Michael_Legge_(actor)

Michael Legge (actor)

Michael Legge (actor)

Irish actor (born 1978)


Michael Legge (born 11 December 1978) is a retired Irish actor from Newry, Northern Ireland.

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He has appeared in a number of stage, film, television and radio roles. He is best known for playing the teenage Frank McCourt in Alan Parker's 1999 film, Angela's Ashes. He also played another Limerick character in the film Cowboys & Angels.[1]

Legge attended St Colman's College, Newry, where he was a contemporary of fellow Irish professional actor Kevin Trainor; both performed, aged 11, on the main Olivier stage of the National Theatre, London in 1990 as part of the National Theatre Challenge. He now resides in Copenhagen and has become a Life Coach.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

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Theatre

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Television

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References

  1. Mute, mutethefilm.co.uk
  2. Lizzie Loveridge: “Cressida – A CurtainUp London Review”, CurtainUp.com, June 2000
  3. William Wolf: “London Theater Report 2000”, WolfEntertainmentGuide.com, 2000
  4. David Harrower: “Presence”, RoyalCourtTheatre.com, 2001
  5. Michael Billington: "Plasticine", The Guardian Unlimited, 22 March 2002
  6. Alan Bennett: "Habeas Corpus", 14 September – 4 October 2003
  7. Samuel Adamson: "Southwark Fair", British Theatre Guide, 2006
  8. David Benedict: “Southwark Fair”, Variety, 5 March 2006
  9. Louise Jury: “Pullman's Six-Hour Children's Epic Returns by Popular Demand”, The Independent, 15 November 2004
  10. Hampstead Theatre Production by Frank McGuinness, 18 June – 18 July 2009
  11. Gate Theatre, Dublin Joseph O'Connor, 12 April – 19 May 2012
  12. Roxana Silbert: "Of Mice and Men", Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company and The Touring Consortium, 15 October – 1 November 2014
  13. BBC Press Office: “Dunkirk is on BBC TWO,” BBC.co.UK, 3 February 2004
  14. Rialto Entertainment: “OMAGH,” RialtoEntertainment.com, [2004]
  15. "Michael Legge".

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