419 members
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  • One Hundred Mornings (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 »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 11 members
    Due for release on 23rd July 2012
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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 73% from 247 members
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  • Bollywood Queen on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Preeya Kalidas,  James McAvoy,  Ciaran McMenamin
    Director: Jeremy Wooding
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    West Side Story goes East in this heart-warming homage to Bollywood musicals about two star-crossed lovers crossing cultures, families and the law. Nineteen year old Geena has everything going for her: a Business Studies course, a weekend job and a good-looking boyfriend. But, she longs for life to ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 687 members
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  • Watermelon on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jamie Draven,  Des Cave,  Brenda Fricker
    Director: Kieron J. Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    After being dumped by her boyfriend soon after she moved to London, Claire begins a relationship with a man who helped her get a job. However, she discovers she's pregnant.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,523 member
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  • Sunday on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christopher Eccleston,  Eva Birthistle,  Brid Brennan
    Director: Charles McDougall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    One Sunday in 1972, an illegal civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland turned ugly when British Paratroopers opened fire on unarmed civilians, killing 13 and wounding a further 15. This docu-drama explores the political context surrounding 'Bloody Sunday' and the government inquiry that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 132 members
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  • The Last Minute (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Max Beesley,  Stephen Graham,  Stephen Dorff
    Director: Stephen Norrington
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    LAST MINUTE is a dark comedy that exudes a well-defined feeling of outlandish exaggeration and startling truth in one smoothly paced motion. Directed by Stephen Norrington (BLADE) and set in London, it is the story of Billy Byrne (Max Beesley), a self-obsessed up-and-coming star. Working as an ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 224 members
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  • To End All Wars (2001)
    Starring: Kiefer Sutherland,  Robert Carlyle,  Ciaran McMenamin
    Director: David L. Cunningham
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Ernest Gordon's autobiographical novel--originally titled "Through The Valley Of The Kwai"--TO END ALL WARS details Gordon's remarkable survival in a World War Two Prisoner Of War camp. As Allied soldiers, Major Gordon (Ciaran McMenamin) and his fellow prisoners are subject to unspeakable ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,509 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 71% from 9 members
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  • Great Authors - Charles Dickens (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Anton Lesser,  Prunella Scales,  Timothy West
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A three disc set. Disc One features a documentary which looks at the life and times of author Charles Dickens with dramatic reconstructions. Disc Two features the David Copperfield television drama. Disc Three features A Christmas Carol; an Anton Lesser dramatisation, also Songs From Grope Lane and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 70 members
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  • 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 98 members
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Ciaran McMenamin facts

5 most recent films

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

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

Saving The Titanic - 2.5 stars
County Kilburn - 3.0 stars
Titanic Town - 3.5 stars
One Hundred Mornings - 4.0 stars
Bollywood Queen - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jenny Foster Hughes - 12 times - show films
Simone Lahbib - 12 times - show films
Gerard Butler - 12 times - show films
Keith Allen - 12 times - show films
Simone Lahbib - 12 times - show films

Most frequent directors

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