Biography
Martin McCann is a Northern Irish actor born on 20 July 1983 in Belfast. He began his career in stage productions in Northern Ireland before making his feature film debut in Closing the Ring (2007), directed by Richard Attenborough.
McCann is known for film roles including Paul Haggerty in '71 (2014), Marcus in Calibre (2018) and the title character in The Survivalist (2015). On television he plays Stevie Neil in the BBC series Blue Lights (2023–), John Shagan in the Netflix miniseries Hostage (2025) and Eamonn Lavery in Trespasses (2025). In 2011 he won the IFTA for best lead actor in a feature film for Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne. He is a patron of the charity YouthAction Northern Ireland.
