Malachy McCourt
Malachy Gerard McCourt (born September 20, 1931 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an Irish - American actor , writer and politician . He is the younger brother of Frank McCourt .
Life
McCourt was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child he came to Limerick , Ireland with his parents . In 1952 he emigrated back to the USA. He has five children: Siobhan, Malachy III, Nina, Conor (a police officer and documentary filmmaker) and Cormac, the last three from his second wife Diana. In 1960 he was one of the four founding members of the Manhattan Rugby Football Club.
McCourt competed in 2006 as a candidate of the Greens for the office of governor of New York . After opinion polls had seen him at five percent of the vote at times, he ultimately achieved only 1.0 percent on election day. The superior winner was the democrat Eliot Spitzer .
Filmography (selection)
- 1970: Cursed Until Judgment Day (The Molly Maguires)
- 1982: American Monster (Q: The Winged Serpent)
- 1984: House of God
- 1985: Hell with the Coals (Brewster's Millions)
- 1987: The Man from Another Star (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1989: Ryan's Hope
- 1989: The January Man (The January Man)
- 1990: The field (The Field)
- 1990: Bonfire of the Vanities (The Bonfire of the Vanities)
- 1993: JFK: Reckless Youth
- 1994: Twilight Zone
- 1997: Turbulence
- 2001: Popcorn Shrimp
- 2002: The Super Guru (The Guru)
- 2002-2003: Oz - Hell Behind Bars (Seasons 5 & 6)
- 2008: Short Trial - Righteous Kill (Righteous Kill)
- 2009: The big dream of success - The Mighty Macs
- 2009: After.Life
- 2012: The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
- 2017: Angela Christmas (Angela's Christmas) (synchronization)
Works (selection)
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A monk swimming. HarperCollins, London 1998, ISBN 0-00-257019-1 .
- German: The boy from Limerick. From the English by Claudia Feldmann. Argon, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-87024-490-9 .
- Singing My Him Song . Harper Perennial; Edition: Reprint (October 16, 2001), ISBN 978-0060955489 .
Web links
- Malachy McCourt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Malachy McCourt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official homepage on malachymccourt.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McCourt, Malachy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McCourt, Malachy Gerard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor, writer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |