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Pádraig Murray Height: 6'1" Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown Equity Status: Full BIOGRAPHY Pádraig has worked for many years both here and in the UK. Recent Theatre includes the Earl of Shrewsbury in Mary Stuart by Fredrich Schiller, Don Pedro in ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ at the Project. ‘A Date with Mercy’ by Jane Mulcahy, the critically acclaimed ‘Soh’ by James Hickson directed by Maeve Stone, “The Drowning Room” by Verity-Alicea Mavenawitz, “ and he also played Paddy Maguire in the longest run of a comedy in Ireland, “Goodbye to the Hill” by Lee Dunne. Film and TV work includes, “The Guards” pilot series for TV3 in which he plays Supt. Michael Reid. Soon to be released “The Holy Ghost of Saint Oliver” in which he plays the all singing Oliver Plunkett, and Dr. Burke in Colin Scruffins “Prodigal Son”, which has been described as a ‘futuristic western! Pádraig plays the semi-regular character Dr. Roche in RTE's 'Fair City' FILM AND TELEVISION Title Director Production Co. Role Prodigal Son Colin Scruffins Prodigal Son Dr. Burke Productions Daily Strife Cecilia McAllister Poca Prods. for RTÉ Mr. O'Brien Daily Strife Brian O' Toole Darklight Festival Conor The Ghost of Saint Craig Kavanagh Strangford Pictures Oliver Plunkett Oliver Fair City Various RTÉ Dr. Roche Touching People George Kane Green Inc for RTÉ Mick Ice, Survival Skills Paul Fitzgerald RTÉ Father (Lead) Clinic 5 Declan Recks Clarance Street Mike Parker Pictures The Funeral Parlour David Hegarty Dig Productions Father (Lead) The Real Shergar Neil Swales Mint Productions Stud Manager Bachelor's Walk John Carney BBC/RTÉ Liam Lynch Saol Eile, Scéal Eile Gillian Oman TG4 Father Custer's Last Stand Dearbhla Walsh BBC/RTÉ Mr. Yeats Up A Job To Be Done Alan Gilsenan Hill 16/RTÉ Alfie O' Connor Fair City Paul Fitzgerald RTÉ RTÉ Matthew Keeling The Mammy Angelica Huston Hells Kitchen Dermot Ireland Of The Deirdre Friel RTÉ Dermot Welcomes Parting Gift Louis Lentin RTÉ Kevin Amy Paul Cusack RTÉ Billy Choosing Deirdre Friel RTÉ Johnny Year Of THe French Micael Garvey RTÉ Tom Dixon Fortycoats Louis RTÉ Mad Sweeny Bosco Various RTÉ Presenter Lets Pretend Various RTÉ Central TV Les Ponys Sauvage Robert Mazoyer Technisonar Films Horace Ann Devlin Pat Murphy Aeon Films Art Devlin THEATRE Title Director Production Co. Role Angels in the Park Aoibhinn Gilroy Axis Theatre Man (lead) The Boys Patrick J Byrnes New Theatre Solicitor Mary Stuart Liam Halligan Pageant Wagon Earl of Shrewsbury Much Ado About Peter Reid AC Productions Don Pedro Nothing A Date WIth Mercy Andre Deering Smock Alley Rupert SOH Maeve Stone Spilt Gin (Fringe '10) George The Drowning Nuala Kelly National Tour Conor Room Pinocchio Kristen Marken National Tour Geppetto The Playboy of The Terry O' Dea Welsh Tour Philly Cullen Western World 1,2,3 O'Leary Philip Hardy National Tour Jim Ryan Troillus and Michael Barker- Samuel Beckett Aeneas Cressida Caven Theatre Cinderella Val Fitzpatrick National Tour Prince Charming Return To The Hill Lee Dunne Eblana Theatre Paddy Maguire Goodbye To The Hill Lee Dunne Tivoli Theatre Paddy Maguire Don't Dress for Terry O'Dea Andrew's Lane George Dinner The Merchant of Kevin McHugh Schools Tour Bassanio Venice King Lear Kevin McHugh Schools Tour Kent Julius Caesar Kevin McHugh Schools Tour Brutus Romeo and Juliet Kevin McHugh Schools Tour Romeo Shock Treatment Darina McAnna Dublin Theatre Bengal Lancer Festival Ha'penny Place Peter Sheridan The Project Unlicenced Beggar RADIO AND VOICE OVER Title Director Production Co. Role Konvenience Korner Scott Fredricks RTÉ Radio 1 Carlo Devine TRAINING • Gate Theatre School of Acting • Oscar Theatre School of Acting SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND INTERESTS • Singing • Playing Guitar • Running • Swimming • Squash • Horse Riding • Music • Full Driving licence ACCENTS • RP • Std. English • Std. American • Rural Irish • Northern Irish • French • Cockney • Welsh .
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