Rory Fleck-Byrne

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Rory Fleck-Byrne (born 1988 or 1989 in England ) is an Irish actor .

childhood

Rory Fleck-Byrne was born in England and moved to Ireland at the age of nine. There he lived in Kilkenny until he moved to London in 2007 to complete his acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . He completed this in 2010.

Career

He got his first acting job in 2010. In the play Antony and Cleopatra , he played Demetrius as Cleopatra alongside Kim Cattrall . In 2014 he appeared in The Quiet Ones . He played the assistant of a psychological scientist who questions his brutal research methods. In 2016, he appeared as Ruby in the movie Tiger Raid . In 2017 he played Daniel Marney in the British-American drama series Harlots . Fleck Byrne's character Daniel falls in love with the director of a brothel. Later in 2017, Fleck Byrne starred alongside Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan in The Foreigner . Fleck Byrne played Brosnan's nephew, Sean Morrison, a former British Navy officer. He later said shooting the film was one of his most beautiful and challenging experiences. He had to train with a stunt team to learn martial arts and empathize with the mind of a hit man. As he was very fond of martial arts, he continued to train with a trainer in London after the film was over. Fleck Byrne has also worked as a writer, actor and producer on the short films Inbox and Bodies . Set in Fleck Byrne's hometown Kilkenny, Bodies is about two undertakers trying to stay connected with life. Inbox was published using the crowdfunding website Kickstarter.com .

In addition to his appearances in film and television, Fleck Byrne can be seen repeatedly on theater stages, for example in King Charles III (2014–2015), Anna Karenina (2016) or The Phlebotomist (2018).

Private life

Besides acting, Fleck Byrne loves to sing. In an interview he mentioned that if he wasn't an actor he would have fronted a band. He writes his own songs and lives in London.

Filmography

  • 2005: Stealaway
  • 2013: Untitled Blues (short film)
  • 2014: Grantchester (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2014: The Quiet Ones
  • 2014: Vampire Academy
  • 2014: Damo and Ivor (TV series, 5 episodes)
  • 2015: Bodies (short film)
  • 2016: Inspector Barnaby (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2016: Jack Taylor (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2016: To Walk Invisible (TV movie)
  • 2016: Tiger Raid
  • 2017: The Date (short film)
  • 2017: Inbox (short film)
  • 2017: Pucker (short film)
  • 2017: The Foreigner
  • 2017: Harlots (TV series, 8 episodes)
  • 2018: Death in Paradise (TV series, 1 episode)

theatre

year title role theatre place Individual evidence
2010 Antony and Cleopatra Demetrius / Dollabella Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool
2011 Cause Celebre Ewen Montagu The Old Vic London
2011 Disco pigs Pig Young Vic London
2011 The Lion in winter Philip Theater Royal London
2013 That face Henry The Landor Theater London
2014 The Vortex Nicky Lancaster Gate Theater Dublin
2014 The Well Rested Terroris Singer Peacock Dublin
2014-2015 King Charles III William Wyndham's Theater London
2016 Anna Karenina Vronsky Abbey theater Dublin
2018 The phlebotomist Aaron Hampstead Downstairs London

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ciara Dwyer: Rory Fleck-Byrne . In: Irish Independent . 
  2. ↑ Eithne Shortall: Earth child's bigger picture. Rory Fleck-Byrne stars alongside Pierce Brosnan and Jackie Chan in his latest film but there's another important role when it comes to travel and global injustice, the actor tells Eithne Shortall . In: The Times . 
  3. ↑ I'm playing British characters on stage but I'll always be Irish . 
  4. ↑ Rory Fleck-Byrne .
  5. ↑ Michael O'Sullivan: Movie review: 'The Quiet Ones' keeps things interesting . 
  6. ↑ Gleeson's Iraq thriller to have world premiere in NY . 
  7. ↑ 'Harlots' Finale Sneak Peek: Charlotte Contemplates the Ultimate Brothel Betrayal - Watch.author = Hanh Nguyen . 
  8. ↑ Georgia Packham Anderson: Rory Fleck Byrne - 1883 Magazine. . 
  9. ^ Nestor Bentanco: Rory Fleck Byrne Talks THE FOREIGNER in Exclusive Interview. . 
  10. ↑ 'The Foreigner's' Rory Fleck Byrne Takes On Jackie Chan With No Fighting Experience. . 
  11. ↑ a b Rory F Byrne. The Irish newcomer on movie genres and acting megastars . 
  12. ↑ Luis Lecca: Exclusive: Rory Fleck Byrne on Going “Toe To Toe” With Jackie Chan in THE FOREIGNER. . 
  13. ↑ Brilliant Nyansago: In Conversation Rory Byrne spot with. . 
  14. ↑ Max Ianneselli: RORY FLECK BYRN. . 
  15. ↑ B. Welby Delimere: Inbox short film. . 
  16. ^ Libby Smith: Rory Fleck - Byrne. . 
  17. ↑ a b Helen Meany: Anna Karenina review - Lisa Dwan gives uncertain dazzle to Tolstoy . 
  18. ↑ a b Lyn Gardner: The Phlebotomist review - a gasp-worthy dystopian thriller . 
  19. ^ Paul Vaughan: Rory Fleck Byrne. . 
  20. ^ Antony and Cleopatra . 
  21. ↑ David Benedict: Cause Celebre .
  22. ↑ Saturday drama. Cause Celebre. . In: bbc.co.uk .
  23. ^ Matilda Battersby: Disco Pigs, Young Vic, London. . 
  24. ↑ Matt Wolf: The Lion in Winter, Theater Royal, Haymarket. . 
  25. ↑ Miriam Zendle: Reviews. That face. . 
  26. ^ John McKeown: Theater: A horribly good performance of beastliness. . 
  27. ↑ Peter Crawley: Review: The Well Rested Terrorist. . 
  28. ↑ Lynn Slotkin: REVIEW: KING CHARLES III. . 
personal data
SURNAME Fleck-Byrne, Rory
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spot Byrne, Rory
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1988 or 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH England