Brendan Mackey(I)

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Paintball (2009)

Brendan Mackey was born in Northern Ireland. He left School at 16 and trained as an apprentice electrician for two years. He then auditioned for and won a scholarship to RADA. Brendan gave up his apprenticeship and moved to London where he now lives.

Since leaving drama school Brendan has played the lead in Les Blair's 'H3'(Golden Rosa Award, Bergamo Film Festival), Lab Ky Mo's cult comedy 'Nine Dead Gay Guys' (Best Feature, Montreal Comedy Film Festival), Marion Comer's 'Boxed' (Best Feature, Boston Film Festival) and most recently Kevin MacDonald's multi-award-winning 'Touching the Void', which won the BAFTA for Best Film in 2004.

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Known for

Touching the Void

8.0

Joe Simpson

2003

Life on Mars

8.4

TV Series

Patrick O'Brien

Paintball

3.8

David

2009

Always and Everyone

6.9

TV Series

Tommy O'Brian

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Actor

The Body Farm
6.6
TV Mini Series
- Connor Ryan
- 2011
Silent Witness
7.9
TV Series
- Dennis Croft
- 2011
Excluded
7.2
TV Movie
- David
- 2010
Casualty
6.1
TV Series
- Sherb
- Alex Graves
- 2007–2009
Paintball
3.8
- David
- 2009
The Bill
6.7
TV Series
- Larry Kemp
- Francis Potter
- 2005–2009
Cregan
5.6
Short
- Divis
- 2007
Life on Mars
8.4
TV Series
- Patrick O'Brien
- 2007
48 Angels
5.4
- The Driver
- 2007
Fated
6.1
- Cal
- 2006
The Message
6.4
TV Series
- Various characters (2006)
- 2006
Touching the Void: What Happened Next
Video
- Joe Simpson
- 2004
Holy Cross
7.1
TV Movie
- Billy
- 2003
Touching the Void
8.0
- Joe Simpson
- 2003
9 Dead Gay Guys
6.2
- Byron
- 2002

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Official site
- Spotlight
Height
- 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
Spouse
- Donna MackeyJuly 11, 1996 - present (2 children)

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Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

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I always fancied doing an academic degree, but couldn't see how I'd fit a course around my job. The great thing about the Open University (OU) is that it's so flexible. It's about 15 hours' study a week. When I'm away on location, I just take the work with me, sit in my caravan or hotel room and get on with it. This year, I'll be writing a piece of coursework in Bangkok and sitting my final exam in LA.