Draft:Brendan Quinn

Brendan Quinn (born 24 September 1994) is an Irish stage and screen actor from Belfast.

Education
Quinn was a student of the Rainbow Factory in Belfast, as well as the Gaiety Theatre School in Dublin.

Career
Quinn played Uncle Brendan in the children’s TV show The Basil Brush Show in 2007. In 2014, he played Cathal in The Old Irish WasherWoman. In 2018, he played the uncredited role of Harkin in Death and Nightingales. Quinn has also had TV roles in Vikings: Valhalla, Soft Border Patrol and St Mungo's.

He also had a role in the 2021 IFTA-winning short Rough, starring Michael Smiley, by Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn.

In 2024, he appeared in the Netflix adaptation of David Nicholls' One Day, playing one of the principal roles, Callum, the callous friend of the core character Dexter. Quinn has been subject to a number of press articles and interviews in recent weeks, including this appearance on the Ray D'arcy Show for Irish broadcaster RTÉ, as well as a two-page article in Northern Ireland's biggest circulated news paper, The Belfast Telegraph. He recently interviewed for Belfast Live!, and here in the Irish Star.

He has also appeared in stage plays, including the 2019 UK tour of Jade City, and the premiere production of Colin Bateman's play Nutcase, which opened at The Playhouse, Derry in 2021. a