Conor MacNeill

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Conor MacNeill
Born July 4, 1988
Belfast, Ireland

Conor MacNeill (born July 4, 1988, West Belfast) is an Irish actor who has appeared on stage, film and TV.

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MacNeill can be seen in several upcoming feature films in 2008. He appears oppisite Jim Sturgess, Nathalie Press,William Houston(actor) and Ben Kingsley in Kari Skogland's Fifty Dead Men Walking. He also plays the character of Pots alongside John Travers in Irish Indie flick Peacefire Directed by Macdara Vallely. Peacefire received it's first screening at the 2008 Belfast Film Festival and is scheduled for release in summer 2008. MacNeill also appears briefly in upcoming children's fantasy film City of Ember. MacNeill will also begin filming at the end of May on the BBC Northern Ireland television drama Five Minutes of Heaven, which tells the true story of a young Protestant man convicted of murdering a Catholic boy during The Troubles. The film will be directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.

MacNeill has performed extensively on stage in Ireland from the age of 14 and theatre credits include, Scenes From The Big Picture by Owen McCafferty, Massage by Michael Wilcox, The Indian Wants the Bronx by Israel Horovitz to name but a few. He also runs Belfast Based Brassneck Theatre Company with fellow Belfast actor Tony Devlin.

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