Shane Casey (actor) explained
| Shane Casey |
| Birth Place: | Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Actor and playwright |
| Years Active: | 2005–present |
Shane Casey (born 1980) is an Irish actor and playwright. He is best known for playing the role of Billy Murphy, debuting in the film The Young Offenders, and the following TV series of the same name, The Young Offenders.[1] [2]
Early life
Casey grew up in Cork City.[3] He dropped out of school aged 16 to pursue an apprenticeship.He is also a supporter of the Liverpool Football Club and Celtic Football Club.
Career
Aged 21, Casey decided to give up his position as an apprentice painter/decorator and become an actor.
Casey appeared in 2006 in The Wind That Shakes the Barley. His major breakthrough came in 2016, playing Billy Murphy, an unstable yet humorous Cork local, in the film The Young Offenders. In 2018 it was rebooted as a TV series, The Young Offenders, and Casey reprised his role.[4]
He has written a play, Wet Paint, that has played at the Cork Opera House, Cork Arts Theatre and Everyman Palace Theatre.[5] [6] Casey is also an experienced stage actor, and has participated in a number of stage plays, such as the role of Osric, an eccentric gossip blogger, in Hamlet: Cybermadness.[7] [8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Made in Munster: ‘I was down to a euro’ - Watch The Young Offenders actors tell of struggle to make it in acting. 22 October 2019. Irish Examiner.
- Web site: Curtis Brown. www.curtisbrown.co.uk.
- Web site: Shane Casey: Turners Cross in Cork was a great place to grow up, with lots of friends and football on the street. The Sunday. Times. www.thetimes.co.uk.
- Web site: Young Offenders star reveals how he worked two jobs before getting career break. Brenda. Dennehy. 23 November 2019. irishmirror.
- Web site: Shane Casey: On the road to somewhere. 2 March 2019. Irish Examiner.
- Web site: 'I was painting the railings below the cinema as people were going in to see me in a feature film' - Shane Casey on his acting career. Echo Live.
- Web site: The Young Offenders' Shane Casey: "We are Irish, we are unique, and we do have our own voice. . . We should be embracing that". Lucy. O'Toole. Hotpress.
- Web site: Listen back: Shane Casey aka Billy Murphy of "The Young Offenders" is in an upcoming play at Theatre Royal. Mary. O'Neill.
