Paul Ronan

Paul Ronan
Born
Paul Anthony Ronan

(1965-03-21) 21 March 1965 (age 59)
Manchester, England
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Monica Brennan
​
(m. 1992)​
ChildrenSaoirse Ronan

Paul Anthony Ronan (born 21 March 1965) is an Irish actor.

Early life

Paul Anthony Ronan was born on 21 March 1965 in Manchester, son of Thomas "Tommy" Ronan and Una Carson.[1]

Career

In 1995, Ronan's acting career started. Ronan has been a regular performer in TV and films since the mid-'90s, notably as Edso Dowling in the Ballykissangel TV series;[2][3] other TV appearances include Rebel Heart and The Tudors.

Personal life

In 1992, Paul Anthony Ronan married Monica Brennan.

They have one daughter, Saoirse Ronan, who has been acting professionally since 2003.[4][5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Faithful Young guy in car
1997 The Devil's Own Sean Phelan
1997 A Further Gesture Liam
1997 The Boxer Eddie Carroll's cornerman
1999 Shergar Lynch
1999 Exiled Brendan
2000 Ordinary Decent Criminal Billy Lynch
2000 When the Sky Falls Mangan
2001 Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? Price Short film
2002 The Escapist Officer
2003 Bloom Lenehan
2003 Veronica Guerin Jimmy Guerin
2005 It Happened One Night Tom Short film
2007 Speed Dating Dan Moran
2007 Poker Nights Jeff Short film
2009 One Hundred Mornings Sgt. Lavelle
2009 Nothing Personal Man in car
2013 Life's a Breeze Supervisor
2013 How I Live Now Chasing man
2014 Poison Pen Darcy
2015 Fading Away Street sweep
2015 1916, Souls of Freedom Paul Ronan Short film; also associate producer
2016 Twice Shy George O'Meara
2016 Lily Dermot Short film
2016 Don't Listen Martin
2017 Saving Santa Barry Fair Short film
2017 Family Business Liam Short film
2018 This Day Dimples
2019 Never Grow Old Bill Crabtree
2021 Who We Love Dermot

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Performance Tommy Owen Episode: "Shadow of a Gunman"
1998 New York Undercover Ethan McManus Episode: "The Troubles"
1999 A Rose for Annie Tom Mullaney Television film
1999 DDU James Kelly 2 episodes
2001 Rebel Heart Liam Lynch Television miniseries (3 episodes)
2001 Ballykissangel Edso Dowling 8 episodes
2003 The Clinic Agitated man 1 episode
2005 Showbands Micko Television film
2009 The Tudors Duke William of Cleves 2 episodes
2014 Love/Hate Brendan 3 episodes
2015 JFK.The Badge Man Conspiracy Thomas Television film
2018 Striking Out Dermot Doyle
2018-2024 Fair City[4] Anto Collins

References

  1. ^ "Paul Ronan". IMDb. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Ballykissangel returns to screens". 1 March 2001. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. ^ "BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Doyle's daughter joins Ballykissangel". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b Price, Ryan. "Saoirse Ronan's dad appearing in popular Irish soap opera tonight". The Irish Post. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Saoirse Ronan's dad Paul lands role in Fair City". 21 February 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)