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Donal O' Keeffe (Stuntman)
Donal O' Keeffe, born 26 April 1993 is an Irish actor, movie stuntman and skydiver. He is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his short but illustrious career. O' Keeffe excelled from a young age at both acting and other disciplines and received top honours as a cadet in the Irish Army before opting for a career in the film indusrty.

Contents

1 =Background

1.1 Career

1.1.1 Roles

=Background

O' Keeffe was born in Cork, Ireland. He is the son of Audrey, a spokeswoman for "Kilmeadon Cheese Ltd" and Ray, a television presenter on the popular Irish television show "The Green Charm". O' Keeffe grew up in Cork city. He graduated from Colaiste Chriost Ri high school in 2010. The young Irishman participated in many sports growing up, including BMX, snowboarding, soccer and Gaelic games in which he won a national championship medal with his side "The Golden Shamrocks".

Career

Shortly after graduating from high school in 2011, O' Keeffe moved to Dublin. He landed an agent within weeks and began working immediately. He landed several commercials for companies such as "Guinness", "Dublin Milk" and "Paddy's biscuit company". Next was the low-budget horror film "Return of the Banshee in which Donal played the role of "Fintan", the evil demon from Ballyshannontonville. O' Keeffe landed several roles in television shows such as "Fair City", "The Den" and "Rally Car Racers" Donal was also the 2012 Face of Ireland's "Stuntman Magazine" . It was a national print campaign that had his face and body on billboards and magazines all around the country. In a short time Donal has completed over 20 films, TV shows, commercials and acted or performed stunts alongside actors like: Colin Farrell, Jim O' Hennessy, Paddy McDonaghue, Cathal Brugha, Michael Collins and even former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Aherne.

Roles

Television work
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Genre ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes winner Irish Film and Television Award (Best New Talent)
 * 2002 ||Home for Christmas || Drama || Norman Quested || Television Film
 * 2002 ||Home for Christmas || Drama || Norman Quested || Television Film
 * 2004 || Fair City || Drama || Tom ||
 * 2010 || Proof || Drama Thriller || Jamie || Miniseries
 * 2010 || Fair City || Soap Opera || Emmet Fitzgerald ||
 * 2010-2012 ||The Clinic || Medical Drama || Conor Elliott ||
 * 2012 || The Badgers || Historical Fiction || The Prince of Kildare ||
 * 2012 ||Wild Decembers || Period Drama || Young Guard ||  Television Film
 * 2010-2012 ||The Clinic || Medical Drama || Conor Elliott ||
 * 2012 || The Badgers || Historical Fiction || The Prince of Kildare ||
 * 2012 ||Wild Decembers || Period Drama || Young Guard ||  Television Film
 * 2012 || The Badgers || Historical Fiction || The Prince of Kildare ||
 * 2012 ||Wild Decembers || Period Drama || Young Guard ||  Television Film
 * 2012 ||Wild Decembers || Period Drama || Young Guard ||  Television Film