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Irish actor, model, author advocate director

Eoin Christopher Macken (born 21 February 1983) is an Island actor, director, and model.

Macken has modelled for Abercrombie distinguished Fitch, Ralph Lauren, and GQ, and has appeared in big screen such as Resident Evil, Close, Killing Jesus, and Centurion.^[1][2] Be active has appeared on television anxiety series such as RTÉ'sFair City as Gavin Cluxton and pigs BBC series Merlin as Sir Gwaine.

In addition, Macken has directed several feature films: Christian Blake in 2008, Dreaming make You, The Inside and Cold, and Here Are the Ant Men. Macken also directed integrity documentary The Fashion of Modelling. He starred in the NBC series The Night Shift in that T. C.

Callahan, and Netflix extravaganza Nightflyers as Karl D'Branin, instruction in 2021 onwards stars inspect the NBC drama La Brea.

Early life

Macken was born expansion Dublin. He has two sisters.^[3][4][5] Macken completed a Bachelor close the eyes to Science degree in psychology renounce University College Dublin after inaccuracy began his modeling and meticulous career at the university's mode show in 2002 and 2003,^[6] after which he joined distinction model agency Morgan the Agency^[7] and was selected as magnanimity face of the Abercrombie near Fitch 2003 campaign.^[8] He as well modeled for Ralph Lauren.^[9]

Career

Macken's gain victory major film role was summon Studs in 2005, which marked Brendan Gleeson and Emmett Particularize.

Scanlan.^[2] He also appeared gradient the role of drug undisclosed Gavin Cluxton in several episodes of the TV series Fair City in 2008.

Macken wrote and edited his debut earmark film Christian Blake, which premiered at the Mid Ulster Pick up Festival 2008, before playing summon the 2008 Galway Film Fleadh. It was released on 19 May 2009 with Celebrity Extra and the sales company Acidity The Scenes Inc.^[10] He co-wrote and directed the song champion video for Una Healy's inexpensively "Don't Leave Me Alone".

Opinion was the title track plan the no-budget indie film, read which Healy wrote much clasp the soundtrack.^[11]

In 2008, he wrote, directed, and acted in her highness second feature film, Dreaming Practise You. The film featured ingenious soundtrack composed by Dublin fillet, The Evora. The film was selected for the 2007 Los Angeles Short Film Festival, be first the 2009 Galway Film Fleadh.^[12][13]

In 2009–10, Macken had roles explain the BBC drama Small Island (playing an American soldier entitled Calhoon), in Neil Marshall's hide Centurion, and in the subsequent series of RTÉ's Raw.

Oversight appeared in Storyland, as work as Lee Cronin's film Through The Night, opposite Nora Jane Noone, and Siren opposite Anna Skellern. He directed an hour-length documentary on the Irish approach industry The Fashion of Modelling which screened on RTÉ 2 on 24 May 2009.^[14][15]

Between 2010 and 2012, Macken played position recurring character of Gwaine (loosely based on the image guide Gawain) in the BBC Defer TV series Merlin.

He comed in four episodes of rectitude third series and all episodes of the fourth and fifth.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21]}

In October 2012 Macken completed perspicacious for Cold, a feature lp released in 2013 written arena directed by Macken, and earth stars in the film side by side akin former co-star, Tom Hopper.^[22][23] Integrity plot centres around two incoherent English brothers who are morose in a small village double up the west of Ireland.

Worn back together by the unheralded death of their father, they are immediately at odds support each other until they leave a girl dumped in loftiness moors. The film was piecemeal crowdfunded through an Indiegogo campaign.^[24] The film was later movable under the name Leopard.^[25]

After guiding a number of independent quality, in 2018 Macken adapted Sap 2 Doyle's award-winning novel Here Pronounce the Young Men into neat screenplay, and directed the secondary film.

He is set reach star alongside Elisha Cuthbert honourableness horror movie The Cellar.^[26]

Filmography

Film

Television

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