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Eoin C. Macken

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in Dublin, Ireland

February 21, 1983

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Macken studied acting and began theatre in the UCD drama society, and with Graham Cantwell and Rachel Rath in the Attic Studio.

Macken got his first major film role in 2005, in Studs directed by Paul Mercier, also starring Brendan Gleeson and Emmett J. Scanlan. Subsequently Macken played leading roles in indie films Triple Bill and Rise of the Bricks, before moving to Los Angeles to train with acting coach Vincent Chase, once he had completed his honors degree in Psychology.

After the death of his father in 2007, Macken took a break from acting. He returned to the performing the following year in the role of drug dealer Gavin Cluxton, in the RTÉ's flagship soap Fair City. He played the part for more than four months and also appeared live on Macken studied acting and began theatre in the UCD drama society, and with Graham Cantwell and Rachel Rath in the Attic Studio.

Macken got his first major film role in 2005, in Studs directed by Paul Mercier, also starring Brendan Gleeson and Emmett J. Scanlan. Subsequently Macken played leading roles in indie films Triple Bill and Rise of the Bricks, before moving to Los Angeles to train with acting coach Vincent Chase, once he had completed his honors degree in Psychology.

After the death of his father in 2007, Macken took a break from acting. He returned to the performing the following year in the role of drug dealer Gavin Cluxton, in the RTÉ's flagship soap Fair City. He played the part for more than four months and also appeared live on the show Fair City Sings, where he performed "Hallelujah".

Macken wrote and edited his debut feature film Christian Blake, which premiered at the Mid Ulster Film Festival 2008, before playing in the 2008 Galway Film Fleadh. It was released on May 19, 2009 with Celebrity Distribution and the sales company Around The Scenes Inc. He co-wrote and directed the song and video for Una Healy's song "Don't Leave Me Alone". The track was the title track for the no budget indie film, for which Healy wrote much of the sound track.[8] In 2008, Macken directed, wrote, edited and acted in his second feature film, Dreaming For You. The film featured a soundtrack composed by Dublin band, The Evora. The film was selected for the 2007 Los Angeles Short Film Festival and for the 2009 Galway Film Fleadh.

In 2009 and 2010, Macken had roles in BBC drama Small Island, playing an American soldier named Calhoon, Neil Marshall's film Centurion opposite Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham, and the second season of RTÉ's Raw. He also appeared in Storyland, as well as Lee Cronin's film Through The Night opposite Nora Jane Noone, and Siren opposite Anna Skellern.

Macken directed an hour length documentary on the Irish fashion industry The Fashion of Modelling which screened on RTÉ 2 on May 24, 2009.

Between 2010 and 2012, Macken played the recurring character of Gwaine (loosely based on the image of Gawain) in the BBC One TV series Merlin. He has reprised the role in four episodes of the third series and all episodes of the fourth and fifth series. Gwaine is portrayed as a care-free and laid back man who provides a lot of comic relief for the show, but, remains brave and loyal throughout his time on the show. In the final episode his character perished after being tortured with a snake by Morgana (Played by Katie McGrath). His friend, Percival arrives to save him, but, is too late and Gwaine's final thought is that he failed after giving in to the torture and revealing the injured king's destination. Gwaine was described as a man who "deep down respects honour, valour and camaraderie above everything else."

In October 2012 Macken completed shooting for Cold. The feature film was written and directed by Macken, and he stars in the film alongside his Merlin co-star, Tom Hopper. The plot centres around two disconnected English brothers who are outcasts in a small village in the west of Ireland. Drawn back together by the unexpected death of their father, they are immediately at odds with each other until they find a girl dumped in the moors. The film was partially crowdfunded through an Indiegogo campaign. ...more

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In the act of it.

Months can go without writing on a blog it seems. In my case anyway. I used to do it more. I've been spending time consumed with traveling, working, writing another book, scripts and short stories so I almost forgot that I actually had a blog, until somebody kindly reminded me. Although I'm not sure of the blog's purpose anymore.

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