Sean Maguire

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Sean Maguire

Born Sean Martin Michael Maguire
April 18, 1976 (1976-04-18) (age 32)
Ilford, Essex, England
Occupation Actor

Sean Martin Michael Maguire (born 18 April 1976) is an English actor and singer of Irish descent, who rose to fame in 1988 when at the age of 11 he took on the role of "Tegs" Ratcliffe on the BBC children's drama Grange Hill, in which he remained until 1992. For a short time after leaving Grange Hill, he played Aidan Brosnan in EastEnders. His family is from Cavan town, Cavan , Ireland.

He has appeared in several feature films and had moderate success as a singer as well. He is also known in the US for his roles as Donovan Brink in the UPN sitcom Eve, and as Kyle Lendo in the CBS sitcom The Class.

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[edit] Career

Maguire was born in Ilford, Essex. His first role was at the age of five, opposite Sir Laurence Olivier in A Voyage Round My Father. In 1993 he joined the cast of the British soap EastEnders playing Aidan Brosnan, a young Irish footballer playing for fictional side Walford F.C. In 1994, Sean left the show to take a starring role in the BBC drama series Dangerfield, playing Marty Dangerfield. He has also appeared in Holby City and Sunburn. In 1995, Sean was voted "3rd person you'd most like to see get messy" by CBBC viewers and famously received a custard pie in his face from presenter Chris Jarvis dressed as "The Anorak".

Like many soap actors, Maguire then pursued a career in music, releasing three albums, his self-titled debut album in 1994, Spirit in 1996 and Greatest Hits in 1998. Sean's biggest hit was Good Day, which reached number 12 in May 1996. During this time, Maguire appeared on the Childliners record The Gift Of Christmas alongside acts such as Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, E.Y.C., MN8, Deuce, Ultimate Kaos, Let Loose, East 17, Peter Andre, Michelle Gayle, Dannii Minogue and many more. Not content with acting on TV Sean has recently branched out into films. In the early 90s, he appeared in Waterland alongside Ethan Hawke and Jeremy Irons, and has also allegedly been credited as having a part in A Kiss Before Dying, but his part may have ended up on the cutting room floor as he didn't appear to be in this film after all.

In 2001, Maguire played the title role in TV-movie Prince Charming, alongside Bernadette Peters, Christina Applegate and Scottish comedian Billy Connolly - with Martin Short as his assistant Rodney. In 2005, he also made Third Wish - which co-starred actors Jenna Mattison, Armand Assante, Betty White and James Avery. He also appeared as "Euan" in the defunct WB Network sitcom Off Centre (which also co-starred actors Eddie Kaye Thomas from the American Pie movies and Jason George from also defunct US soap Sunset Beach).

Maguire plays one of the main characters, Donovan Brink, on the television series Eve. He was starring in the CBS sitcom The Class, playing gay character Kyle Lendo, but the show was canceled in May 2007. He recently completed filming in 2006/2007 for a US comedy film LA Blues. He played a character called Jack Davis.

His movie Meet The Spartans went to No.1 in the US box office chart in 2008, and he is set to star in Mr Eleven on ITV1 in the autumn.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Films

  • A Voyage Round My Father (1982)
  • The Meaning Of Life (1983)
  • Waterland - Peter (1992)
  • The Secret Garden (1993)
  • Out Of Depth - Paul Nixon (2000)
  • Prince Charming - Prince 'Charming' John (2001)
  • The Third Wish - Brandon (2005)
  • The Dukes - Dave (2007)
  • L.A. Blues - Jack Davis (2007)
  • Meet the Spartans - Leonidas (2008)

[edit] TV

  • Grange Hill - Terence 'Tegs' Ratcliffe (1988 - 1992)
  • Dodgem - Simon Leighton (1991)
  • Growing Pains - Jason Begley (1992)
  • The Bill Episode: A Better Life (1993)
  • Eastenders - Aidan Brosnan (1993)
  • Dangerfield - Marty Dangerfield (Series 1 & 2) (1995)
  • A Man Of Letters - Alan (1997)
  • Dear Nobody - Chris (1997)
  • Holby City Episodes: Staying Alive (Parts 1 & 2) - Darren Ingram (1999)
  • Sunburn - Lee Wilson (Series 2) (2000)
  • Urban Gothic Episode: Thirteen - Jude Redfield (2000)
  • Off Centre - Euan Pierce (2001 - 2002)
  • Eve - Donovan Brink (2003 - 2006)
  • The Class - Kyle Lendo (2006 - 2007)
  • Mr Eleven - Dan (2008)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Single UK Chart Position Album
1994 Someone To Love 14 Sean Maguire
1994 Take This Time 27 Sean Maguire
1995 Suddenly 18 Sean Maguire
1995 Now I've Found You 22 Spirit
1995 You To Me Are Everything 16 Spirit
1996 Good Day 12 Spirit
1996 Don't Pull Your Love 14 Spirit
1997 Today's the Day 27 —

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