Shane Connaughton

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Shane Connaughton (born April 4, 1941 in Kingscourt , County Cavan , Ireland ) is a British actor , writer and screenwriter .

Life

Connaughton spent his early teens with four brothers and three sisters in Kingscourt. At the age of ten, he moved to Redhills with his family . As a young man he went to London , where he initially pursued various professions, and attended the Bristol Old Vic Theater School at the age of 20 . He then worked as an actor at the Royal National Theater and the Abbey Theater Dublin . From the 1970s he also starred in British television series such as Coronation Street . In 1980 he wrote the screenplay for the short film The Dollar Bottom , which won an Oscar . In 1990 he was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for My Left Foot . The year before, he published his first novel, A Border Station , followed in 1991 by The Run of the Country . In 1995 he adapted his novel into the script for the feature film The Land of My Love . His third novel, Big Parts , was published in 2009.

Connaughton is married with two children.

Filmography (selection)

As a performer

script

  • 1981: The Dollar Bottom
  • 1983: Every Picture Tells a Story
  • 1989: My Left Foot ( My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown )
  • 1995: Run of the Country ( The Run of the Country )
  • 1992: The Playboys ( The Playboys )
  • 2005: A House in Ireland ( Tara Road )

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Debretts.com (English)
  2. ↑ The Anglo-Celt (English)
personal data
SURNAME Connaughton, Shane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor, writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingscourt , County Cavan , Ireland