| Matthew McNulty | |
| Birth Name: | Michael Anthony McNulty |
| Birth Date: | 14 December 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
| Spouse: | Katie McNulty |
| Children: | 3 |
Michael Anthony McNulty (born 14 December 1982), known professionally as Matthew McNulty, is a German-born British actor. His credits include (2006), Looking for Eric (2009), The Musketeers (2016), Cleaning Up (2019), and Domina (2021), and The Rising (2022).
McNulty was born on 14 December 1982 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany,[1] and lived in Berlin and Münster,[1] before moving to Atherton, Greater Manchester, England,[1] when he was 10 years old.[1] He attended Hesketh Fletcher high school, Atherton,[1] then furthered his education at Winstanley College in Wigan.[1] At 15 years of age, he was a lead in a school play, and enjoyed the role enough to make acting a career choice.[1]
McNulty was attending drama classes in Manchester when casting director Judi Hayfield approached him to audition for his first feature film. He juggled working in a builder's yard with performing.[2]
In 2001, he made his screen debut as Dominic Skelton in an episode of Emmerdale.[3] In 2006, he played his first lead role in ,[1] alongside Joanne Froggatt, Sean Harris, and Maxine Peake.[1]
In 2009, he starred as the young Eric Cantona in the Ken Loach film Looking for Eric.[3] The same year, he starred as Luis Buñuel in Little Ashes.[4] [5]
In 2019, he appeared as Sam's estranged husband Dave in Cleaning Up, alongside Sheridan Smith.[3]
In 2021, he portrayed Gaius in the historical drama TV series Domina.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Love + Hate | Shane | ||
| 2007 | The Mark of Cain | Shane Gulliver | ||
| Control | Nick Jackson | |||
| 2008 | A Fox's Tale | Alex | ||
| Little Ashes | Luis Buñuel | |||
| 2009 | Looking for Eric | Young Eric | ||
| Deputy Milton | ||||
| Beware the Kids | Mark | |||
| 2010 | Geography of the Hapless Heart | Jamie | ||
| The Arbor | Andrew Dunbar | |||
| 2011 | The Disappearance of Jennifer Pope | Stefan Pope | ||
| 2012 | Spike Island | Ibiza Steve Titchfield | ||
| The Knot | Jeremy | |||
| Wartime Wanderers | Ray Westwood | |||
| 2015 | Sweat | Jamie | Short | |
| The Mark | Dean Ellis | |||
| 2017 | Bound | Matt | ||
| 2020 | Running Naked | Mark Doherty | ||
| 2023 | Greatest Days | Stuart | ||
| TBA | Harvest | Johan | In production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Emmerdale | Dominic Skelton | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Birthday Girl | Justin | |
| An Angel for May | Sniffer | TV film | |
| 2003 | Sweet Medicine | Sam | 1 episode |
| 2004 | D-Day: The Ultimate Conflict | Don Burgess | |
| Outlaws | Dwayne Alsop | 1 episode | |
| 2006 | Shameless | Trev | 1 episode |
| David Smith | |||
| Doctors | Pez Green | 1 episode | |
| 2007 | Holby City | Rob Gibson | 2 episodes |
| True Dare Kiss | Arlo | ||
| The Royal | Stan | 3 episodes | |
| 2008 | Honest | Vin Carter/Taylor Carter | |
| 2009 | Return to Cranford | Edward | |
| Unforgiven | Steve Whelan | ||
| 2009–2010 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Fisher Bloom | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Single-Handed | Brian Doyle | |
| Garrow's Law | David Jasker | 1 episode | |
| Joe Nash | 1 episode | ||
| Five Days | Danny | ||
| Toast | Josh | ||
| 2010–2012 | Misfits | Seth | 11 episodes |
| 2011 | Silent Witness | Sgt Craig Whitehead | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Syndicate | Stuart Bradley | |
| Silk | Captain Ed Ryan | ||
| The Paradise | Dudley | ||
| Room at the Top | Joe Lampton | ||
| CBeebies Bedtime Stories | Himself | ||
| 2013 | Our Girl | Corporal Geddings | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Curtain: Poirot's Last Case | Major Allerton | ||
| 2013–2014 | The Mill | Daniel Bate | |
| 2014 | Jamaica Inn | Jem Merlyn | |
| The Great War: The People's Story | Alan Lloyd | ||
| 2015 | Black Work | DC Jack Clark | |
| 2016 | The Musketeers | Lucien Grimaud | |
| 2018 | The Terror | Edward Little | |
| Versailles | Guillaume | ||
| 2019 | The Bay | Nick Mooney | |
| Cleaning Up | Dave | ||
| 2020 | Deadwater Fell | Police Sergeant Steve Campbell | TV miniseries |
| Doctor Who | Adam Lang | Episode: "Praxeus" | |
| 2021, 2023 | Domina | Gaius | Main role |
| 2022 | Anne | Andy Burnham | 2 episodes |
| The Rising | Tom | ||
| 2024 | The Jetty | Arj | |