| Ciarán McMenamin | |
| Birth Date: | 1975 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation: | Actor, author |
| Spouse: | [1] |
| Years Active: | 1998–present |
Ciarán McMenamin (born 1 October 1975[2]) is a Northern Irish actor and author.[3]
McMenamin was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where he attended St Michael's College. He earned his B.A. from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1998. He attended drama classes at Ardhowen Youth Theatre before moving on to work with the Ulster Youth Theatre.
McMenamin has appeared on various BBC and ITV programmes, including "", an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple, starring Geraldine McEwan, in which he played Cedric Crackenthorpe, and in the Channel 4 comedy series The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star. In 1999 he was cast in the title role of the BBC1 television movie David Copperfield.[4]
In 2012 he played leading fireman Frederick Barrett in the docudrama Saving The Titanic.[5]
McMenamin's debut novel Skintown was published 15 May 2018.[6] [7] McMenamin's second book The Sunken Road was published 18 February 2021.[8]
In 2017, he married English actress Annabel Scholey,[9] divorcing in 2023 [10]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Cluck | Martin | short | |
| Titanic Town | Dino/Owen | |||
| Rab C. Nesbitt | Young Man | TV series (1 episode: "Property") | ||
| The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star | Jez MacAllister | TV series (6 episodes) | ||
| 1999 | A Rap at the Door | Dermot Millen | ||
| The Trench | Pte. Charlie Ambrose | |||
| David Copperfield | David Copperfield | TV movie | ||
| 2000 | County Kilburn | Mickey | ||
| 2001 | Sideshow | Hendrix | short | |
| The Last Minute | Garvey | |||
| To End All Wars | Capt. Ernest 'Ernie' Gordon | |||
| Fancy Dress | Monkey | short | ||
| 2002 | Sunday | Leo Young | TV movie | |
| Any Time Now | Johnny Doherty | TV series (4 episodes) Nominated—IFTA Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama | ||
| Weird Nature | Narrator | Six-part nature documentary on the BBC and Discovery Channel | ||
| Bollywood Queen | Dean | |||
| Birthday Girl | Donal | TV movie | ||
| 2003 | Lena: The Bride of Ice | |||
| Watermelon | Adam Collins | TV movie | ||
| Strange | Liam | TV series (1 episode: "Costa Burra") | ||
| The Private Life of Samuel Pepys | Will Hewer | TV movie | ||
| 2004 | Pulling Moves | Tomas 'Ta' McKeown | TV series (10 episodes) | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Cedric Crackenthorpe | 4.50 from Paddington | ||
| Silent Witness | Joe Galvin | TV series (2 episodes: "A Time to Heal") | ||
| 2005 | Jericho | D.C. John Caldicott | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| The Golden Hour | Dr. Paul Keane | TV series (4 episodes) | ||
| 2007 | True Dare Kiss | Bryce Waghorn | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2008 | Messiah: The Rapture | Daniel Hughes | TV movie | |
| The Fixer | Scott Glover | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.4") | ||
| Silent Witness | Rhys Allen | TV series (2 episodes) | ||
| The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce | Alexander Pearce | |||
| 2009 | Jonathan Creek | Glen | TV series (1 episode: "The Grinning Man") | |
| Demons | Quincey | TV series (1 episode: "Suckers") | ||
| One Hundred Mornings | Jonathan | |||
| 2010 | Outcast | Liam | ||
| 2011 | Primeval | Matt Anderson | TV series (13 episodes) | |
| The Sinking of the Laconia | Declan McDermott | TV mini-series (2 episodes) | ||
| 32 Brinkburn Road | Sid | TV mini-series (4 episodes) | ||
| 2012 | Saving the Titanic | Frederick Barrett | TV movie | |
| Jump | Ross | |||
| Lewis | Nick Addams | TV series (S6:E3 "Fearful Symmetry") | ||
| 2013 | Made in Belfast | Jack Kelly | Theater | |
| 2014 | Death in Paradise | Dan Parish | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #3.6") | |
| Land Is God | Seamus | short | ||
| Shooting for Socrates | Sammy McIlroy | |||
| 2015 | Rapt | Jonathan | TV mini-series (3 episodes) | |
| 2016 | Heretiks | William Carpenter | ||
| Midsomer Murders | Craig Coffley | TV series (1 episode: "Habeas Corpus") | ||
| In View | Denis | |||
| Una | John | |||
| Delicate Things | Jonathan | short | ||
| 2017 | Paula | McGlynn | TV mini-series (2 episodes) | |
| 2018 | The Convent | William Carpenter | ||
| Grace & Goliath | Marcus | |||
| 2020 | Rig 45 | Trevor | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2021-2024 | Hope Street | Inspector Finn O'Hare | Main role |